Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers

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Total Workforce

32k

Average Age

33.6

Average Salary

$50,738

Average Male Salary

$52,754

Average Female Salary

$33,381

About

Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers are most often employed by the Water transportation industry. The average yearly wage for Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers was $50,738 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers by wage are Correctional officers and jailers, Biological technicians, and Postal service mail carriers.

Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers are part of the Transportation Occupations, along with Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers, Aircraft pilots & flight engineers, Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists, Flight attendants, Ambulance drivers & attendants, except emergency medical technicians, and 17 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers are Norfolk City (Northeast) PUMA, VA, Bremerton & Port Orchard Cities PUMA, WA, and Bainbridge Island City & Silverdale PUMA, WA. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers are Norfolk City (Northeast) PUMA, VA, Bremerton & Port Orchard Cities PUMA, WA, and Bainbridge Island City & Silverdale PUMA, WA.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers and on wages and locations for those in the field. Water transportation is the industry that employs the most Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers, by average wage, is Amusement & Recreation. Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers are paid most in Greater Fairbanks, Greater Juneau, Ketchikan Gateway Borough & Road-Connected Alaska PUMA, AK but are relatively concentrated in Norfolk City (Northeast) PUMA, VA.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$50,738

AVERAGE SALARY

± $7,001

In 2018, Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers earned an average of $50,738, $3,150 less than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Correctional officers and jailers make somewhat more than Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers while Postal service mail carriers make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.388

WAGE GINI

In 2018, Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.388, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers, by number of employees, are Water transportation, U. S. Navy, and Services incidental to transportation.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers, by average wage, are Amusement & Recreation, National security & international affairs, Water transportation, Construction, Water transportation, and Services incidental to transportation.

Industries by Share

32k

2018 Workforce

± 4,391

-1.7%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 19.7%

The number of people employed as Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers has been declining at a rate of -1.7%, from 32,541 people in 2017 to 31,988 people in 2018.

This graphic shows the share of Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers employed by various industries. Water transportation employs the largest share of Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers at 31.1%, followed by U. S. Navy with 23.1% and Services incidental to transportation with 13.6%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers in the US. The average age of male Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers in the workforce is 33.5 and of female Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers is 34, and the most common race/ethnicity for Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

28.7k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 4,156

3.33k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 1,417

89.6% of Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers are Male, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers

White (Non-Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)

72.9% of Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 8.68% of Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers, Black (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers.

Age by Gender

33.5

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 1.97

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 5.67

The median age of Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers is 33.6, and Male employees are generally 0.468 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers is Business but a relatively high number of Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers hold a major in Transportation.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degree-majorss. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree-majors obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers need many skills, but most especially Operation Monitoring. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers need more than the average amount of Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, and Installation.