Drilling Contractor Salary in Ohio

How much does a Drilling Contractor make in Ohio?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for a Drilling Contractor in Ohio is $60,452 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $29.

However, a Drilling Contractor's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $72,999
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $54,163 to $67,019
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $48,438

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Drilling Contractor Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$67,019	$5,585	$1,289	$32
Average	$60,452	$5,038	$1,163	$29
25th Percentile	$54,163	$4,514	$1,042	$26

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Key Factors That Influence Drilling Contractor Salaries

A Drilling Contractor's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Do Drilling Contractor Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Drilling Contractors. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $68,740.
California: $68,479.
Massachusetts: $67,567.

District of Columbia $68,740 California $68,479 Massachusetts $67,567 Washington $67,318 New Jersey $67,293 Alaska $67,206 Connecticut $66,350 New York $66,002

Hawaii $64,891 Rhode Island $64,369 Maryland $64,015 Minnesota $63,531 Colorado $63,345 Illinois $63,283 Oregon $63,047 Delaware $62,873

New Hampshire $62,764 Virginia $62,519 Pennsylvania $61,805 Nevada $61,445 North Dakota $61,327 Michigan $61,141 Wisconsin $61,073 Vermont $60,936

Texas $60,557 Maine $60,532 Arizona $60,495 Ohio $60,452 Georgia $59,881 Indiana $59,595 Wyoming $59,539 Utah $59,452

Iowa $59,415 Kansas $59,117 Louisiana $59,030 North Carolina $58,999 Missouri $58,986 Florida $58,744 Montana $58,614 Nebraska $58,490

Kentucky $58,422 South Carolina $58,173 Tennessee $58,018 Idaho $57,956 New Mexico $57,503 Oklahoma $57,403 Alabama $57,037 South Dakota $56,422

Arkansas $56,087 West Virginia $55,907 Mississippi $55,367

Top Paying Cities for Drilling Contractors

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Dublin: $60,338
Etna: $60,089
Fredericktown: $58,676

Dublin, OH $60,338 Etna, OH $60,089 Fredericktown, OH $58,676 Galena, OH $60,090 Gambier, OH $58,606 Granville, OH $59,754 Hebron, OH $59,658 Hilliard, OH $60,422

Homer, OH $59,497 Nankin, OH $58,708 Nevada, OH $58,172 Howard, OH $58,449 Irwin, OH $59,171 Jacksontown, OH $59,502 Johnstown, OH $59,923 Kilbourne, OH $59,733

Kirkersville, OH $59,883 Lewis Center, OH $60,200 Magnetic Springs, OH $59,270 Martinsburg, OH $58,784 Marysville, OH $59,278 Mechanicsburg, OH $58,443 Milford Center, OH $59,000 Millersport, OH $59,669

Mingo, OH $58,365 Mount Liberty, OH $59,463 Mount Vernon, OH $58,998 New Albany, OH $60,305 Newark, OH $59,376 Heath, OH $59,312 North Lewisburg, OH $58,521 Ostrander, OH $59,666

Pataskala, OH $60,113 Plain City, OH $59,961 Powell, OH $60,179 Radnor, OH $59,257 Raymond, OH $58,715 Reynoldsburg, OH $60,362 Rosewood, OH $58,208 Saint Louisville, OH $59,134

Saint Paris, OH $57,960 Summit Station, OH $60,280 Sunbury, OH $59,936 Thornville, OH $59,248 Unionville Center, OH $59,669 Urbana, OH $57,847 Utica, OH $59,334 Westerville, OH $60,375

Westville, OH $57,678 Woodstock, OH $58,523 Columbus, OH $60,485 Adelphi, OH $57,451 Amanda, OH $59,018 Ashville, OH $59,946 Baltimore, OH $59,818 Bloomingburg, OH $58,731

Bremen, OH $58,836 Brice, OH $60,454 Canal Winchester, OH $60,184 Carbon Hill, OH $57,679 Carroll, OH $59,855 Circleville, OH $58,354 Clarksburg, OH $57,577 Commercial Point, OH $60,177

Derby, OH $59,891 Galloway, OH $60,367 Grove City, OH $60,470 Groveport, OH $60,389 Harrisburg, OH $60,174 Haydenville, OH $57,721 Jeffersonville, OH $58,495 Lancaster, OH $59,224

Laurelville, OH $57,588 Lithopolis, OH $60,131 Lockbourne, OH $60,372 Logan, OH $57,794 London, OH $59,116 Milledgeville, OH $58,489 Mount Sterling, OH $59,347 Murray City, OH $57,518

