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re: How much are plant operators at the LNG plants making per hour?
Posted on 12/27/25 at 11:58 am to DCtiger1
Posted on 12/27/25 at 11:58 am to DCtiger1
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but you guys have serious issues accepting and admitting how many hours you work
I keep seeing this, and accusations of all the operators lying about what they make and how many hours they work.
But hypothetically;
An operator's regular shift is 7 out of 14 days worked. So with no overtime he works 182 days in a year. If he works a moderate 500 hours of OT for the year, that comes out to an additional 42 days of work for the year. Adding those together, this fella has worked 224 days out of the year.
Someone who works a regular job works 5 out of 7 days per week. This comes out to 260 days worked in a year's time.
So it seems to me that this operator, even while working a robust amount of overtime, is still at home more days per year than regular joe.
Obviously these numbers can vary depending on vacation time, the way overtime is counted, work schedules, etc but you get my point.
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Posted on 12/27/25 at 12:01 pm to notiger1997
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Mingo is the most miserable frick on all of tiger droppings.
....and yet these stupid fricks continue to engage with him.
Posted on 12/27/25 at 12:05 pm to indytiger
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An operator's regular shift is 7 out of 14 days worked.
Aren’t they 12 hour days?
Posted on 12/27/25 at 12:20 pm to indytiger
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I keep seeing this, and accusations of all the operators lying about what they make and how many hours they work.
But hypothetically;
An operator's regular shift is 7 out of 14 days worked. So with no overtime he works 182 days in a year. If he works a moderate 500 hours of OT for the year, that comes out to an additional 42 days of work for the year. Adding those together, this fella has worked 224 days out of the year.
Then they’ll make about half of what they claim to make and some of those 224 days will be holidays and weekends and days where they have to miss other family events.
It’s really not that complicated. The rub here is every single one of these guys claim to have their cake and eat it too.
You don’t make $250k and not live to work and not miss holidays or games, etc, etc. There are only 24 hours and 365 days in a year, it’s a math equation
Posted on 12/27/25 at 12:45 pm to doublecutter
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Family lore
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$1.5 million
That’s it?
Posted on 12/27/25 at 12:45 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
It should be very easy for anyone to come up with an effective per hour pay rate, including OT.
Instead it's a bunch of grandstanding about how plant workers are being attacked.
Instead it's a bunch of grandstanding about how plant workers are being attacked.
Posted on 12/27/25 at 1:28 pm to DCtiger1
Most operators in my unit hit $200k every year. There are a couple that get close to $250k but not very many. There are several of us that have hit over $1MM in retirement accounts before 40. Excellent 401k matching, health insurance, and vacation time. Most here retire somewhere by mid 50s. I’ve heard several of our engineers state they wished they would have gone the operator route. An unscheduled weekend day you earn over $1200 for the day. You have every other Friday-Sunday off. To answer the question I’m sure the LNG plant operators are earning in the mid to high $50 per hour
This post was edited on 12/27/25 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 12/27/25 at 1:32 pm to Redstickbaw
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Most operators in my unit hit $200k every year. There are a couple that get close to $250k but not very many.
Congrats on your 1,000 hours of overtime, sounds fricking awful
Posted on 12/27/25 at 1:36 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
It’s a career where you put in hours yes. I get 7 vacations per year and we go on multiple weeklong trips every year with some out the country. I am on track of retiring with just over 5MM in my mid 50s. I don’t get to see every one of my kids events but I get to see most. I have no problem when it comes to purchasing cars for wife and kids, house remodeling, or any large expenses. Yes I’d love to have a job that I could work 40 hours a week for $200k but I haven’t found it. The only ones here making 200k+ besides operators is probably our plant manager. You put in the work you reap the benefits.
This post was edited on 12/27/25 at 1:39 pm
Posted on 12/27/25 at 1:38 pm to Redstickbaw
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It’s a career where you put in hours yes. I get 7 vacations per year and we go on multiple weeklong trips every year with some out the country. I am on track of retiring with just over 5MM in my mid 50s. I don’t get to see every one of my kids events but I get to see most. I have no problem when it comes to purchasing cars for wife and kids, house remodeling, or any large expenses. Yes I’d love to have a job that I could work 40 hours a week for $200k but I haven’t found it. You put in the work you reap the benefits.
All of this is fine, there’s just no point in the incessant lying in this thread
Posted on 12/27/25 at 1:40 pm to doublecutter
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tell you a little about my uncle’s experience working at a plant.
My uncle started working at Exxon in the late 70’s and retired five or so years ago.
Like a lot of plants, the retirement plans, stock plan, and I guess maybe a little pension of some kind were very generous back in those days and I’m assuming all the way into the 90’s.
Lift cheap, built his own house, etc. I heard he had $3 to $4 million. He wasn’t an operator and didn’t work much overtime.
My wife’s company used to deal with some of the plant guys investments and retirements plans a long time ago.
Most of these guys just wanted to have a house paid off and be able to afford a nice boat as they got older. If they had even a little bit of sense, they did very well for themselves.
Posted on 12/27/25 at 1:41 pm to Redstickbaw
You're the most honest person in the thread in regards to the reality of the career.
Posted on 12/27/25 at 1:44 pm to DCtiger1
Wait til you hear about directional drillers
Posted on 12/27/25 at 1:48 pm to Sun God
I'm sure that's great. I much prefer my income and work schedule
Posted on 12/27/25 at 1:49 pm to Sun God
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Wait til you hear about directional drillers
Start a thread about this career so Mingo can bleed his vagina all over that one too.
Posted on 12/27/25 at 1:51 pm to notiger1997
I’ll let NadoJenkins or redstick handle that one 
Posted on 12/27/25 at 1:52 pm to DCtiger1
We can’t all become insurance agents
Posted on 12/27/25 at 1:57 pm to Sun God
Thank goodness
Posted on 12/27/25 at 1:58 pm to theunknownknight
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Hourly rate
+ 1.5 times rate overtime after 8 hours each day
+ gift card/extra pay for side “contract replacement” work
+ full pension after 15 years
+ social security
+ stock/401k
+ clothing allowance
+ turn around pay
= money
We should be building these LNG plants fricking everywhere in Louisiana.
Posted on 12/27/25 at 2:49 pm to Sun God
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We can’t all become insurance agents
Is that what he is?
So he’s never got his hands dirty a day in his life?
What a f@g 
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