SOC 53-5011 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Sailors and Marine Oilers make in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Sailors and Marine Oilers in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is $61,630. The 10th percentile is $38,810 and the 90th percentile is $82,150. Employment is 150.

Median annual wage

$61,630

10th percentile
$38,810
25th percentile
$54,320
Median
$61,630
75th percentile
$63,860
90th percentile
$82,150
Mean
$60,270

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Senior Airman Stephen Czech, a firefighter at Spangdahlem Air Base, in 2021. Photograph by Staff Sgt. Susan Roberts, U.S. Air Force. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Sailors and Marine Oilers, the published 10th percentile is $38,810 and the 90th percentile is $82,150. The difference is $43,340, which is 70.3% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $54,320 to the 75th at $63,860, covers $9,540.

The mean annual wage is $60,270, which sits below the median of $61,630. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD median is 19.6% higher than the national median of $51,520 for Sailors and Marine Oilers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $60,095, which is 16.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 58.8% higher than the Pennsylvania median of $38,810.

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Pennsylvania, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 102.554, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $61,630 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sailors and Marine Oilers at $60,095 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sailors and Marine Oilers. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD ranks 2nd of 6 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ is 52 miles away, with a median of $49,400 and employment of 110. That median is 19.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,971, against $60,095 here.
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 98 miles away, with a median of $62,550 and employment of 1,720. That median is 1.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $55,569, against $60,095 here.
  • Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT is 138 miles away, with a median of $57,320 and employment of 30. That median is 7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,638, against $60,095 here.

Employment share

Sailors and Marine Oilers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (150 of 2,897,830). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (31,670 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.25 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD · Sailors and Marine Oilers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Sailors and Marine Oilers make in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Sailors and Marine Oilers in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is $61,630. The 10th percentile is $38,810 and the 90th percentile is $82,150. Employment is 150.

How does that compare with the national median for Sailors and Marine Oilers?

The local median is 19.6% higher than the national median of $51,520.

What is Sailors and Marine Oilers pay in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 102.554, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $61,630 is $60,095. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD compare with nearby metros for Sailors and Marine Oilers?

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 52 miles away, at $49,400. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD ranks 2nd of 6 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.