New Holland, OH $58,397 Orient, OH $60,077 Pickerington, OH $60,222 Pleasantville, OH $59,414 Rockbridge, OH $58,246 Rushville, OH $59,078 Sedalia, OH $58,703 South Bloomingville, OH $57,512

South Solon, OH $58,466 Stoutsville, OH $58,620 Sugar Grove, OH $58,726 Tarlton, OH $58,092 Thurston, OH $59,591 Wilkesville, OH $57,216 Willow Wood, OH $55,743 Winchester, OH $58,181

Zaleski, OH $57,488 Athens, OH $56,850 Albany, OH $57,209 Amesville, OH $56,407 Barlow, OH $55,401 Bartlett, OH $55,904 Belpre, OH $55,204 Beverly, OH $56,010

Buchtel, OH $57,642 Carbondale, OH $57,419 Chauncey, OH $57,514 Chester, OH $56,057 Coal Run, OH $55,872 Coolville, OH $55,659 Cutler, OH $55,814 Dexter City, OH $56,082

Fleming, OH $55,449 Glouster, OH $57,339 Graysville, OH $56,580 Guysville, OH $56,109 Hockingport, OH $55,495 Jacksonville, OH $57,542 Langsville, OH $57,061 Little Hocking, OH $55,418

Long Bottom, OH $55,882 Lowell, OH $55,809 Lower Salem, OH $56,080 Macksburg, OH $55,968 Marietta, OH $55,495 Middleport, OH $56,910 Millfield, OH $57,223 Nelsonville, OH $57,521

New Marshfield, OH $57,388 New Matamoras, OH $56,129 Newport, OH $55,687 Pomeroy, OH $56,696 Portland, OH $56,005 Racine, OH $56,149 Reedsville, OH $55,746 Reno, OH $55,730

Rutland, OH $56,902 Shade, OH $56,563 Sharpsburg, OH $56,411 Stewart, OH $56,083 Syracuse, OH $56,736 The Plains, OH $57,469 Trimble, OH $57,470 Tuppers Plains, OH $55,753

Vincent, OH $55,454 Waterford, OH $55,741 Watertown, OH $55,594 Whipple, OH $55,767 Wingett Run, OH $56,013 Lima, OH $57,403 Beaverdam, OH $57,424 Gomer, OH $57,455

Ada, OH $57,613 Alger, OH $57,688 Antwerp, OH $57,988 Arlington, OH $58,113 Belmore, OH $58,260 Benton Ridge, OH $57,941 Bluffton, OH $57,564 Buckland, OH $57,633

Cairo, OH $57,406 Cecil, OH $58,076 Celina, OH $58,132 Chickasaw, OH $58,362 Cloverdale, OH $57,819 Coldwater, OH $58,191 Columbus Grove, OH $57,506 Continental, OH $58,027

Convoy, OH $57,935 Delphos, OH $57,665 Dola, OH $57,824 Dunkirk, OH $57,958 Dupont, OH $57,920 Elgin, OH $57,862 Findlay, OH $58,234 Jenera, OH $57,850

Forest, OH $58,140 Fort Jennings, OH $57,662 Fort Loramie, OH $58,248 Fort Recovery, OH $58,114 Glandorf, OH $57,775 Grover Hill, OH $57,975 Harrod, OH $57,487 Haviland, OH $57,999

Kalida, OH $57,713 Bowling Green, OH $59,546 Oregon, OH $59,879 Northwood, OH $59,872 Zanesville, OH $58,025 Ava, OH $57,174 Barnesville, OH $57,436 Beallsville, OH $57,320

Belle Valley, OH $57,079 Belmont, OH $57,696 Bethesda, OH $57,567 Blue Rock, OH $57,392 Brownsville, OH $59,132 Buffalo, OH $57,233 Byesville, OH $57,169 Caldwell, OH $56,694

Cambridge, OH $57,290 Chandlersville, OH $57,232 Chesterhill, OH $56,420 Corning, OH $57,554 Crooksville, OH $57,811 Cumberland, OH $57,059 Derwent, OH $57,054 Duncan Falls, OH $57,784

Greenford, OH $56,413 East Fultonham, OH $58,234 Loveland, OH $60,062 Lynchburg, OH $58,859 Manchester, OH $57,833 Marathon, OH $59,730 Martinsville, OH $58,756 Miamiville, OH $60,272

Midland, OH $59,008 Milford, OH $60,172 Morrow, OH $59,524 Moscow, OH $59,726 Mount Orab, OH $59,500 Mowrystown, OH $58,641 Neville, OH $59,594 New Richmond, OH $60,039

Newtonsville, OH $59,760 New Vienna, OH $58,518 Owensville, OH $59,965 Pleasant Plain, OH $59,616 Port William, OH $58,837 Reesville, OH $58,632 Ripley, OH $58,200 Russellville, OH $58,584

