Sunday, October 16, 2011

$90,000 average salary for oil workers

Check out today's StarTribune for the latest on the oil action in western North Dakota. Not much news, but plenty of rehash of what's been going on around the Rolfsrud Ranch during this crazy time.  Quote: "But so many workers have flooded the oil patch that many long-time residents and officials are beginning to complain about something most places in the country could barely comprehend: Too much prosperity; too much rapid growth."
Example: A 60-year-old school bus driver from nearby Prior Lake headed out there last spring. Now she drives a bus full of oil workers. She tripled her salary. Lives in a "man camp." Says it's an adventure, something for her mid-life crisis.
Read on.