How much should a petroleum engineer with a PhD and 3 years of experience be making at Oxy?
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PhD and you come onto a layoff board to ask that? Impressive…
Less if the three years experience was school getting your Phd
Unless you are a university professor, philosophy and engineering are incompatible.
I know 2 PhDs from Oxy hired somewhere else for $165k but benefits (especially 401k + pension) are not as good as in Oxy.
Phd, Piled Higher n Deeper. If you had any experience you would know.
LOL $170K. Nope. Not gonna happen. Have you been paying attention?
If they are paying people 15 dollars an hour to bag groceries they are certainly paying PhD petroleum engineers with 3 years experience at least 170 k per year.
Three years experience isn't a lot. And about 6 years ago, starting salary for MS was around $100k minimum. But it's the other incentives (bonus, LTI, KPI) that really pushes that up. Plus the rate of salary increase. We are in different times now so it's probably lower. I say hang on. Glassdoor has salary surveys but you have to be prepared to share as well.
I used to work at at Bally's in The Woodlands in the late 90's, and knew an Anadarko HR manager who said they were hiring petroleum engineers right out of college @ $175k.
Get real. 3 years of experience. $110,000 to $120,000.
Do we really have a need for PhDs in Permian? Most of the time your job demands may require the brains of a Bsc but the perseverance of a janitor.
200k is a lot. I'd say 140k to 160k range for base salary.
About 200k per year.
Nothing. That's like having a particle physicist working at McDonalds. Have some ambition for gods sake.