Sabina, OH $58,574 Sardinia, OH $58,740 Sinking Spring, OH $57,740 Terrace Park, OH $60,323 Williamsburg, OH $59,763 Wilmington, OH $58,956 Cincinnati, OH $60,328 Maximo, OH $58,336

Mechanicstown, OH $58,080 Middlebranch, OH $58,474 Midvale, OH $58,194 Millersburg, OH $58,376 Mineral City, OH $58,308 Minerva, OH $58,259 Mount Eaton, OH $58,443 Mount Hope, OH $58,437

Nashville, OH $58,330 Navarre, OH $58,416 New Philadelphia, OH $58,181 North Georgetown, OH $57,906 North Lawrence, OH $58,585 Orrville, OH $58,605 Paris, OH $58,345 Robertsville, OH $58,373

Sandyville, OH $58,378 Sebring, OH $57,902 Sherrodsville, OH $58,233 Shreve, OH $58,458 Smithville, OH $58,714 Somerdale, OH $58,312 Stillwater, OH $57,997 Strasburg, OH $58,345

Sugarcreek, OH $58,315 Tuscarawas, OH $58,097 Fairview, OH $57,649 Fultonham, OH $58,340 Glenford, OH $59,188 Gratiot, OH $59,019 Hopewell, OH $58,457 Jerusalem, OH $57,298

Junction City, OH $58,346 Kimbolton, OH $57,459 Kipling, OH $57,193 Laings, OH $57,126 Lewisville, OH $56,904 Lore City, OH $57,275 Mcconnelsville, OH $57,084 Malaga, OH $57,277

Malta, OH $57,285 Morristown, OH $57,828 Mount Perry, OH $58,407 Moxahala, OH $57,829 New Concord, OH $57,325 New Lexington, OH $58,027 New Straitsville, OH $57,701 Norwich, OH $57,424

Old Washington, OH $57,378 Philo, OH $57,691 Pleasant City, OH $57,048 Quaker City, OH $57,217 Roseville, OH $58,081 Salesville, OH $57,204 Sarahsville, OH $56,882 Senecaville, OH $57,098

Shawnee, OH $57,740 Somerset, OH $58,531 Stafford, OH $56,907 Stockport, OH $56,262 Summerfield, OH $56,935 Sycamore Valley, OH $56,610 White Cottage, OH $58,223 Woodsfield, OH $57,157

Adamsville, OH $57,516 Bakersville, OH $58,033 Baltic, OH $58,284 Blissfield, OH $58,090 Conesville, OH $57,780 Coshocton, OH $57,969 Dresden, OH $57,991 Frazeysburg, OH $58,369

Fresno, OH $58,130 Uhrichsville, OH $58,053 Uniontown, OH $58,804 Walnut Creek, OH $58,347 Waynesburg, OH $58,376 Wilmot, OH $58,400 Winesburg, OH $58,358 Wooster, OH $58,616

Deersville, OH $57,966 Bowerston, OH $58,107 Zoar, OH $58,346 Tippecanoe, OH $57,956 Canton, OH $58,409 North Canton, OH $58,542 East Canton, OH $58,421 Alvada, OH $58,297

Arcadia, OH $58,515 Ashland, OH $58,536 Attica, OH $58,295 Bascom, OH $58,696 Bellevue, OH $58,587 Bellville, OH $58,442 Berlin Heights, OH $59,402 Bettsville, OH $59,060

Birmingham, OH $59,575 Bloomdale, OH $58,876 Bloomville, OH $58,163 Bucyrus, OH $58,233 Butler, OH $58,295 Castalia, OH $58,920 Chatfield, OH $58,368 Collins, OH $59,248

Crestline, OH $58,229 Flat Rock, OH $58,721 Fostoria, OH $58,778 Galion, OH $58,460 Green Springs, OH $58,883 Greenwich, OH $58,848 Hayesville, OH $58,530 Huron, OH $59,343

Jeromesville, OH $58,422 Kansas, OH $59,018 Loudonville, OH $58,228 Lucas, OH $58,144 Mc Cutchenville, OH $58,233 Melmore, OH $58,264 Milan, OH $59,202 Monroeville, OH $58,888

Union Furnace, OH $57,616 Lafayette, OH $57,418 Kingsville, OH $57,405 Kipton, OH $59,524 Lagrange, OH $59,622 Lorain, OH $59,893 Sheffield Lake, OH $59,728 Macedonia, OH $59,561

