Building and operating America’s #pipeline network provides thousands of good-paying jobs.
Jobs in alternative sectors often do not pay as much as #pipeline jobs and are fewer in number.
America’s entire oil and gas sector of more than 10 million jobs depends on #pipelines delivering that energy.
Pipeline operators in engineering, computer technology and business operations average between $40 and $50 an hour. #PipelineWorkersEarnMore
#Pipeline projects offer good-paying jobs that can support a family. The median hourly wage for a #pipeline construction trades worker is $30.03 per hour. Pipelayers specifically make on average $30.51 an hour.
Over the course of a year, a pipeline worker would lose $17,850 in wages if forced to transition to a solar installation job. #PipelineWorkersEarnMore
Wind turbine service technician median pay is $24.41 an hour or nearly 20% lower and nearly $12,000 in lost wages compared to a pipeline worker. #PipelineWorkersEarnMore
The shift from conventional jobs to new green jobs can often mean fewer jobs at lower pay. #PipelineWorkersEarnMore
#Pipelines not only deliver the resources that power our daily lives, they also support millions of American jobs.
#Pipelines fuel the American Dream by creating good-paying jobs that support families and build futures.