Operate equipment to increase oil flow from producing wells or to remove stuck pipe, casing, tools, or other obstructions from drilling wells.
US jobs
43K
Avg. wage
$30/h
GDP output/y
$19B
Tasks
19
AI Parity
5%
Related occupationsRotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas · Roustabouts, Oil and Gas · Wellhead Pumpers · Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers · Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas · Helpers--Extraction Workers · Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers · Gas Plant Operators
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| # | Task ↕O*NET 30.1 · DOL | Output/y ▴est. · BEA + BLS | Verification method ↕est. · rubric v1 | Qualitymeasured baseline | Configurationverified runs | Qualitysame test | vs human× output · − pts |
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O*NET-SOC 47-5013.00 · tasks and importance from O*NET 30.1 · jobs and wages BLS OEWS May 2025 · GDP by industry BEA 2025
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