Madison, OH $58,468 Mentor, OH $59,481 Middlefield, OH $58,281 Montville, OH $58,408 Newbury, OH $59,116 Northfield, OH $59,676 North Kingsville, OH $57,538 North Olmsted, OH $59,884

Novelty, OH $59,553 Oberlin, OH $59,643 Orwell, OH $57,668 Painesville, OH $59,095 Parkman, OH $58,177 Perry, OH $58,740 Pierpont, OH $57,321 Rock Creek, OH $57,899

Rome, OH $57,900 Thompson, OH $58,505 Twinsburg, OH $59,401 Unionville, OH $58,093 Vermilion, OH $59,648 Wellington, OH $59,393 Wickliffe, OH $60,054 Williamsfield, OH $57,344

Willoughby, OH $59,750 Eastlake, OH $59,848 Windsor, OH $58,189 Cleveland, OH $60,402 Lakewood, OH $60,377 Rocky River, OH $60,301 Euclid, OH $60,257 Beachwood, OH $60,292

Hanoverton, OH $57,807 Hartford, OH $56,660 Hubbard, OH $56,175 Kensington, OH $58,016 Kinsman, OH $57,099 Lake Milton, OH $57,243 Leavittsburg, OH $57,053 Leetonia, OH $57,110

Lisbon, OH $57,564 Lowellville, OH $56,195 Mc Donald, OH $56,146 Masury, OH $56,412 Mesopotamia, OH $57,987 Mineral Ridge, OH $56,279 Negley, OH $57,583 New Middletown, OH $56,394

New Springfield, OH $56,534 Newton Falls, OH $57,329 New Waterford, OH $56,949 Niles, OH $56,249 North Benton, OH $57,766 North Bloomfield, OH $57,455 North Jackson, OH $56,511 North Lima, OH $56,385

Orangeville, OH $56,768 Petersburg, OH $56,579 Rogers, OH $57,443 Salem, OH $57,142 Southington, OH $57,608 Struthers, OH $56,126 Vienna, OH $56,356 Warren, OH $56,807

Washingtonville, OH $56,776 West Farmington, OH $57,791 West Point, OH $57,649 Winona, OH $57,582 Youngstown, OH $56,112 Alliance, OH $58,287 Apple Creek, OH $58,490 Augusta, OH $58,151

Beach City, OH $58,384 Beloit, OH $57,726 Berlin, OH $58,402 Big Prairie, OH $58,249 Bolivar, OH $58,367 Brewster, OH $58,428 Canal Fulton, OH $58,663 Carrollton, OH $58,187

Charm, OH $58,340 Dalton, OH $58,505 Damascus, OH $57,571 Dellroy, OH $58,290 Dennison, OH $58,126 Dover, OH $58,304 Dundee, OH $58,365 East Rochester, OH $58,138

East Sparta, OH $58,410 Fredericksburg, OH $58,469 Glenmont, OH $58,118 Gnadenhutten, OH $58,057 Greentown, OH $58,605 Harlem Springs, OH $58,073 Hartville, OH $58,612 Holmesville, OH $58,458

Homeworth, OH $58,094 Kidron, OH $58,480 Killbuck, OH $58,146 Lakeville, OH $58,240 Leesville, OH $58,127 Limaville, OH $58,331 Louisville, OH $58,422 Magnolia, OH $58,364

Independence, OH $60,339 North Royalton, OH $59,993 Strongsville, OH $59,887 Maple Heights, OH $60,313 Olmsted Falls, OH $59,764 Solon, OH $59,790 Bay Village, OH $59,974 Brecksville, OH $59,750

Brookpark, OH $60,244 Westlake, OH $59,907 Bedford, OH $60,102 Broadview Heights, OH $60,010 Malvern, OH $58,329 Marshallville, OH $58,800 Bradner, OH $59,414 Burgoon, OH $59,214

Clay Center, OH $59,770 Clyde, OH $58,947 Curtice, OH $59,768 Cygnet, OH $58,964 Dunbridge, OH $59,641 Elmore, OH $59,594 Fremont, OH $59,229 Genoa, OH $59,725

Gibsonburg, OH $59,522 Graytown, OH $59,659 Gypsum, OH $59,076 Harbor View, OH $59,875 Helena, OH $59,345 Isle Saint George, OH $59,227 Jerry City, OH $59,029 Kelleys Island, OH $59,079

Lacarne, OH $59,415 Lakeside Marblehead, OH $59,004 Lemoyne, OH $59,693 Lindsey, OH $59,479 Luckey, OH $59,682 Martin, OH $59,704 Middle Bass, OH $59,150 Millbury, OH $59,830

