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Ship Engineers in Virginia

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9.3% Jobs Projection
$60,020 Median Salary
220 Job Openings

You’re in luck! Jobs for Ship Engineers in Virginia are projected to grow and these jobs tend to pay higher than average.

  • Projected employment for Ship Engineers in Virginia is growing faster than average.

  • Ship Engineers in Virginia earn higher salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.

How Many Ship Engineers Work in Virginia?

1,380 people worked as Ship Engineers in 2018 in this state.

There were 1,400 Ship Engineers employed in this state in 2017.

That’s a decline of 20 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

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The typical state has 160 Ship Engineers working in it, which means Virginia has more Ship Engineers than average.

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Job Projections for Virginia

Jobs for Ship Engineers in this state are growing at a rate of 9.3% which is faster than the nationwide estimated projection of 6.9%.

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Virginia Annual Job Openings

The BLS estimates there will be 220 annual job openings, and 1,770 total jobs in 2026 for Ship Engineers in this state.

Nationwide, the prediction is 1,300 annual jobs and 10,800 total jobs in 2026.

What do Ship Engineers Make in Virginia?

In 2018 wages for Ship Engineers ranged from $39,960 to $118,260 with $60,020 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $19.21 to $56.86. The median hourly rate was $28.86.

Workers in this field were paid a median of $28.39 an hour in 2017.

The hourly rate grew by $0.47.

The median salary in Virginia is higher than the nationwide median salary.

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Top Virginia Metros for Ship Engineers

The table below shows some of the metros in this state with the most Ship Engineers.

Metro Number Employed Annual Median Salary
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 1,370 $60,020

Top States for Ship Engineers Employment

View the list below to see where most Ship Engineers work.

State Number Employed Annual Median Salary
Virginia 1,380 $60,020
Florida 1,290 $62,510
Washington 1,010 $83,340
New York 590 $109,350
Louisiana 480 $71,010
Alaska 350 $60,720
Kentucky 290 $81,930
Texas 230 $69,090
Mississippi 160 $72,350
Pennsylvania 130 $76,860
New Jersey 120 $74,530
Oregon 90 $71,950
North Carolina 90 $46,210
South Carolina 60 $62,160
Georgia 40 $60,210
Missouri 40 $91,760
Hawaii 30 $0

Below are the states where Ship Engineers get paid the most:

State Annual Median Salary
New York $109,350
Missouri $91,760
Washington $83,340
Kentucky $81,930
Massachusetts $81,310
Pennsylvania $76,860
Tennessee $76,590
New Jersey $74,530
Mississippi $72,350
Oregon $71,950

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