Currently making $110,000 in TX oilfied, can I make $200,000 North Dakota?

Just because there is a billboard on 85 saying that doesn't mean everyone is paying that much.

 

Also figure no state income tax in TX. I'm in NW OK making about the same but OK takes 5%.

I would stay in TX

 

you wont make 200k as a company driver hauling water in nd.

 

You're making $110k a year and complaining? Besides who would want to live in ND?

 

I;d like to know how you drive all the different rigs at same time. If you are making $110k in TX doing anything but crude as a company driver you better hold onto it. Unless you are doing coiled tubing, frac HAND, etc.

 

AGREED!!! Dont be greedy...

 

There is a billboard on 85 advertising a motel room for only $700 a week? That motel must not have running water.

 

I lived in new town ND.......for six months....and let me tell ya it's no fun living in North Dakota.

I paid $500 for a spot in a bunk bed in a room with four other guys.

Stay in Texas ! Trust me

 

Hubby has hauled water in ND since 2009 and made nearly 110K last year. If you come here, be smart. Instead of paying for over priced housing or being under an employers thumb with company housing, we bought our own home. Yes, it's over priced and not nearly the well built home we owned elsewhere but we rent out 2 of the bedrooms to some very nice guys who pay us $950 a month for each room. Essentially, our mortgage, taxes, utilities and cable are paid for by them. The winters are tough even for seasoned drivers. We look forward to our winter get aways to our FL condo (thanks to the ND oil boom) when hubby has his week off.
The oil field jobs of ND will be plentiful for decades to come. They are nearing 9,000 wells in the Bakken and the projected maximum number is 40-45 thousand. Life expectancy of a well is about 30 years.
This place is ripe for the pick'in and it's a great place to separate the men from the boys!