Oak Harbor, OH $59,536 Pemberville, OH $59,560 Portage, OH $59,300 Port Clinton, OH $59,265 Put In Bay, OH $59,167 Risingsun, OH $59,101 Rocky Ridge, OH $59,597 Rossford, OH $59,871

Rudolph, OH $59,037 Stony Ridge, OH $59,772 Vickery, OH $59,043 Walbridge, OH $59,868 Wayne, OH $59,185 West Millgrove, OH $59,029 Williston, OH $59,777 Woodville, OH $59,632

Alvordton, OH $58,462 Archbold, OH $58,589 Berkey, OH $59,720 Blakeslee, OH $58,256 Bryan, OH $58,353 Colton, OH $59,332 Custar, OH $58,838 Defiance, OH $58,222

Delta, OH $59,483 Deshler, OH $58,461 Edgerton, OH $58,196 Edon, OH $58,286 Evansport, OH $58,287 Farmer, OH $58,105 Fayette, OH $58,720 Grand Rapids, OH $59,431

Grelton, OH $58,870 Hamler, OH $58,283 Haskins, OH $59,621 Hicksville, OH $58,018 Holgate, OH $58,200 Holland, OH $59,757 Hoytville, OH $58,585 Jewell, OH $58,261

Kunkle, OH $58,571 Liberty Center, OH $59,213 Lyons, OH $59,582 Mc Clure, OH $59,022 Malinta, OH $58,606 Mark Center, OH $58,072 Maumee, OH $59,784 Metamora, OH $59,665

Milton Center, OH $59,062 Monclova, OH $59,705 Montpelier, OH $58,364 Napoleon, OH $58,792 Neapolis, OH $59,503 New Bavaria, OH $58,186 Ney, OH $58,197 Okolona, OH $58,747

Perrysburg, OH $59,779 Pettisville, OH $58,900 Pioneer, OH $58,351 Ridgeville Corners, OH $58,595 Sherwood, OH $58,114 Stryker, OH $58,328 Swanton, OH $59,635 Sylvania, OH $59,779

Tontogany, OH $59,512 Waterville, OH $59,615 Wauseon, OH $59,188 Weston, OH $59,259 West Unity, OH $58,397 Whitehouse, OH $59,592 Toledo, OH $59,868 Alpha, OH $59,772

Anna, OH $58,189 Ansonia, OH $58,353 Arcanum, OH $59,263 Bellbrook, OH $59,859 Botkins, OH $58,036 Bowersville, OH $58,676 Bradford, OH $58,863 Brookville, OH $59,728

Burkettsville, OH $58,408 Camden, OH $59,322 Casstown, OH $58,422 Cedarville, OH $58,208 Clayton, OH $59,835 Clifton, OH $57,815 Conover, OH $58,233 Covington, OH $58,880

Donnelsville, OH $57,439 Eaton, OH $59,288 Eldorado, OH $59,206 Englewood, OH $59,710 Enon, OH $57,681 Fairborn, OH $58,996 Farmersville, OH $59,751 Fletcher, OH $58,400

Germantown, OH $59,725 Gettysburg, OH $58,890 Gratis, OH $59,540 Greenville, OH $58,926 Hollansburg, OH $58,834 Houston, OH $58,537 Jackson Center, OH $58,050 Jamestown, OH $58,595

Kettlersville, OH $58,123 Laura, OH $59,371 Lewisburg, OH $59,468 Ludlow Falls, OH $59,276 Maplewood, OH $58,218 Medway, OH $58,644 Miamisburg, OH $59,896 New Carlisle, OH $57,891

New Lebanon, OH $59,841 New Madison, OH $58,945 New Paris, OH $58,995 New Weston, OH $58,163 North Hampton, OH $57,488 North Star, OH $58,348 Osgood, OH $58,371 Palestine, OH $58,787

Pemberton, OH $58,287 Phillipsburg, OH $59,600 Piqua, OH $58,649 Pitsburg, OH $59,287 Pleasant Hill, OH $59,124 Port Jefferson, OH $58,270 Potsdam, OH $59,430 Rossburg, OH $58,186

Russia, OH $58,586 Sidney, OH $58,358 South Charleston, OH $57,897 South Vienna, OH $58,040 Spring Valley, OH $59,651 Tipp City, OH $59,379 Tremont City, OH $57,427 Collinsville, OH $59,448

Keene, OH $58,092 Nashport, OH $58,391 Newcomerstown, OH $57,882 Plainfield, OH $57,925 Port Washington, OH $57,976 Stone Creek, OH $58,185 Trinway, OH $58,227 Walhonding, OH $58,156

Warsaw, OH $57,971 West Lafayette, OH $57,989 Adena, OH $58,068 Alledonia, OH $57,471 Amsterdam, OH $58,055 Barton, OH $58,175 Bellaire, OH $58,086 Cadiz, OH $57,929

