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AAPG EXPLORER 2008 article: Geologist Pay Reflects Demand w/ Salary Survey averages by degree and years of experience, plus historical data.

2008-2009
2007-2008
2006-2007
2005-2006
2004-2005
2003-2004
2002-2003
2001-2002
2000-2001

2008-2009

No. of students signed up to interview	131
B.S./B.A. candidates	48
M.S./M.A. candidates	56
Ph.D. candidates	27
No. of recruiting companies	35
From exit surveys
No. of exit surveys	54
Total no. of interviews	563
Average no. of interviews/student	4
No. of full-time jobs offered	27
No. of job offers accepted	17
No. of internships offered	28
No. of internships accepted	18
Salary ranges
Internships (MONTHLY)	$4,000-6,700 (B.S.) $5,600-9,300 (M.S., Ph.D.)
Full-time jobs (ANNUAL)	$48,000-65,000 (B.S.) $54,000-127,900 (M.S., Ph.D.)
List of recruiting companies: Apache Corporation, Anadarko Petroleum, BHP Billiton Petroleum, Cabot Oil & Gas, Chevron, Cimarex Energy, Citation Oil & Gas, ConocoPhillips, Devon Energy, Encana, EOG Resources, ERM, ExxonMobil Geosciences, ExxonMobil Geoscience Computing, ExxonMobil Data Management, Halliburton-Sperry Drilling, Hess, Hilcorp Energy, Ion Geophysical, Jones Energy, Maersk Oil America & Denmark, Marathon Oil, Newfield Exploration, Nexen Petroleum, Noble Energy, Occidental Oil & Gas, PBW, PGS, Petrotel, Questar, Schlumberger, Shell Oil, Southwestern Energy, Swift Energy, TCEQ, URS, Weston Solutions, Wood Mackenzie. Cancelled: BP, CH2M Hill, Core Laboratories, Eni Petroleum, Minerals Management Services, Plains Exploration, Total. Oil & gas companies represented more than 80% of on-campus recruiters at the JSG.

2007-2008

No. of students signed up to interview	no data
B.S./B.A. candidates	no data
M.S./M.A. candidates	no data
Ph.D. candidates	no data
No. of recruiting companies	32
From exit surveys
No. of exit surveys	no data
Total no. of interviews	no data
Average no. of interviews/student	no data
No. of full-time jobs offered	no data
No. of job offers accepted	no data
No. of internships offered	no data
No. of internships accepted	no data
Salary ranges
Internships (MONTHLY)	$0 (B.S.) $0 (M.S., Ph.D.)
Full-time jobs (ANNUAL)	$0 (B.S.) $0 (M.S., Ph.D.)
List of recruiting companies: Apache Corporation, BP, Baker Hughes, Anadarko Petroleum, Cabot Oil & Gas, Chevron, Citation Oil & Gas, ConocoPhillips, Devon Energy, Encana, EOG Resources, ExxonMobil Geosciences, ExxonMobil Geoscience Computing, ExxonMobil Data Management, Halliburton-Sperry Drilling, Hess, Hunt Oil, Ion Geophysical, Maersk Oil America & Denmark, Marathon Oil, Newfield Exploration, Nexen Petroleum, Noble Energy, Occidental Oil & Gas, PGS, Questar, Schlumberger, Shell Oil, Southwestern Energy, Swift Energy, URS. Scheduled/Cancelled: Seismic Micro Technology.

2006-2007

No. of students signed up to interview	126
B.S./B.A. candidates	44
M.S./M.A. candidates	54
Ph.D. candidates	26
No. of recruiting companies	41
From exit surveys
No. of exit surveys	75
Total no. of interviews	545
Average no. of interviews/student	4
No. of full-time jobs offered	67
No. of job offers accepted	25
No. of internships offered	59
No. of internships accepted	22
Salary ranges
Internships (MONTHLY)	$5,000-$6,000 (B.S.) $3,500-$7,7000 (M.S., Ph.D.)
Full-time jobs (ANNUAL)	$3,000-$6400 (B.S.) $5,000-$8,699 (M.S., Ph.D.)
List of recruiting companies: AOA Geophysical, Amerada-Hess, Apache Corporation, Anadarko Petroleum, BHP Billiton, BP, Cabot Oil & Gas, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Devon Energy, Dominion Oil & Gas, El Paso Corporation, Encana, Eni Petroleum, EOG Resources, ERG, ERM, ExxonMobil Geosciences, Geoscience Earth & Marine Services, Halliburton, Hunt Oil, GX Technology, Kleinfelder, Marathon Oil, Newfield Exploration, Nexen Petroleum, Noble Energy, Norsk-Hydro, Occidental Oil & Gas, PGS, Schlumberger, Shell Oil, Southwestern Energy, TRC Solutions, URS Corporation, Weston Solutions.

