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Work Over Rig Operator Salary
in Nebraska, United States

$34,689 (USD)

Average Salary

$17/hr

Average Hourly

$548

Average Bonus

Last updated: February 21, 2019

Salary Recap

The average pay for a Work Over Rig Operator is $34,689 a year and $17 an hour in Nebraska, United States. The average salary range for a Work Over Rig Operator is between $26,150 and $41,783. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for a Work Over Rig Operator. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Nebraska, United States.

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Job Summary

Description:
  • Controls power hoisting equipment to pull casing, tubing, and pumping rods from oil and gas wells for repair and to lower repaired equipment, testing devices, and servicing tools into well: attaches cable clamp to top of pump rod or casing and starts winch or hydraulic jack that raises rod or casing.
  • Disconnects sections of rod or casing, using hand and power wrenches and tongs.
  • Runs packer (plug device) into well to control flow of oil, water, or gas during well-pulling operations.
  • Lowers swabber into well to clear mud from screens at bottom of well and to establish flow of oil.
  • Lowers pressure-recording device into well and interprets charts.
  • Lowers special tools into well to fish for broken rods and tubing and to scrape paraffin and incrustations from casing or tubing.
  • Plugs well with cement cementer, oil well.
  • Tests pipe for leaks, using hydraulic-testing equipment.
  • May drive truck equipped with portable hoisting equipment.
  • May be designated according to type of equipment used as hydraulic oil-tool operator.
Work Over Rig Operator Job Prevalence in Nebraska, United States

Job family: Hoist and Winch Operators

Job family population: 3,080

Estimated population of Work Over Rig Operator jobs: 98

Rate of error: 9.6%

Salary Potential

Estimated salary in 2024:
$40,214
5 Year Change:
16 %

Education

Skills

Skills data not available for this job

Work Over Rig Operator Job Listings for Nebraska, United States

Truck Driver - Owner Operators - Average Over $128k - Regional Routes
Jan 23
Omaha, NE, USA
CFI - Owner Operators
CFI is Looking for Owner Operators Solo Owners Average Over $128k / Team Owners Average Over $221k (per team) When you work for CFI as a Regional or Over-the-Road (OTR) driver - a job sometimes ...
Operator 2-OM
Feb 8
Omaha, NE, USA
Syngenta
Through world class science and innovative crop solutions, our 28,000 people in over 90 countries ... Follow operator standard work to keep processes on TAKT Time * Provide feedback and corrective ...
Truck Driver - Home Daily - Local Food Delivery - Earn Over $21/Hr.
Feb 6
Omaha, NE, USA
Dean Foods - Omaha, NE
The Relief Driver is responsible for operating a Tractor Trailer to deliver products to customers ... Must be able to work in indoor and outdoor environment with moderate noise, sometimes slippery ...
Lathe Operator
Jan 18
Omaha, NE, USA
Crown Services, Inc. - Omaha
Plans machining by studying work orders, blueprints, engineering plans, materials, specifications ... Currently, we operate in 12 Midwestern States with over 42 offices from which to choose. Since 1968 ...
Operator Lift Truck
Dec 30
Crete, NE, USA
Nestlé Purina
Uses the proper paperwork and the RF equipment to do the work. * Removes all damaged or defective ... Capable of adjusting weights on over weight trailers as needed. * Maintain high levels of ...
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Work Over Rig Operator
San Francisco, CA$48k Orlando, FL$36k New York, NY$45k Baltimore, MD$41k Raleigh, NC$38k St. Louis, MO$39k Manchester, United Kingdom$24k

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