In This Oil Boomtown, Workers With No Experience Are Making $120,000 A Year http://finance.yahoo.com/news/oil-boomtown-workers-no-experience-154600953.html Wireline operators in the Williston, North Dakota area start at about $120,000 a year and can reasonably expect to make $200,000 annually. I heard one guy say he expected to make $300,000, but $120,000 is the norm. looks like oil could bail out not only Belize but America as well....