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Last updated: November 10, 2024
Observer Seismic Prospecting Salary
in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
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$67,315 (USD)
Average Salary
$32/hr
Average Hourly
$1,407
Average Bonus
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The average pay for an Observer Seismic Prospecting is $67,315 a year and $32 an hour in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, United States. The average salary range for an Observer Seismic Prospecting is between $47,525 and $81,586. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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Estimated salary in 2029:
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5 Year Change:
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About St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
St. Thomas Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Saint Thomas (Danish: Sankt Thomas, Spanish: Santo Tomás, French: Saint-Thomas) is one of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea, and a constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States. Along with surrounding minor islands, it is one of three county-equivalents in the USVI. Together with Saint John, it forms one of the districts of the USVI. The territorial capital and port of Charlotte Amalie is located on the island.
Of the three islands, St. Thomas is the second-largest, with St. Croix being the largest, and St. John, the smallest. As of the 2020...
Job Summary
Description:
- Plans and directs activities of field party engaged in collecting seismic data used in prospecting for oil or gas: designates location of shot holes and placement of seismometers and connecting cables over blast area according to plot drawn by surveyor, geophysical prospecting.
- Plans and directs activities of workers engaged in laying out seismographic measuring apparatus over test area.
- Surveys area to verify that equipment is in position specified and tests electrical circuits for continuity.
- Directs shooter, seismograph to detonate charges placed in shot holes, using short wave radio.
- Observes reaction of recording instruments to detect irregularity.
- Develops picture of seismic wave pattern in photographic developing solution.
- Examines wave pattern on subterranean strata for evidence of distortion caused by electronic crossfeed, short circuit, or loose connection.
- Orders redrilling of shot holes and equipment layout to repeat shot.
- Directs repair or repairs instruments or equipment, using manufacturers' manuals and handtools.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for an Observer Seismic Prospecting is $67,315 a year and $32 an hour in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, United States. The average salary range for an Observer Seismic Prospecting is between $47,525 and $81,586. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
Find actuarial salary survey data and benchmark salary and pay.
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Observer Seismic Prospecting Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians
Job family population: 8,860
Estimated population of Observer Seismic Prospecting jobs: 418
Rate of error: 7.1%
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About St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
St. Thomas Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Saint Thomas (Danish: Sankt Thomas, Spanish: Santo Tomás, French: Saint-Thomas) is one of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea, and a constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States. Along with surrounding minor islands, it is one of three county-equivalents in the USVI. Together with Saint John, it forms one of the districts of the USVI. The territorial capital and port of Charlotte Amalie is located on the island.
Of the three islands, St. Thomas is the second-largest, with St. Croix being the largest, and St. John, the smallest. As of the 2020...
Job Summary
Description:
- Plans and directs activities of field party engaged in collecting seismic data used in prospecting for oil or gas: designates location of shot holes and placement of seismometers and connecting cables over blast area according to plot drawn by surveyor, geophysical prospecting.
- Plans and directs activities of workers engaged in laying out seismographic measuring apparatus over test area.
- Surveys area to verify that equipment is in position specified and tests electrical circuits for continuity.
- Directs shooter, seismograph to detonate charges placed in shot holes, using short wave radio.
- Observes reaction of recording instruments to detect irregularity.
- Develops picture of seismic wave pattern in photographic developing solution.
- Examines wave pattern on subterranean strata for evidence of distortion caused by electronic crossfeed, short circuit, or loose connection.
- Orders redrilling of shot holes and equipment layout to repeat shot.
- Directs repair or repairs instruments or equipment, using manufacturers' manuals and handtools.
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Who We Are
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