Bergholz, OH $58,025 Blaine, OH $58,274 Bloomingdale, OH $58,037 Bridgeport, OH $58,243 Brilliant, OH $58,511 Cameron, OH $57,382 Clarington, OH $57,254 Colerain, OH $58,182

Dillonvale, OH $58,161 East Liverpool, OH $57,862 East Springfield, OH $58,040 Empire, OH $58,370 Fairpoint, OH $58,050 Glencoe, OH $58,019 Hammondsville, OH $57,911 Hannibal, OH $57,357

Irondale, OH $57,991 Jacobsburg, OH $57,650 Lansing, OH $58,315 Martins Ferry, OH $58,328 Maynard, OH $58,182 Mingo Junction, OH $58,405 Mount Pleasant, OH $58,306 Neffs, OH $58,146

Piney Fork, OH $58,314 Powhatan Point, OH $57,572 Rayland, OH $58,252 Richmond, OH $58,102 Salineville, OH $57,949 Sardis, OH $57,004 Shadyside, OH $58,032 Smithfield, OH $58,338

Saint Clairsville, OH $57,996 Lafferty, OH $57,880 Steubenville, OH $58,394 Stratton, OH $58,300 Summitville, OH $57,935 Tiltonsville, OH $58,520 New Haven, OH $58,649 New London, OH $59,120

New Riegel, OH $58,361 New Washington, OH $58,179 North Fairfield, OH $58,898 North Robinson, OH $58,479 Norwalk, OH $59,077 Nova, OH $58,957 Oceola, OH $58,048 Old Fort, OH $58,962

Ontario, OH $58,349 Perrysville, OH $58,169 Plymouth, OH $58,473 Polk, OH $58,714 Republic, OH $58,415 Sandusky, OH $59,091 Savannah, OH $58,801 Shelby, OH $58,412

Shiloh, OH $58,513 Sullivan, OH $59,029 Sulphur Springs, OH $58,356 Sycamore, OH $58,150 Tiffin, OH $58,581 Tiro, OH $58,210 Willard, OH $58,630 Wakeman, OH $59,386

Mansfield, OH $58,470 Addyston, OH $60,325 Cleves, OH $60,193 College Corner, OH $59,184 Toronto, OH $58,289 Warnock, OH $57,855 Wellsville, OH $57,845 Wolf Run, OH $58,036

Yorkville, OH $58,407 Bannock, OH $58,001 Freeport, OH $57,718 Harrisville, OH $58,242 Hopedale, OH $58,027 Flushing, OH $57,811 New Athens, OH $58,104 Piedmont, OH $57,691

New Rumley, OH $58,050 Holloway, OH $57,968 Jewett, OH $58,029 Scio, OH $58,058 Amherst, OH $59,792 Andover, OH $57,363 Ashtabula, OH $57,743 Austinburg, OH $57,833

Avon, OH $59,703 Avon Lake, OH $59,661 Berea, OH $60,002 Burton, OH $58,731 Chagrin Falls, OH $59,835 Chardon, OH $59,089 Chesterland, OH $59,604 Columbia Station, OH $59,610

Conneaut, OH $56,972 Dorset, OH $57,507 East Claridon, OH $59,077 Elyria, OH $59,769 North Ridgeville, OH $59,737 Gates Mills, OH $59,940 Geneva, OH $58,039 Grafton, OH $59,633

Grand River, OH $59,241 Huntsburg, OH $58,630 Atwater, OH $58,484 Aurora, OH $59,124 Barberton, OH $59,111 Bath, OH $59,161 Brady Lake, OH $58,965 Brunswick, OH $59,506

Burbank, OH $58,867 Chippewa Lake, OH $59,069 Clinton, OH $58,937 Creston, OH $58,895 Cuyahoga Falls, OH $59,138 Stow, OH $59,127 Doylestown, OH $58,950 Garrettsville, OH $58,124

Green, OH $58,723 Hinckley, OH $59,505 Hiram, OH $58,532 Homerville, OH $59,004 Hudson, OH $59,166 Kent, OH $59,032 Streetsboro, OH $59,041 Lakemore, OH $59,105

Westfield Center, OH $59,021 Litchfield, OH $59,367 Lodi, OH $59,004 Mantua, OH $58,788 Medina, OH $59,187 Mogadore, OH $58,950 Munroe Falls, OH $59,137 Peninsula, OH $59,204

Randolph, OH $58,659 Ravenna, OH $58,628 Rittman, OH $58,909 Rootstown, OH $58,524 Seville, OH $59,000 Sharon Center, OH $59,108 Spencer, OH $59,206 Sterling, OH $58,851

