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Last updated: November 10, 2024
Surveyor Oil Well Directional Salary
in Fairmont, West Virginia
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$64,998 (USD)
Average Salary
$31/hr
Average Hourly
$1,358
Average Bonus
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The average pay for a Surveyor Oil Well Directional is $64,998 a year and $31 an hour in Fairmont, West Virginia, United States. The average salary range for a Surveyor Oil Well Directional is between $45,889 and $78,778. On average, an Associate Degree is the highest level of education for a Surveyor Oil Well Directional. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Fairmont, West Virginia.
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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About Fairmont, West Virginia
Fairmont Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Fairmont is a city in and the county seat of Marion County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 18,313 at the 2020 census, making it the eighth-most populous city in the state. It is the principal city of the Fairmont micropolitan area, which includes all of Marion County in North Central West Virginia and had a population of 56,205 in 2020. Fairmont is also a principal city of the larger Morgantown–Fairmont combined statistical area.
Job Summary
Description:
- Measures sonar, electrical, or radioactive characteristics of earth formations in oil- or gas-well boreholes to evaluate productivity of oil- or gas-bearing reservoirs, using sonic, electronic, or nuclear measuring instruments: signals hoisting engineer to lower instruments into well, observing oscillograph and meters on control panel to verify operating condition of instruments.
- Turns dials on control panel to adjust instrument for specified recording and starts recording device when instruments reach bottom of borehole.
- Prints copies of recorded graphs in truck darkroom developer (photofinishing).
- Interprets graphs for customer to indicate identity, porosity, oil- or gas-bearing content, and productivity of geological formations.
- Measures borehole diameters, direction of borehole, and inclination of geological strata, using microcalipers, directional indicators (clinometers), and dipmeters.
- May be designated according to measuring instruments used as acoustical logging engineer; nuclear logging engineer.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Surveyor Oil Well Directional is $64,998 a year and $31 an hour in Fairmont, West Virginia, United States. The average salary range for a Surveyor Oil Well Directional is between $45,889 and $78,778. On average, an Associate Degree is the highest level of education for a Surveyor Oil Well Directional. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Fairmont, West Virginia.
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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Surveyor Oil Well Directional Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians
Job family population: 8,860
Estimated population of Surveyor Oil Well Directional jobs: 337
Rate of error: 7.1%
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About Fairmont, West Virginia
Fairmont Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Fairmont is a city in and the county seat of Marion County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 18,313 at the 2020 census, making it the eighth-most populous city in the state. It is the principal city of the Fairmont micropolitan area, which includes all of Marion County in North Central West Virginia and had a population of 56,205 in 2020. Fairmont is also a principal city of the larger Morgantown–Fairmont combined statistical area.
Job Summary
Description:
- Measures sonar, electrical, or radioactive characteristics of earth formations in oil- or gas-well boreholes to evaluate productivity of oil- or gas-bearing reservoirs, using sonic, electronic, or nuclear measuring instruments: signals hoisting engineer to lower instruments into well, observing oscillograph and meters on control panel to verify operating condition of instruments.
- Turns dials on control panel to adjust instrument for specified recording and starts recording device when instruments reach bottom of borehole.
- Prints copies of recorded graphs in truck darkroom developer (photofinishing).
- Interprets graphs for customer to indicate identity, porosity, oil- or gas-bearing content, and productivity of geological formations.
- Measures borehole diameters, direction of borehole, and inclination of geological strata, using microcalipers, directional indicators (clinometers), and dipmeters.
- May be designated according to measuring instruments used as acoustical logging engineer; nuclear logging engineer.
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