Hourly Pay for US Shale Workers Tops $43, a Record in the Industry’s Hunt for Employees

(Bloomberg) — Wages for US oil workers climbed above $43 an hour for the first time ever as employment held steady in the shale patch and explorers push to maintain their slow production growth. Average hourly earnings for front-line oil-and-gas workers rose 0.7% in April from the previous month to $43.28, according to a Labor … Read more

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