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Drilling Inspector Salary
in Waterville, Maine

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$70,024 (USD)

Average Salary

$34/hr

Average Hourly

$1,450

Average Bonus

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The average pay for a Drilling Inspector is $70,024 a year and $34 an hour in Waterville, Maine, United States. The average salary range for a Drilling Inspector is between $49,437 and $84,870. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for a Drilling Inspector. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Waterville, Maine.

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Estimated salary in 2029:
$78,656
5 Year Change:
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About Waterville, Maine

Waterville Cost of Living Score:

Description: Waterville is a city in Kennebec County, Maine, United States, on the west bank of the Kennebec River. A college town, the city is home to Colby College, a NESCAC college, and Thomas College. It is also home to the headquarters of HealthReach Community Health Centers. As of the 2020 census the population was 15,828. Along with Augusta, Waterville is one of the principal cities of the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Description:
  • Charts pressure, temperature, and other characteristics of oil and gas well boreholes or producing wells, using special subsurface instruments, and interprets findings for use in determining further drilling or producing procedures: directs workers in assembling wire line hoisting gear and attaching line to instruments.
  • Gives directions to hoist operator to lower clinograph into well to determine variation of well from vertical (instrument records variation on chart).
  • Informs rotary driller of variation from vertical.
  • Lowers weighted wire into well and reads depth of well from recording wheel.
  • Lowers depth bomb into well that records pressure at various depths to determine rate of natural flow of oil from well.
  • Lowers thermometers and other instruments with accompanying recording devices through tubing, casing, drill pipe, or open borehole.
  • Raises instruments from well and removes chart recordings.
  • Measures, converts, records, and interprets data for use by engineering personnel and management in determining drilling or production procedures.
  • May calibrate recording devices.
  • May repair and maintain instruments.
  • May be designated according to specialty as bottom-hole-pressure-recording operator.

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Salary Recap

The average pay for a Drilling Inspector is $70,024 a year and $34 an hour in Waterville, Maine, United States. The average salary range for a Drilling Inspector is between $49,437 and $84,870. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for a Drilling Inspector. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Waterville, Maine.

ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.

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Job Statistics

Drilling Inspector Job Prevalence in the United States

Job family: Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians

Job family population: 8,860

Estimated population of Drilling Inspector jobs: 606

Rate of error: 7.1%

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Waterville Cost of Living Score:

Description: Waterville is a city in Kennebec County, Maine, United States, on the west bank of the Kennebec River. A college town, the city is home to Colby College, a NESCAC college, and Thomas College. It is also home to the headquarters of HealthReach Community Health Centers. As of the 2020 census the population was 15,828. Along with Augusta, Waterville is one of the principal cities of the Augusta-Waterville, ME Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Description:
  • Charts pressure, temperature, and other characteristics of oil and gas well boreholes or producing wells, using special subsurface instruments, and interprets findings for use in determining further drilling or producing procedures: directs workers in assembling wire line hoisting gear and attaching line to instruments.
  • Gives directions to hoist operator to lower clinograph into well to determine variation of well from vertical (instrument records variation on chart).
  • Informs rotary driller of variation from vertical.
  • Lowers weighted wire into well and reads depth of well from recording wheel.
  • Lowers depth bomb into well that records pressure at various depths to determine rate of natural flow of oil from well.
  • Lowers thermometers and other instruments with accompanying recording devices through tubing, casing, drill pipe, or open borehole.
  • Raises instruments from well and removes chart recordings.
  • Measures, converts, records, and interprets data for use by engineering personnel and management in determining drilling or production procedures.
  • May calibrate recording devices.
  • May repair and maintain instruments.
  • May be designated according to specialty as bottom-hole-pressure-recording operator.
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