Craigslist North Dakota is a great place to find work. There is a place in the United States where a pizza delivery driver can make $47, 500 per year? We are not talking about some make-believe scam based on the assumption of tips from the mega rich. Well, to some extent that last part is true. But get this, base salary for the positions are approaching the $35,000 mark with the remainder coming from expected tips. Then again this is a place where a unskilled, hard worker, who can handle long shifts in any weather conditions can make $100,000 per year driving a water truck. A place where its not unheard of for a waitress to make $750.00 a day waiting tables. A place where even Walmart has to pony up in order to staff its mega store. In the case of the pizza delivery job, right past this lucrative salary, its still so hard to find people the advertisement was found in craigslist jobs three states away in Colorado.

The Bakken Oil fields are an absolute boom right now and have turned small towns on North Dakota’s northwest border with Canada into a working mans dream come true.  There is a downside however and that is housing. Even though the companies themselves have put up man-camps capable of housing thousands, its still not enough. The once sleepy farming town of Williston for instance had a population of just over ten thousand, now has an estimated population of over sixty thousand. And even this is a guess, since the true number in the man-camps, along with endless job seekers living in RV’s or their cars, has proven impossible for even the census bureau to keep up with a reliable count. They are building though and Craigslist North Dakota can help sort through the sea of upcoming housing, as well as the endless job postings. It would be fair to say only Hawaii most likely lacks those same employment listings in their Craigslist classified section. They just can’t fill all the positions fast enough.

The estimate on unemployment figures in this booming area is thought to be zero. With only those who do not want to work being without. Even the enterprising spouses of oil field workers are advertising in Craigslist North Dakota or on the many bulletin boards at the man-camps, for services like house cleaning or laundry service. With everyone commanding well above average pay for their services. The one thing you don’t want to do is arrive without a place to stay. They have no services for the homeless in the town of Williston, and about the only thing they will provide is a little help with a bus ticket home for those who spent their last dime getting there. Just keep this in mind before packing up the car and heading north to the land of plenty. The many job listings most times include some disclaimer surrounding housing. That is to say, they don’t want to hear from you unless able to prove you have a place to stay, once getting there. Do keep in mind many jobs in the actual oil patch do include housing in the many man camps, but they oddly charge the employee for this service. the average cost being around $900.00 per month.

Other Opportunities For Craigslist North Dakota Jobs

The employment opportunities go well beyond the oil field and extend into the service sector in every single direction imaginable. The construction jobs typical for building single family housing, apartments and hotels would be one such direction. It is typical for locals to wait weeks for a plumber or electrician to become available for any home improvement projects and work is routinely turned down because everyone is just too busy. The local Walmart can’t keep the shelves stocked even at just under $20.00 per hour to start, with a promise of at least ten hours overtime. Where most of the time pallets of product are left in the isles for customers to just dig in to get whatever they need. Many people resort to having things as rudimentary as laundry detergent ordered online and simply delivered to their front door. But here is the thing, even United Parcel Service has regular scheduled job fairs at the North Dakota Job Service Center to find delivery drivers and package handlers. A place in other states people line up to file for unemployment. Every place you look in town is hiring and paying above normal wages, but needless to say with the lure of the money in the oil patch to contend with they have a hard time finding employees. There is also a mini tech boom happening in Fargo on the other side of the state from the oil field jobs. Local businesses of all kinds in places like Fargo lose people that go west to the oil field for the big money, too. So basically the job shortage extends well outside the oil boom area, so pick anything that you can do and chances are there is an opportunity waiting for you. Just remember that housing issue and check Craigslist North Dakota on a regular basis for a remedy as new housing is being put up as fast as they can build it. Also check the North Dakota Job Service Centers for postings as well.

Update: Lower Oil Prices And North Dakota’s Oil Boom

There are over a million barrels a day brought out of the ground in North Dakota’s Bakken oil fields. It doesn’t take much of an expert to predict what happens when crude prices hit a five year low. The price last summer which was around a $100 per barrel, is presently half that with no real world prediction of a foreseeable recovery in sight.  Its also fair to say the Bakken had a big role in the drop, that meanwhile helps consumers. The bigger companies can still turn a profit around $52 per barrel. However, smaller operations and especially those outside the sweet spot in outlying counties are already turning in pink slips and leaving town.

With new schools already well on their way to completion. Shopping centers, restaurants and housing development under contract, or also well on the way to completion, it could spell trouble for the local economy. There is another school of thought, though.  This mini correction and small exodus could allow those who stick it out to obtain housing at a more reasonable price. With prices bound to go right back up, at least at some point, its a given the boom will continue simply because the oil is still in the ground. A quick look at Craigslist North Dakota shows there are still jobs out there as well.