To ask what a real wage is for working off shore?

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I know if a few men who do this and seem pretty loaded. Curious. I think Google would only show certain salaries, I'm interested in real salaries for the majority.

Average is £62,500 apparently:

www.cwjobs.co.uk/salary-checker/average-offshore-salary

It is a lot more than for being onshore doing a similar job. But then it is really fucking dangerous, and offshore workers, while they get plenty time off, are at the mercy of the rota and mis Christmases, birthdays, births of children, family events, weddings and are not always guaranteed to get home in an emergency right away.

What sausagema said, plus its 12 hour shifts, 7 days a week while they are offshore. There's no guarantee they will get back after their shift if the weather is bad. They might be stuck off shore or they might be stuck somewhere like Shetland or Aberdeen - where a lot of the helicopters fly to, before the workers transfer to a plane to travel further south. It's good money but its a dangerous and tough job.

Depends on your qualifications, skills and experience, plus your shift patterns. Base salaries can be quite low (£30k) and you top up with offshore allowances, but you could be away from home 70% of the time, and working 12 hour shifts, 7 days a week. An OIM is going to earn way more than an offshore scaffolder, a drilling supervisor is going to earn way more than a catering supervisor etc.

I knew a spark who worked offshore and had done for years.

Well over 100k

It's funny that offshore pays more than the more than the military

It's not surprising - offshore is usually oil and gas sector work which is paid by huge companies vs the UK government funded military, which is constantly suffering budget cuts.

It’s not surprising it pays more than the military- most military personnel when not on deployment can go home every weekend, every evening (or days off shift) save for duty now and then. Offshore you are away for the specified period of time.

I used to work for an oil company. International role with all bills, school fees etc covered came with a £130k salary (no uk tax either!)

My happiest friends are those whose husbands work off-shore - so piss off for weeks at a time but plenty of £££ coming in!

roses2 ah the joys of working for an IOC. Our US bosses had incredible packages (grand piano in your rental? Certainly sir). Packages when working for service companies generally were nowhere near as good. Best paid friend is a drilling consultant - think he pulls in over £250k a year, but is away a lot and works in some dodgy areas.