Highest-paying Cities for Ship Engineers

The top 61 highest paying cities for ship engineers (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 ship engineers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $180,520, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is the highest paying city for ship engineers. It is followed by Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana (average annual salary $110,800). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of ship engineers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 61 Highest-paying cities/areas for Ship Engineers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$180,520	$85,870	280
2	Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$110,800	$59,630	100
3	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$106,670	$70,000	660
4	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$104,800	$65,360	470
5	Jacksonville, Florida	$104,280	$75,390	380
6	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$102,660	$68,710	470
7	Lafayette, Louisiana	$102,280	$62,730	40
8	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$100,180	$66,000	60
9	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$98,330	$56,560	60
10	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$96,310	$60,240	170
11	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$95,230	$50,680	330
12	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$94,970	$72,390	110
13	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$93,410	$82,160	110
14	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$93,000	$67,140	320
15	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$92,410	$62,560	40
16	St Louis, Missouri	$91,280	$57,450	40
17	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$91,230	$69,280	70
18	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$91,150	$64,770	690
19	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$90,420	$53,150	570
20	Anchorage, Alaska	$89,440	$42,490	90
21	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$88,410	$52,160	70
22	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$88,290	$60,540	50
23	Memphis, Tennessee	$88,060	$58,540	190
24	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$87,800	$61,820	50
25	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$86,710	$59,160	150
26	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$86,610	$50,380	300
27	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$85,970	$61,090	460
28	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$85,460	$54,610	150
29	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$84,690	$64,450	90
30	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana	$83,350	$63,510	100
31	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$82,470	$80,610	30
32	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$81,780	$36,350	30
33	West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$79,590	$62,080	180
34	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$79,230	$46,550	1,400
35	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$76,590	$54,740	80
36	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$76,590	$68,630	n/a
37	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$75,240	$39,510	380
38	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$74,790	$50,130	50
39	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$73,970	$53,930	30
40	Honolulu, Hawaii	$72,960	$37,450	n/a
41	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$71,790	$51,670	100
42	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$69,240	$39,650	30
43	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$66,770	$24,810	180
44	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$65,700	$49,650	30
45	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$65,680	$41,850	n/a
46	Mobile, Alabama	$65,000	$38,240	40
47	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$63,140	$42,540	100
48	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$62,970	$37,500	n/a
49	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$62,620	$48,850	30
50	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$62,620	$36,180	n/a
51	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$60,050	$42,200	60
52	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$58,800	$42,900	n/a
53	Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina	$58,180	$47,580	40
54	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$57,680	$39,670	50
55	Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$56,650	$50,460	30
56	Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$54,530	$39,440	30
57	Savannah, Georgia	$53,450	$34,660	30
58	New Iberia nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$52,710	$33,950	320
59	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$45,930	$21,870	170
60	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$43,870	$21,020	40
61	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$43,870	$21,020	40

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for ship engineers.