I have a senior who graduated and worked for 2 years already, he is in one of the oil and gas company too.

He's earning basic USD4k a month, then plus daily allowance, project completion bonus, adds up all, he gets around USD10k a month. He already has 3 property, getting his fourth one soon.

Another senior of mine, graduated 6 months earlier than me, he oso in oil and gas. Getting around RM700 a day as a field engineer.