subject: Oil Rig Jobs in the Western United States [print this page] There are different jobs available in each of the areas, but it takes skill and experience to extract the 'black gold' from the ground and then refine it to be used for all manner of products from the fuel for our machines to the plastics used in computer keyboards. Many oil companies like their entry level employees to have at the very least a high school education and some demand more than that. Oil rig work is hot, dirty and dangerous; the very kind of work that draws many men and women to try and see if they are tough enough to handle it. Some do, others find different work. Research the company you are planning on applying with. A good knowledge of the company is an asset when you go into the interview for the first time. Oil jobs generally start at the least, eighteen or nineteen dollars an hour with benefits.
