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Drilling Operations Director Salary
in Rochester, New York

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$142,780 (USD)

Average Salary

$69/hr

Average Hourly

$18,476

Average Bonus

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The average pay for a Drilling Operations Director is $142,780 a year and $69 an hour in Rochester, New York, United States. The average salary range for a Drilling Operations Director is between $91,380 and $219,596. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Rochester, New York.

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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Estimated salary in 2029:
$160,380
5 Year Change:
12 %

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About Rochester, New York

Rochester Cost of Living Score:

Description: Rochester () is a city in the U.S. state of New York and the seat of Monroe County. It is the fourth-most populous city and 10th most-populated municipality in New York, with a population of 211,328 at the 2020 census. The city forms the core of the larger Rochester metropolitan area in Western New York, with a population of over 1.09 million residents. Throughout its history, Rochester has acquired several nicknames based on local industries; it has been known as "the Flour City" and "the Flower City" for its dual role in flour production and floriculture, and as the "Imaging Capital of the World" for its association...
Description:
  • Directs activities concerned with exploratory drilling, and drilling oil wells and producing oil and gas from wells within one or more oil fields: plans erection of drilling rigs, and installation and maintenance of equipment, such as pumping units and compressor stations.
  • Directs technical processes, such as treatment of oil and gas to reduce moisture and sediment content, mud analysis, well logging, and formation testing.
  • Determines procedures to resolve drilling problems, such as nonvertical bore holes and broken drilling tools.
  • Formulates methods to control production of wells in accordance with proration regulations.
  • Schedules dismantling and storing derricks and drilling equipment, cleaning wells, and servicing well equipment.
  • Analyzes production reports, initiates personnel actions, and revises drilling and production procedures to control operating costs and production efficiency of oil field.
  • Directs petroleum exploration parties engaged in drilling for samples (cores) of subsurface stratigraphy and in seismic prospecting.
  • May be designated according to specialty as superintendent, oil-field drilling; superintendent, production.

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Salary Recap

The average pay for a Drilling Operations Director is $142,780 a year and $69 an hour in Rochester, New York, United States. The average salary range for a Drilling Operations Director is between $91,380 and $219,596. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Rochester, New York.

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 Operations Director Job Prevalence in the United States

Job family: General and Operations Managers

Job family population: 3,376,680

Estimated population of Drilling Operations Director jobs: 489,247

Rate of error: 0.3%

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Rochester Cost of Living Score:

Description: Rochester () is a city in the U.S. state of New York and the seat of Monroe County. It is the fourth-most populous city and 10th most-populated municipality in New York, with a population of 211,328 at the 2020 census. The city forms the core of the larger Rochester metropolitan area in Western New York, with a population of over 1.09 million residents. Throughout its history, Rochester has acquired several nicknames based on local industries; it has been known as "the Flour City" and "the Flower City" for its dual role in flour production and floriculture, and as the "Imaging Capital of the World" for its association...
Description:
  • Directs activities concerned with exploratory drilling, and drilling oil wells and producing oil and gas from wells within one or more oil fields: plans erection of drilling rigs, and installation and maintenance of equipment, such as pumping units and compressor stations.
  • Directs technical processes, such as treatment of oil and gas to reduce moisture and sediment content, mud analysis, well logging, and formation testing.
  • Determines procedures to resolve drilling problems, such as nonvertical bore holes and broken drilling tools.
  • Formulates methods to control production of wells in accordance with proration regulations.
  • Schedules dismantling and storing derricks and drilling equipment, cleaning wells, and servicing well equipment.
  • Analyzes production reports, initiates personnel actions, and revises drilling and production procedures to control operating costs and production efficiency of oil field.
  • Directs petroleum exploration parties engaged in drilling for samples (cores) of subsurface stratigraphy and in seismic prospecting.
  • May be designated according to specialty as superintendent, oil-field drilling; superintendent, production.
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