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re: How much are plant operators at the LNG plants making per hour?
Posted on 12/24/25 at 9:46 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
Posted on 12/24/25 at 9:46 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
I’m dragging this mother fricker up and heading to Egg Heads. frick Mandingo .
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Posted on 12/24/25 at 9:50 pm to ShunnedHuman
Starting pay for an entry operator at a refinery where I worked was $29.50 in 2018. Starting pay in a gas plant (methane/ethane) in west Texas was about the same this summer.
Posted on 12/24/25 at 9:51 pm to evil cockroach
Take me with you bird seed
Posted on 12/24/25 at 9:53 pm to evil cockroach
Where is Bobby Joe?
Posted on 12/24/25 at 10:33 pm to Relham10
Most guys will have to drive 1 hour + to and from work. Driving down to Cameron on foggy mornings/nights isn’t for the faint of heart. Thats why they have to dish out money to get people down there.
Posted on 12/24/25 at 10:43 pm to ShunnedHuman
The unit I work in lost 7 people to the LNG plant in Plaquemines at the end of 2023 and the beginning of 2024. All but 1 were newer employees with less than 2 years experience. We were paying them in the low $40’s an hour and LNG was high $40’s to low 50’s for their background and experience. Along with the promise of free cell phones, car allowances, guaranteed bonuses, and free health insurance. The other 1 that went lived closer to there than our plant so it made sense for him to go. One guy who stayed with us after he got an offer, was offered $55 an hour to start with a $10k sign on bonus to be a DCS operator. He had 15 years of previous operator experience. This was in the summer of 2025. He was basically making $55 an hour already at our unit so it wasn’t worth the drive for him.
Posted on 12/24/25 at 10:49 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Average starting pay is around $80k a year and average top out is around $130k a year. Those are true for where I work. Thats based on 40 hours a week. Not counting built in overtime and holidays.
Posted on 12/24/25 at 11:41 pm to SWLA92
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heard Venture starts off around $60 an hour and you can move up past $75 an hour quickly.
This is partially true. Top end figure is exaggerated unless they're the lead. CP1 or PQ operator should have no problems making $150K.
This post was edited on 12/24/25 at 11:42 pm
Posted on 12/24/25 at 11:51 pm to ShunnedHuman
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How much are plant operators at the LNG plants making per hour?
Not sure about that…but we are losing duck hunting guides like crazy at my duck club in SWLA….
Posted on 12/24/25 at 11:53 pm to STATigerFan
quote:would have to put my kids in public school with that slave wage
We were paying them in the low $40’s an hour and LNG was high $40’s
Posted on 12/24/25 at 11:54 pm to ShunnedHuman
$50+/hr
Posted on 12/25/25 at 12:01 am to SuperSaint
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would have to put my kids in public school with that slave wage
I know, you’re lucky your in laws make way more than that
Posted on 12/25/25 at 2:02 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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starting pay is $50 an hour
What “skills” are needed?
Might be time for a career change from white collar work to the trades.
This post was edited on 12/25/25 at 2:03 am
Posted on 12/25/25 at 3:08 am to ShunnedHuman
Normal top pay is in the 55/hr range. It can go up from there depending on position. They also get built in overtime in their schedule and paid holidays. Most make in 150-200k range. Those younger bucks hungry for the ot can push that number well over 200k though.
Posted on 12/25/25 at 6:02 am to ShunnedHuman
Hourly? No idea, but it’s fairly consistent across the board. An FQO can make 200+ per year IF there are willing to work 800+ hrs of OT a year. My cousin is a DE for the same company I work for and I’m here to tell you he doesn’t touch what I make BUT…..he’s home twice as much so that’s the real benefit.
Posted on 12/25/25 at 7:27 am to Tic44
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30-36
Wrong. An entry operator is around $40ish
Posted on 12/25/25 at 7:37 am to lake chuck fan
I make more working 7:30 to 4 M-F, but we are still wage slaves.
Posted on 12/25/25 at 9:11 am to Tarps99
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What “skills” are needed? Might be time for a career change from white collar work to the trades.
You just have to be able to turn a valve wrench and be lazy and a smartass when maintenance comes in to get permits. That’s it!
Posted on 12/25/25 at 9:28 am to SWLA92
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I’ve heard Venture starts off around $60 an hour and you can move up past $75 an hour quickly.
It’s not that much. Had one of our guys got talked into going down there and we sat and broke it down with benefits and all that. Starting around $46-49 an hour. After the sign on bonus, it looks like it’s more, but it’s not.
That is just not enough to pay me to drive an hour and a half to Cameron each work day after waking up at 2:30 am to get there. On top of there are already a ton of senior guys taking tons of vacation and you’re left covering for it because they don’t have the site completely manned yet. It was something to that extent. So you’re there for 3 out of the 4 weeks of the month.
No fricking thanks. Too much driving and the schedule is 7 and 7. Wednesday to Wednesday. I’m out. Couldn’t pay me double to do that bullshite. I’d be divorced in a year and she’d take 3/4 of it all.
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