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What are operators paid hourly, and how does that compute to annually?
Posted on 4/8/16 at 7:55 am
Posted on 4/8/16 at 7:55 am
I'm seeing a difference in annual claims versus posted hourly. Like how does $30/hour translate to "I'm going to clear $120k this year"?
Is there some structure where the 12 hours you work in a day, 4 are automatic OT and night shifts are automatic double time or something?
2000 hours * $30 = 60,000....how do you all of a sudden double that?
Is there some structure where the 12 hours you work in a day, 4 are automatic OT and night shifts are automatic double time or something?
2000 hours * $30 = 60,000....how do you all of a sudden double that?
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Posted on 4/8/16 at 7:57 am to Kujo
I'm so sick of operator threads!
Posted on 4/8/16 at 7:57 am to Kujo
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how does that compute to annually?
$1,000,000
Posted on 4/8/16 at 7:59 am to Kujo
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how does $30/hour translate to "I'm going to clear $120k this year"?
over time pay and holiday pay?
don't they work 50-60 hours a week?
Posted on 4/8/16 at 7:59 am to Kujo
overtime, working holidays. Our top paid millwrights are usually around $25.00 an hour and many of them clear 75 to 80K because they are usually putting in around 40 hours of overtime for the week. If they work the weekend, they are paid double time for their duration on site. So you figure two 12 hour days on the weekend and they just grossed $1200 in two days not counting their overtime for M-F. I am sure O&G operators put it more overtime than my millwrights do and make significantly more.
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:00 am to Kujo
if you're referring to offshore operators, then you have to keep in mind that they work weekends as well. 12 (minimum) hours per day x 7 days per week = 84 hours per week. So more than half of their time is payed at 1.5x. Not sure about the night shift paying double, but I wouldn't doubt it. Also keep in mind bonuses. Depending on the company they work for it can be substantial.
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:01 am to Perrydawg
Seems like it would be pretty miserable putting in those kind of hours.
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:02 am to Perrydawg
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they are usually clocking in around 40 hours of overtime for the week
most of those frickers aren't working as many hours as they claim (and get paid for)
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:03 am to Kujo
Top pay ranges depending on what company you work for but average top pay is $35-$40 an hour with your major industrial plants. Basically your base pay is $83,000-$85,000.
The schedule for production technicians is shift work. You work 36hrs one week and 48hrs the next. You have 8 hours built in OT every check but only working 36 in one week sort of balances the 8hrs off.
Holidays pay OT but the majority of the extra $20-30k a year comes from working OT. When you work 3 or 4 days a week regular schedule and pick up 1 day of OT a week you still only work 4 or 5 days a week and you pile up the OT. If you work 7 days in a row most plants pay double time on the 7th day.
So yes OT is where the money is at but if you do it right you don't live out there. Pick up a day or two each paycheck and by the end of the year you $100+.
The schedule for production technicians is shift work. You work 36hrs one week and 48hrs the next. You have 8 hours built in OT every check but only working 36 in one week sort of balances the 8hrs off.
Holidays pay OT but the majority of the extra $20-30k a year comes from working OT. When you work 3 or 4 days a week regular schedule and pick up 1 day of OT a week you still only work 4 or 5 days a week and you pile up the OT. If you work 7 days in a row most plants pay double time on the 7th day.
So yes OT is where the money is at but if you do it right you don't live out there. Pick up a day or two each paycheck and by the end of the year you $100+.
This post was edited on 4/8/16 at 8:05 am
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:09 am to Kujo
They think time and a half and double time will double their hourly earnings because they're stupid.
But you are too because you're not taking those things in. They probably average out to 80k, not bad for people who live in the sticks.
But you are too because you're not taking those things in. They probably average out to 80k, not bad for people who live in the sticks.
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:12 am to recruitnik
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They probably average out to 80k, not bad for people who live in the sticks.
I'm more inclined to believe this. Would you leave a capped 60k job(can't get much higher) working a 40 hour 7-330(M-F) shift for an Operator position?
This post was edited on 4/8/16 at 8:14 am
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:12 am to rondo
our guys fill out time sheets and trust me the project manager knows if they are working or not. I cannot comment on the operators but from my experience in paper mills, they usually just sit around fill out a permit and eat the rest of the day.
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:15 am to Kujo
I have no idea if you're trolling or not. I'll assume you aren't.
Let's say at Plant "X" the top out pay for Ops is at $41 an hour. So, the annual base pay, based off of the shift schedule of 36 hours one week and 48 hours the next:
Week 1: $41 per hour x 36 hours: $1476
Week 2: $41 per hour x 40 hours and 8 hours of OT at time and a half: $61.50 x 8: $1640 + $492 = $2132
26 weeks per year at $1476: $38,376
26 weeks per year at $2132: $55,432
So, base salary is at $93,808 with working every other week of the 8 hours built in OT of a shift schedule.
Throw in unscheduled OT at time and a half and some plants playing double time, and the salary amount I referenced above goes up rather quickly.
Let's say at Plant "X" the top out pay for Ops is at $41 an hour. So, the annual base pay, based off of the shift schedule of 36 hours one week and 48 hours the next:
Week 1: $41 per hour x 36 hours: $1476
Week 2: $41 per hour x 40 hours and 8 hours of OT at time and a half: $61.50 x 8: $1640 + $492 = $2132
26 weeks per year at $1476: $38,376
26 weeks per year at $2132: $55,432
So, base salary is at $93,808 with working every other week of the 8 hours built in OT of a shift schedule.
Throw in unscheduled OT at time and a half and some plants playing double time, and the salary amount I referenced above goes up rather quickly.
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:16 am to Kujo
Why are people on this board so hung up on operators, oulfield guys, truck nuts, etc? In Louisiana, you don't have to have 8 different degrees to make a good living. Get over it.
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:21 am to T
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Why are people on this board so hung up on operators, oilfield guys, truck nuts, etc? In Louisiana, you don't have to have 8 different degrees to make a good living. Get over it.
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:25 am to recruitnik
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people who live in the sticks.
Typically these "people" are happy where they are at and would rather live on acres of land rather than .25 of an acre with another overpaid house 10 ft from it
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:25 am to Kujo
Turnarounds bruh
This post was edited on 4/8/16 at 8:26 am
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:26 am to loganfoster
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Typically these "people" are happy where they are at and would rather live on acres of land rather than .25 of an acre with another overpaid house 10 ft from it
Freaking amen to that.
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:29 am to T
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Why are people on this board so hung up on operators, oulfield guys, truck nuts, etc? In Louisiana, you don't have to have 8 different degrees to make a good living. Get over it.
People are jealous that uneducated rednecks with no student loan debt are making more than their own professional-degree-required job pays.
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:32 am to AnonymousTiger
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uneducated rednecks
You might want to rethink your uneducated statement. I personally know quite a few in Ops holding higher education degrees. Rednecks? Ok, I might concede to that one.
This post was edited on 4/8/16 at 8:33 am
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