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re: How much are plant operators at the LNG plants making per hour?
Posted on 12/27/25 at 3:01 pm to Prominentwon
Posted on 12/27/25 at 3:01 pm to Prominentwon
Of course I have, I grew up building homes and working on a farm. That's why I chose to do something that didn't require physical work.
Some of y'all are so insecure about your jobs
Some of y'all are so insecure about your jobs
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Posted on 12/27/25 at 3:21 pm to DCtiger1
Operators don’t really do much physical work
You probably do more
You probably do more
This post was edited on 12/27/25 at 3:22 pm
Posted on 12/27/25 at 3:27 pm to Sun God
I know a lot of my buddies who are operators or on site rescue watch a lot of Netflix Posted on 12/27/25 at 3:31 pm to DCtiger1
Hey don’t reveal all our secrets. The OT is supposed to think we do 12 hours straight of back breaking work for pennies on the dollar.
Posted on 12/27/25 at 3:44 pm to DCtiger1
Ohhh we get plenty of arse time…. There’s no doubt. Also, if an operator pushes 250k they are absolutely going to miss some events. I’ve done it and I missed some things, swore I’d never with that much OT again. BUT, through promotions and yearly raises, I have to work less and less to active my income. Ops is a very front loaded career, at least it was for me. I have some built in advantages most don’t have, I work for one of the big 3 and my facility is non union. You don’t get promoted on time, you get promoted on ability. I told my wife going in, I’m going to go hard for 6 years to get where I want to go. Now, outside of my scheduled shift or turnarounds, I work when I want. These are my experiences and I absolutely can’t vouch for everyone. If they are lying, that’s on them…..this is common for the plant I work at.
Posted on 12/27/25 at 5:58 pm to DCtiger1
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There's only so many hours in a year. The issue is when you talk about making 150-250k, most seem to think working that much OT is normal.
Again, you don’t understand what that consists of. Just take a base salary, 40 hours a week, at 120k. Every shift worker has built in overtime on top of that. At my salary with built in overtime and just working 3 extra days a month I can hit very close to 200k, that’s just 36 hour of overtime a month. Because we schedule our overtime in 3 day sets, when I get all 3 days my 7th day is double time. So I get at least one double time day a month. It can be tiring working 9, 12 hour shifts in a row though. That’s not mentioning holidays, if I work a holiday I get paid 32 hour for working 12. It really does add up pretty quickly. I really haven’t seen operators get hurt feelings over others salaries, haven’t seen someone post how much they make and an operator get in their feelings. Maybe that’s a personal experience?
It’s not all sunshine and rainbows, especially if it’s not for you or you have a significant other you can’t trust. The shift worker divorce rate is pretty high (I don’t know the numbers, just going off what I see).
Posted on 12/27/25 at 6:02 pm to STATigerFan
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Again, you don’t understand what that consists of. Just take a base salary, 40 hours a week, at 120k. Every shift worker has built in overtime on top of that. At my salary with built in overtime and just working 3 extra days a month I can hit very close to 200k, that’s just 36 hour of overtime a month.
436 hours of extra overtime on top of your 12 hour shifts and built in OT net you 10% less pay than every operator claims to make
Thanks for making my point though
Posted on 12/27/25 at 6:03 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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You don’t make $250k and not live to work and not miss holidays or games, etc, etc
This is true for the most part. People that are making that much per year have a lot of overtime. The only people that might pull that in without a lot of overtime are nuclear plant workers. I don’t even know how much overtime they are allowed to work but their salaries are much higher than normal refinery salaries. It’s supposed to be a super stressful job though, because of the regulations and constant training.
Posted on 12/27/25 at 6:04 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
You’re a snarky little biotch. lol. You really do seem to have short man syndrome.
Posted on 12/27/25 at 6:05 pm to STATigerFan
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You’re a snarky little biotch. lol.
I’m just pointing out that most of these dudes in this thread are full of shite
Posted on 12/27/25 at 6:06 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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436 hours of extra overtime on top of your 12 hour shifts
Yes, I’m scheduled for 14 days a month and I work 17 instead and make 200k.
Posted on 12/27/25 at 6:09 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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I’m just pointing out that most of these dudes in this thread are full of shite
It’s just a conversation man, no need to get all riled up. It’s about perception for the most part. They feel like they have a great home life and they are just answering questions about pay and stuff. If they like what they do and feel like they have a great family life who are you to say they don’t?
Posted on 12/27/25 at 6:10 pm to STATigerFan
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feel like they have a great family life who are you to say they don’t?
I don’t have to, their ex wife(ves) do that for them
Posted on 12/27/25 at 6:12 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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I don’t have to, their ex wife(ves) do that for them
Thankfully for you only operators get divorced….
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