Tallmadge, OH $59,130 Valley City, OH $59,474 Wadsworth, OH $59,068 Wayland, OH $57,880 Richfield, OH $59,310 West Salem, OH $58,780 Windham, OH $58,056 Akron, OH $59,135

Fairlawn, OH $59,135 Franklin, OH $59,650 Troy, OH $58,940 Vandalia, OH $59,745 Verona, OH $59,481 Versailles, OH $58,489 West Alexandria, OH $59,580 West Manchester, OH $59,289

West Milton, OH $59,504 Wilberforce, OH $58,820 Xenia, OH $59,174 Yellow Springs, OH $58,004 Yorkshire, OH $58,185 Christiansburg, OH $58,073 Union City, OH $58,264 Dayton, OH $60,023

Alexandria, OH $59,930 Amlin, OH $60,383 Ashley, OH $59,459 Blacklick, OH $60,390 Bladensburg, OH $58,544 Brinkhaven, OH $58,053 Broadway, OH $58,972 Buckeye Lake, OH $59,540

Cable, OH $58,302 Catawba, OH $57,945 Centerburg, OH $59,656 Croton, OH $59,833 Danville, OH $58,189 Delaware, OH $59,804 Berlin Center, OH $57,069 Bristolville, OH $57,452

Brookfield, OH $56,358 Burghill, OH $56,681 Campbell, OH $56,119 Canfield, OH $56,285 Columbiana, OH $56,729 Cortland, OH $56,872 Deerfield, OH $57,876 Diamond, OH $57,621

East Palestine, OH $57,047 Elkton, OH $57,431 Ellsworth, OH $56,532 Farmdale, OH $57,091 Fowler, OH $56,597 Girard, OH $56,130 Massillon, OH $58,448 Hamilton, OH $59,786

Fairfield, OH $60,155 Harrison, OH $60,106 Harveysburg, OH $59,389 Hooven, OH $60,208 Kings Mills, OH $59,763 Lebanon, OH $59,496 Maineville, OH $59,839 Mason, OH $59,902

Miamitown, OH $60,293 Middletown, OH $59,597 Monroe, OH $59,625 Mount Saint Joseph, OH $60,327 North Bend, OH $60,205 Okeana, OH $59,869 Oregonia, OH $59,394 Overpeck, OH $59,673

Oxford, OH $59,495 Ross, OH $60,154 Seven Mile, OH $59,582 Shandon, OH $59,942 Somerville, OH $59,375 South Lebanon, OH $59,661 Springboro, OH $59,707 Trenton, OH $59,528

Waynesville, OH $59,497 West Chester, OH $60,053 West Elkton, OH $59,457 Aberdeen, OH $58,039 Amelia, OH $60,115 Batavia, OH $60,027 Bentonville, OH $58,094 Bethel, OH $59,663

Blanchester, OH $59,337 Buford, OH $59,024 Camp Dennison, OH $60,257 Chilo, OH $59,414 Clarksville, OH $59,217 Cuba, OH $58,851 Decatur, OH $58,119 Fayetteville, OH $59,238

Feesburg, OH $59,371 Felicity, OH $59,422 Georgetown, OH $58,937 Goshen, OH $59,835 Greenfield, OH $57,842 Hamersville, OH $59,439 Higginsport, OH $59,049 Highland, OH $58,395

Hillsboro, OH $58,047 Leesburg, OH $58,063 Washington Court House, OH $58,381 West Jefferson, OH $59,966 West Rushville, OH $59,104 Williamsport, OH $58,417 Springfield, OH $57,329 Chillicothe, OH $56,689

Bainbridge, OH $57,383 Beaver, OH $56,709 Bidwell, OH $56,935 Blue Creek, OH $56,612 Bourneville, OH $56,948 Cherry Fork, OH $58,165 Chesapeake, OH $55,267 Cheshire, OH $56,912

Coalton, OH $57,154 Creola, OH $57,524 Crown City, OH $55,893 Cynthiana, OH $57,604 Frankfort, OH $57,172 Franklin Furnace, OH $56,151 Friendship, OH $56,178 Gallipolis, OH $56,701

Hallsville, OH $57,064 Hamden, OH $57,266 Haverhill, OH $56,148 Ironton, OH $55,975 Jackson, OH $56,837 Jasper, OH $56,804 Kerr, OH $56,833 Kingston, OH $57,113

Kitts Hill, OH $55,679 Latham, OH $57,514 Londonderry, OH $57,062 Lucasville, OH $56,228 Lynx, OH $57,141 Mc Arthur, OH $57,427 Mc Dermott, OH $56,149 Minford, OH $56,204

