Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas
SOC 47-5023 · 2024-2034
Operate a variety of drills such as rotary, churn, and pneumatic to tap subsurface water and salt deposits, to remove core samples during mineral exploration or soil testing, and to facilitate the use of explosives in mining or construction. Includes horizontal and earth boring machine operators.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $68,723per year
- Projected openings
- 1,610
- Projected change
- +5.9%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Operations Monitoring
- Operation and Control
- Critical Thinking
- Equipment Maintenance
- Monitoring
- Speaking
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $67,075 | 50 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $64,872 | 150 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $63,349 | 30 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $63,069 | 240 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $62,680 | 290 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | Not reported | 140 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helpers--Extraction Workers | $53,121 | 1,270 | 0% |
| Continuous Mining Machine Operators | $64,491 | 1,350 | +20% |
| Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators | $89,521 | 33,360 | +7% |