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Ship Engineer Salary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The annual salary statistics of ship engineers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is shown in Table 1. The wage information of ship engineers in Philadelphia is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Ship Engineers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$49,650
25th Percentile Wage
$57,170
50th Percentile Wage
$65,700
75th Percentile Wage
$80,190
90th Percentile Wage
$134,180

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for ship engineers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $134,180. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $65,700. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $49,650.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of ship engineers from 2012 to 2017. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$65,700
6.18% -6.33%
2013
$61,640
-13.34% -
2012
$69,860
- -

Table 2. Compare Ship Engineer Salary in Philadelphia with Other Pennsylvania Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $65,700, Philadelphia is the second highest paying city for ship engineers in state of Pennsylvania, following the highest paying city Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington (median annual salary of $91,230). Compared with Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, the median annual salary of ship engineers in Philadelphia is 28.0 percent (28.0%) lower.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington
$91,230
Philadelphia
$65,700
Pittsburgh
$57,680