ROUSTABOUT (OIL/GAS)
MEDIAN PAY (BLS 2024)
Roustabout (Oil/Gas)s nationwide earn a median of $23.00/hr per the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS 2024 survey. 44,970 roustabout (oil/gas)s employed across the U.S. See the state-by-state breakdown below — the highest-paying states often run 30%+ over the national median.
$23.00/hr median · $47,843 annualized (40 hr/wk × 52 wk)
Employment-weighted estimate from 50-state BLS OEWS data (the official BLS national row isn't in our dataset yet). State medians below are real BLS figures.
STATE-BY-STATE MEDIAN
BLS · sorted highest first| State | Median /hr | Top 10% /hr | Employed | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | $30.40 | $37.60 | 490 | VIEW |
| North Dakota | $28.92 | $38.91 | 2,690 | VIEW |
| Montana | $28.21 | $34.57 | 120 | VIEW |
| California | $27.26 | $32.79 | 390 | VIEW |
| Florida | $27.00 | $32.32 | 80 | VIEW |
| Ohio | $26.66 | $34.64 | 650 | VIEW |
| West Virginia | $24.76 | $35.95 | 260 | VIEW |
| Nebraska | $23.80 | $27.84 | 40 | VIEW |
| South Dakota | $23.74 | $29.17 | — | VIEW |
| Indiana | $23.72 | $26.78 | 140 | VIEW |
| Pennsylvania | $23.66 | $31.04 | 1,600 | VIEW |
| Kansas | $23.40 | $30.77 | 730 | VIEW |
| Michigan | $23.39 | $33.29 | 240 | VIEW |
| New Mexico | $23.35 | $30.79 | 3,320 | VIEW |
| Colorado | $23.24 | $28.49 | 1,690 | VIEW |
| Utah | $22.93 | $31.64 | 480 | VIEW |
| Wyoming | $22.61 | $29.32 | 1,560 | VIEW |
| Oklahoma | $22.28 | $29.32 | 3,080 | VIEW |
| Texas | $22.20 | $29.21 | 23,800 | VIEW |
| Arkansas | $21.66 | $24.65 | 200 | VIEW |
| Mississippi | $21.60 | $28.32 | 340 | VIEW |
| Alabama | $21.48 | $34.13 | 40 | VIEW |
| Louisiana | $21.34 | $31.25 | 2,580 | VIEW |
| Illinois | $21.01 | $25.98 | 390 | VIEW |
| Kentucky | $17.77 | $54.28 | 60 | VIEW |
TOP-PAYING METROS
DAVIS-BACON PREVAILING WAGES
LOOK UP DIRECTFederal construction work (LNG terminals, military bases, GSA, VA, federal infrastructure) uses Davis-Bacon prevailing wage determinations as a legal wage floor — base + fringe benefits, set per county per construction type. If you're on a federally-funded project paying below the WD, the contractor is out of compliance and you can file a WH-3.
Rates change frequently and are county-specific, so we link direct instead of caching stale numbers. Look up the active Wage Determination for your job at sam.gov/wage-determinations or dol.gov/whd/government-contracts.
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16 other trades. State medians + Davis-Bacon + per diem in one spot.