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Highest Paying States for Marine Engineers and Naval Architects

The highest paying states for marine engineers and naval architects (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of marine engineers and naval architects in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $122,480, District of Columbia is the highest paying state for marine engineers and naval architects. It is followed by Connecticut (average annual salary $116,720). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2018 [1]. For more salary information of marine engineers and naval architects in a specific state, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Highest Paying States for Marine Engineers and Naval Architects

Rank	State	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	District of Columbia	$122,480	$71,830	770
2	Connecticut	$116,720	$83,600	240
3	Maryland	$109,710	$71,380	520
4	Texas	$109,250	$45,200	650
5	California	$101,910	$71,120	520
6	Louisiana	$95,520	$60,160	180
7	New York	$94,600	$66,750	120
8	Florida	$94,420	$68,010	170
9	Maine	$90,760	$61,780	350
10	Oregon	$90,560	$44,990	30
11	Mississippi	$89,600	$61,080	300
12	Virginia	$89,090	$58,680	1,910
13	Washington	$85,720	$61,480	580
14	New Jersey	$81,870	$46,890	130
15	Pennsylvania	$77,840	$64,380	30
16	Hawaii	$74,840	$57,880	100
17	Idaho	$74,400	$66,700	0
18	Kentucky	$73,370	$64,190	60
19	Missouri	$73,150	$43,950	0
20	Tennessee	$71,470	$34,490	70
21	Wisconsin	$70,010	$54,360	30
22	Massachusetts	$63,090	$53,860	250
23	Illinois	$56,250	$42,270	0
24	Alabama	$56,160	$48,530	120

Note: some states are missing from this table because the median salary information of marine engineers and naval architects in those states is not available at this time.