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Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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| Occupation | Houston-Sugar Land- Baytown, TX | New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA |
|---|---|---|
Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels | 3.91 | 22.22 |
Chemical engineers | 4.64 | 2.40 |
Chemical equipment operators and tenders | 3.97 | 1.50 |
Chemical plant and system operators | 8.89 | 7.43 |
Chemical technicians | 2.20 | 1.40 |
Commercial divers | 3.00 | (1) |
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 1.56 | 1.47 |
Derrick operators, oil and gas | 6.13 | 3.31 |
Environmental engineers | 0.59 | 0.39 |
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health | 1.46 | 1.50 |
Extraction workers, all other | (1) | 2.17 |
Gas compressor and gas pumping station operators | 2.33 | (1) |
Gas plant operators | 3.27 | (1) |
Geological and petroleum technicians | 10.18 | 10.73 |
Helpers—extraction workers | (1) | 0.79 |
Petroleum engineers | 16.40 | 12.00 |
Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers | 8.00 | 10.09 |
Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers | 2.40 | (1) |
Riggers | 3.40 | 10.50 |
Rotary drill operators, oil and gas | 7.30 | 1.30 |
Roustabouts, oil and gas | (1) | 2.17 |
Sailors and marine oilers | 4.17 | 21.63 |
Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining | 6.68 | 3.25 |
Ship engineers | 3.13 | 9.25 |
Wellhead pumpers | (1) | 14.75 |
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Last Modified Date: October 27, 2010