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Roustabouts, Oil and Gas
Construction and Extraction · SOC 47-5071
0.0% AI Exposure — Low
$46,960
Median Annual Salary
Bright ↗
O*NET Outlook
9,100
Proj. Annual Openings
44,970
Employment (OEWS 2025)
-4.4%/yr
Empl. growth (2019–2025)
100/100
AI Resiliency Score
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 47-5071 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
- SOC exposure
- 0.0%
- Low · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 52/100
- Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $46,960
- No H-1B offered-wage row for this SOC.
- Projected openings
- 9,100
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +2.5%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- —
- FY— certified LCAs; 10,860 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
Critical ThinkingMonitoringOperations MonitoringOperation and ControlQuality Control Analysis
Transition context
- H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
- Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
- Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
- This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.
AI Exposure Analysis
AI Exposure0.0%
AI Resiliency100/100
Exposure BandLow
Sector Avg. Exposure1.2%
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
9.1%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic0%
AI capability · OpenAI0%
AI ability · AIOE27.4%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne68%
Top Skills
1.Critical Thinking
2.Monitoring
3.Operations Monitoring
4.Operation and Control
5.Quality Control Analysis
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →No H-1B certified LCA filings recorded for this occupation in FY2016–FY2025.
O*NET occupation profile
What this work involves
Assemble or repair oil field equipment using hand and power tools. Perform other tasks as needed.
Common titles: Field Service Roustabout, Floor Hand, Oil and Gas Roustabout, Oil Field Roustabout, Production Roustabout, Rig Hand
Representative Tasks
- •Unscrew or tighten pipes, casing, tubing, and pump rods, using hand and power wrenches and tongs.
- •Dismantle and repair oil field machinery, boilers, and steam engine parts, using hand tools and power tools.
- •Guide cranes to move loads about decks.
- •Walk flow lines to locate leaks, using electronic detectors and by making visual inspections, and repair the leaks.
- •Lay gas and oil pipelines.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Install plumbing or piping.
- •Maintain mechanical equipment.
- •Operate cranes, hoists, or other moving or lifting equipment.
- •Locate equipment or materials in need of repair or replacement.
- •Maintain extraction or excavation equipment.
Tools & Technologies
Microsoft Excel · hotMicrosoft PowerPoint · hotMicrosoft Windows · hotSAP software · hotEnertiaInventory management systemsMaintenance softwareMicrosoft Windows XP
Employment Projections & AI Exposure
15
Occupations Shown
1.2%
Avg AI Exposure
12
Bright Outlook
Horizontal bar chart showing occupations with the highest projected annual openings. Each bar length represents annual projected openings. Color uses a gradient from violet (lower) to cyan (higher). Summary statistics are shown above the chart.
Employment & Wage Trend
BLS OEWS, 2019–2025
Multi-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 47-5071: 2019 — employment: 58,930, median wage: $38,910; 2020 — employment: 44,710, median wage: $39,420; 2021 — employment: 34,520, median wage: $38,920; 2022 — employment: 39,100, median wage: $43,590; 2023 — employment: 43,830, median wage: $46,340; 2025 — employment: 44,970, median wage: $46,960.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.
Sector Comparison
| Metric | This Career | Sector Average |
|---|---|---|
| AI Exposure | 0.0% | 1.2% |
| Outlook | Bright ↗ | 70% Bright |
| Median Salary | $46,960 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 100/100 | N/A |