Marine engineers & naval architects

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Total Workforce

16.4k

Average Age

39.7

Average Salary

$81,266

Average Male Salary

$81,545

Average Female Salary

$78,803

About

Marine engineers & naval architects are most often employed by the Ship & boat building industry. The average yearly wage for Marine engineers & naval architects was $81,266 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Marine engineers & naval architects by wage are Environmental engineers, Budget analysts, and Training & development managers.

Marine engineers & naval architects are part of the Architecture & engineering occupations, along with Architects, except landscape and naval, Landscape architects, Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists, Aerospace engineers, Chemical engineers, and 16 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Marine engineers & naval architects are Isle of Wight, Southampton Counties, Suffolk & Franklin Cities PUMA, VA, New London County (South) PUMA, CT, and Chesapeake City (South & West) PUMA, VA. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Marine engineers & naval architects are Chesapeake City (South & West) PUMA, VA, Portsmouth & Norfolk (Southwest) Cities PUMA, VA, and New London County (South) PUMA, CT.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Marine engineers & naval architects and on wages and locations for those in the field. Ship & boat building is the industry that employs the most Marine engineers & naval architects, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Marine engineers & naval architects, by average wage, is National security & international affairs. Marine engineers & naval architects are paid most in Isle of Wight, Southampton Counties, Suffolk & Franklin Cities PUMA, VA but are relatively concentrated in Chesapeake City (South & West) PUMA, VA.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$81,266

AVERAGE SALARY

± $5,897

In 2018, Marine engineers & naval architects earned an average of $81,266, $27,377 more than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Environmental engineers make somewhat more than Marine engineers & naval architects while Training & development managers make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Marine engineers & naval architects as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.191

WAGE GINI

In 2017, Marine engineers & naval architects had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.191, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Marine engineers & naval architects (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 Marine engineers & naval architects.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Marine engineers & naval architects

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Marine engineers & naval architects.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Marine engineers & naval architects, by number of employees, are Ship & boat building, Water transportation, and National security & international affairs.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Marine engineers & naval architects, by average wage, are National security & international affairs, National security & international affairs, Services incidental to transportation, Services incidental to transportation, Architectural, engineering & related services, and Ship & boat building.

Industries by Share

16.4k

2018 Workforce

± 3,147

-1.23%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 27.3%

The number of people employed as Marine engineers & naval architects has been declining at a rate of -1.23%, from 16,635 people in 2017 to 16,430 people in 2018.

This graphic shows the share of Marine engineers & naval architects employed by various industries. Ship & boat building employs the largest share of Marine engineers & naval architects at 66.1%, followed by Water transportation with 10.6% and National security & international affairs with 6.97%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Marine engineers & naval architects in the US. The average age of male Marine engineers & naval architects in the workforce is 39.8 and of female Marine engineers & naval architects is 39, and the most common race/ethnicity for Marine engineers & naval architects is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

14.8k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 2,982

1.67k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 1,004

89.8% of Marine engineers & naval architects are Male, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Marine engineers & naval architects.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Marine engineers & naval architects

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

75% of Marine engineers & naval architects are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 8.56% of Marine engineers & naval architects, White (Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Marine engineers & naval architects.

Age by Gender

39.8

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 2.62

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 6.79

The median age of Marine engineers & naval architects is 39.7, and Male employees are generally 0.755 years older than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Marine engineers & naval architects from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Marine engineers & naval architects is Engineering but a relatively high number of Marine engineers & naval architects hold a major in Engineering.

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 Marine engineers & naval architects from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Marine engineers & naval architects need many skills, but most especially Critical Thinking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Marine engineers & naval architects need more than the average amount of Science, Technology Design, and Operations Analysis.