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

How much do Sailors and Marine Oilers make in Urban Honolulu, HI?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Sailors and Marine Oilers in Urban Honolulu, HI is $76,330. The 10th percentile is $46,810 and the 90th percentile is $110,410. Employment is 250.

Median annual wage

$76,330

10th percentile
$46,810
25th percentile
$51,560
Median
$76,330
75th percentile
$100,180
90th percentile
$110,410
Mean
$79,730

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Sailors and Marine Oilers, the published 10th percentile is $46,810 and the 90th percentile is $110,410. The difference is $63,600, which is 83.3% 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 $51,560 to the 75th at $100,180, covers $48,620.

The mean annual wage is $79,730, which sits above the median of $76,330. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Urban Honolulu, HI median is 48.2% higher than the national median of $51,520 for Sailors and Marine Oilers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $68,790, which is 33.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.2% higher than the Hawaii median of $76,140.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Urban Honolulu, HI is 110.961, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $76,330 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sailors and Marine Oilers at $68,790 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Sailors and Marine Oilers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Sailors and Marine Oilers accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Urban Honolulu, HI (250 of 446,380). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (31,670 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.75 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 Urban Honolulu, HI · 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 Urban Honolulu, HI?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Sailors and Marine Oilers in Urban Honolulu, HI is $76,330. The 10th percentile is $46,810 and the 90th percentile is $110,410. Employment is 250.

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

The local median is 48.2% higher than the national median of $51,520.

What is Sailors and Marine Oilers pay in Urban Honolulu, HI after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Urban Honolulu, HI is 110.961, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $76,330 is $68,790. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.