New Plymouth, OH $57,389 Oak Hill, OH $56,432 Otway, OH $56,523 Patriot, OH $56,416 Pedro, OH $56,121 Peebles, OH $57,464 Piketon, OH $56,923 Portsmouth, OH $56,149

West Portsmouth, OH $56,168 Proctorville, OH $55,397 Rarden, OH $56,991 Ray, OH $57,189 Richmond Dale, OH $56,961 Rio Grande, OH $56,632 Rock Camp, OH $55,563 Scioto Furnace, OH $56,164

Scottown, OH $55,747 Seaman, OH $57,942 South Point, OH $55,406 South Salem, OH $57,291 South Webster, OH $56,245 Stockdale, OH $56,651 Stout, OH $56,347 Thurman, OH $56,684

Vinton, OH $57,010 Wakefield, OH $56,388 Waterloo, OH $56,277 Waverly, OH $56,933 Wellston, OH $57,215 West Union, OH $57,847 Wheelersburg, OH $56,131 Marion, OH $58,762

Belle Center, OH $58,009 Bellefontaine, OH $58,264 Caledonia, OH $58,563 Cardington, OH $59,363 Carey, OH $58,171 Chesterville, OH $59,234 De Graff, OH $58,245 East Liberty, OH $58,513

Edison, OH $58,692 Fulton, OH $59,393 Green Camp, OH $58,758 Harpster, OH $58,137 Huntsville, OH $58,163 Iberia, OH $58,562 Kenton, OH $58,142 Kirby, OH $58,343

Lakeview, OH $57,873 La Rue, OH $58,281 Lewistown, OH $58,114 Marengo, OH $59,547 Martel, OH $58,501 Middleburg, OH $58,514 Morral, OH $58,241 Mount Gilead, OH $58,741

Mount Victory, OH $58,191 New Bloomington, OH $58,358 Prospect, OH $58,996 Quincy, OH $58,261 Richwood, OH $58,853 Ridgeway, OH $58,080 Roundhead, OH $57,798 Rushsylvania, OH $58,257

Russells Point, OH $58,064 Shauck, OH $58,651 Sparta, OH $59,456 Upper Sandusky, OH $58,160 Waldo, OH $59,316 West Liberty, OH $58,263 West Mansfield, OH $58,476 Wharton, OH $58,130

Zanesfield, OH $58,380 Latty, OH $58,020 Leipsic, OH $58,077 Mc Comb, OH $58,265 Mc Guffey, OH $57,732 Maria Stein, OH $58,190 Melrose, OH $58,038 Mendon, OH $57,953

Middle Point, OH $57,876 Miller City, OH $57,988 Minster, OH $58,203 Montezuma, OH $58,331 Mount Blanchard, OH $58,200 Mount Cory, OH $57,780 New Bremen, OH $58,101 New Hampshire, OH $57,728

New Knoxville, OH $57,950 North Baltimore, OH $58,706 Oakwood, OH $58,060 Ohio City, OH $57,932 Ottawa, OH $57,763 Ottoville, OH $57,755 Pandora, OH $57,666 Paulding, OH $58,036

Payne, OH $57,935 Rawson, OH $57,808 Rockford, OH $58,052 Saint Henry, OH $58,187 Saint Johns, OH $57,714 Saint Marys, OH $57,893 Scott, OH $57,931 Spencerville, OH $57,695

Uniopolis, OH $57,559 Van Buren, OH $58,602 Vanlue, OH $58,155 Van Wert, OH $57,927 Vaughnsville, OH $57,478 Venedocia, OH $57,846 Wapakoneta, OH $57,689 Waynesfield, OH $57,603

Jefferson, OH $57,622 Williamstown, OH $57,958 Lees Creek, OH $58,460 Willshire, OH $57,936 Wren, OH $57,937

Drilling Contractor Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Drilling Contractor roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 80% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Biotechnology and Aerospace & Defense sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 40% above the average. In contrast, Drilling Contractor positions in Retail & Wholesale or Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view Drilling Contractor as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for a Drilling Contractor

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Biotechnology	$84,632	$41.0	40%
Aerospace & Defense	$78,587	$38.0	30%
Energy & Utilities	$69,519	$33.0	15%

Drilling Contractor Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Drilling Contractor's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on July 01, 2026

$54,163

Average $60,452/year

$67,019

$4,514

Average $5,038/month

$5,585

$1,042

Average $1,163/week

$1,289

$26

Average $29/hour

$32

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$67,019	$5,585	$1,289	$32
Average	$60,452	$5,038	$1,163	$29
25th Percentile	$54,163	$4,514	$1,042	$26

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