Hire a Remote Oilfield Admin for Your Texas Operation
A full-time oilfield administrator for Permian Basin and Eagle Ford operators. Field ticket processing, JIB, revenue distribution, and Texas Railroad Commission prep work, from $1,400 per month.
Why Texas Energy Operators Hire Remote Oilfield Admins
Texas produces roughly 43 percent of the nation's crude oil and 25 percent of its marketed natural gas according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, concentrated in the Permian Basin (Midland, Odessa, Reeves, Loving counties) and the Eagle Ford shale in South Texas. Behind the rig count is a mountain of paperwork. Every field ticket, every AFE, every JIB cycle, every RRC monthly production report moves through administrative hands. For independent E&P operators running 50 to 500 wells, the back-office headcount to keep up with that paperwork is a real line item.
Midland and Houston admin pay has tracked the industry recovery. Per Indeed and Glassdoor, experienced oilfield admins and JIB accountants in Midland command $55,000 to $72,000 per year loaded, and the local labor market in Midland-Odessa is chronically tight because every operator is fishing in the same pond. A remote oilfield admin working Central Time for a third of that cost lets you scale back-office capacity during drilling pushes without committing to permanent local headcount.
BLS May 2023 data for bookkeeping and auditing clerks puts the national median at $47,440, with oil and gas-specialized admins trending 30 to 50 percent above because of the learning curve on JIB, revenue distribution, and operator-specific software like WolfePak.
What Your Texas Oilfield Admin Will Do
- Process electronic and scanned field tickets, match to AFEs and code to cost centers
- Run joint interest billing cycles in WolfePak, Enertia, or Petrofly
- Prep revenue distribution runs and owner statement reconciliations
- Prepare Texas Railroad Commission PR monthly production data and W-1/P-4 prep
- Vendor AP entry, PO matching, and invoice dispute tracking
- Severance tax workpapers for your CPA or tax provider
- Land file document indexing and lease record keeping
Tools They Know
- E&P accounting - WolfePak, Enertia, Petrofly, OGsys, Quorum
- Field tickets / invoices - Oildex OpenInvoice, Cortex, Enverus, Engage Mobilize
- General accounting - QuickBooks Desktop/Online, Sage, NetSuite
- Data - Enverus (DrillingInfo), Excel, Power BI
Cost: Texas Local vs Teckas
| Midland/Houston Local | Teckas Remote | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly (loaded) | $5,200 - $7,000 | From $1,400 |
| Benefits / tax | You pay | Included |
| Replacement | Re-hire | Free |
| Contract | Annual | Month-to-month |
How to Hire
- Discovery call. Share your well count, software, and JIB cycle.
- Shortlist. 3 to 5 admins with JIB/WolfePak experience within a week.
- Onboard. Your pick starts on your next close cycle.
Scale Back-Office Without a Midland Hire
Tight local labor market in the Permian should not stall your JIB cycle.
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