2005-2006

No. of students signed up to interview	150
B.S./B.A. candidates	30
M.S./M.A. candidates	80
Ph.D. candidates	40
No. of recruiting companies	30
From exit surveys
No. of exit surveys	107
Total no. of interviews	400
Average no. of interviews/student	4
No. of full-time jobs offered	47
No. of job offers accepted	27
No. of internships offered	75
No. of internships accepted	36
Salary ranges
Internships	$3500-5200 (B.S.) $5000-7500 (Ph.D.)
Full-time jobs
Partial list of recruiting companies: Amerada-Hess, Anadarko, Apache, BHP, BP, Brigham, Burlington, Cabot, Chevron, Circle Oil, ConocoPhillips, Devon, Dominion, Dubai Petroleum, El Paso Corp., Encana, EOG Resources, ERM, ExxonMobil, GX Technology, Hunt Petroleum, Kleinfelder, Lewis Energy, Marathon, Nexen, Noble Energy, Occidental, PetroTel, Quicksilver Resources, Sandia Laboratories, Schlumberger, Selmon Associates, Shell, TRC Environmental, Unocal, WellTech, Weston Solutions, URS.

No. of students signed up to interview	96
B.S./B.A. candidates	19
M.S./M.A. candidates	53
Ph.D. candidates	24
No. of recruiting companies	25
From exit surveys
No. of exit surveys	67
Total no. of interviews	254
Average no. of interviews/student	3
No. of full-time jobs offered	28
No. of job offers accepted	16
No. of internships offered	46
No. of internships accepted	26
Salary ranges
Internships	$2500/mo (B.S.) to $5600/mo (Ph.D.)
Full-time jobs	$3000/mo for a student with a B.S. or M.S. degree to $6500/mo for a student entering the industry with a Ph.D.
Partial list of recruiting companies: Amerada Hess, Anadarko, Apache, bp, Burlington, ChevronTexaco, Computalog, ConocoPhillips, Devon, Dominion, Encana, ERM, Esenjay Exploration, ExxonMobil, Marathon, Nexen, Occidental, Pioneer, Samson, Schlumberger, Shell, Unocal, URS, Veritas, Whitehead

No. of students signed up to interview	96
B.S./B.A. candidates	37
M.S./M.A. candidates	29
Ph.D. candidates	30
No. of recruiting companies	14
From exit surveys
No. of exit surveys	45
No. of full-time jobs offered	16
No. of internships offered	24
Salary ranges
Internships	$4,450/mo (B.S./B.A.) $3,300-$5,270/mo (M.S./M.A.) $4,250-$5,200/mo (Ph.D.)
Full-time jobs	$3,400-$3,500/mo (B.S./B.A.) $5,300-$5,400/mo (M.S./M.A.) $6,000-$6,050/mo (Ph.D.)
Partial list of recruiting companies: Amerada-Hess Corporation, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Apache Corporation, bp, ChevronTexaco, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil Exploration, ExxonMobil Production and Research, Marathon Oil, Occidental Oil, Pioneer Natural Resources, Schlumberger, Shell Oil, TotalFinaElf U.S.A., Inc., URS Corporation

No. of students signed up to interview	96
B.S./B.A. candidates	37
M.S./M.A. candidates	29
Ph.D. candidates	30
No. of recruiting companies	14
From exit surveys
No. of exit surveys	45
No. of full-time jobs offered	16
No. of internships offered	24
Salary ranges
Internships	$4,450/mo (B.S./B.A.) $3,300-$5,270/mo (M.S./M.A.) $4,250-$5,200/mo (Ph.D.)
Full-time jobs	$3,400-$3,500/mo (B.S./B.A.) $5,300-$5,400/mo (M.S./M.A.) $6,000-$6,050/mo (Ph.D.)
Partial list of recruiting companies: Amerada-Hess Corporation, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Apache Corporation, bp, ChevronTexaco, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil Exploration, ExxonMobil Production and Research, Marathon Oil, Occidental Oil, Pioneer Natural Resources, Schlumberger, Shell Oil, TotalFinaElf U.S.A., Inc., URS Corporation

2001-2002

No. of students signed up to interview	76
B.S./B.A. candidates	17
M.S./M.A. candidates	27
Ph.D. candidates	24
No. of recruiting companies	17
From exit surveys
No. of exit surveys	54
No. of full-time jobs offered	9
No. of internships offered	35
Salary ranges
Internships	$2,400 - $4,000 (B.S./B.A.) $4,300 - $4,525 (M.S./M.A.) $4,500 - $5,900 (Ph.D.)
Full-time jobs	$5,000/mo (M.S./M.A.) $5,830/mo (Ph.D.)
Partial list of recruiting companies: Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, bp, Cabot Oil & Gas, Chevron Corporation, Conoco, Inc., ERM Southwest, ExxonMobil Exploration, ExxonMobil Production and Research, Marathon Oil, Ocean Energy, Occidental Oil, Phillips Petroleum, Schlumberger, Shell Oil, Texaco, Inc. TotalFina Elf and URS Corporation

No. of students signed up to interview	75
B.S./B.A. candidates	18
M.S./M.A. candidates	31
Ph.D. candidates	26
No. of recruiting companies	15
From exit surveys
No. of exit surveys	75
No. of full-time jobs offered	12
No. of internships offered	26
Salary ranges
Internships	$3,700-$5,375/mo (M.S./M.A.) $4,100-$5,400/mo (Ph.D.)
Full-time jobs	$4,750-$5,225/mo (M.S./M.A.)
Partial list of recruiting companies: Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, bp, Chevron Corporation, Conoco, Inc., ERM Southwest, ExxonMobil Exploration, ExxonMobil Production and Research, Marathon Oil, Ocean Energy, Occidental Oil, Phillips Petroleum, Schlumberger, Shell Oil, Texaco, Inc., URS Corporation