Petroleum engineer salary question

johninOK
Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:49:53 +0000

My brother and father are engineers in the oil industry. My brother graduated last May and went right into the oilfield. He is salary, and from what I understand it is a base salary of $78k annually, plus he gets a brand new pickup every 3 years along with free fuel for personal use. My father has been at it a long time and he makes very good money. He could have retired years ago, but the oilfield is his life so he keeps working.