SOC 53-5011 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025
How much do Sailors and Marine Oilers make in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Sailors and Marine Oilers in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is $48,290. The 10th percentile is $36,390 and the 90th percentile is $71,990. Employment is 180.
Median annual wage
$48,290
- 10th percentile
- $36,390
- 25th percentile
- $41,510
- Median
- $48,290
- 75th percentile
- $59,930
- 90th percentile
- $71,990
- Mean
- $52,750
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Sailors and Marine Oilers, the published 10th percentile is $36,390 and the 90th percentile is $71,990. The difference is $35,600, which is 73.7% 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 $41,510 to the 75th at $59,930, covers $18,420.
The mean annual wage is $52,750, which sits above the median of $48,290. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA median is 6.3% lower than the national median of $51,520 for Sailors and Marine Oilers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $43,160, which is 16.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 12.5% lower than the California median of $55,180.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is 111.887, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $48,290 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sailors and Marine Oilers at $43,160 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sailors and Marine Oilers. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA ranks 2nd of 3 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).).
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 110 miles away, with a median of $48,530 and employment of 660. That median is 0.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,733, against $43,160 here.
- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA is 164 miles away, with a median of $44,350 and employment of 40. That median is 8.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,123, against $43,160 here.
Employment share
Sailors and Marine Oilers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA (180 of 1,538,060). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (31,670 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.57 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 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA · 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 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Sailors and Marine Oilers in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is $48,290. The 10th percentile is $36,390 and the 90th percentile is $71,990. Employment is 180.
How does that compare with the national median for Sailors and Marine Oilers?
The local median is 6.3% lower than the national median of $51,520.
What is Sailors and Marine Oilers pay in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is 111.887, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $48,290 is $43,160. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA compare with nearby metros for Sailors and Marine Oilers?
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 110 miles away, at $48,530. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA ranks 2nd of 3 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.