How much do Ship Engineers make in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA?

Percentile spread

For Ship Engineers, the published 10th percentile is $72,260 and the 90th percentile is $162,630. The difference is $90,370, which is 90.1% 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 $78,120 to the 75th at $162,630, covers $84,510.

The mean annual wage is $113,090, which sits above the median of $100,260. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA median is 8.5% lower than the national median of $109,530 for Ship Engineers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $117,810, which is 7.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.1% lower than the Louisiana median of $103,430.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA is 85.103, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $100,260 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Ship Engineers at $117,810 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 Ship Engineers. Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 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).).

• New Orleans-Metairie, LA is 76 miles away, with a median of $132,710 and employment of 230. That median is 32.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $143,320, against $117,810 here.
• Mobile, AL is 184 miles away, with a median of $95,540 and employment of 40. That median is 4.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $108,447, against $117,810 here.

Employment share

Ship Engineers accounts for 0.18% of wage-and-salary employment in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA (150 of 83,440). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (8,400 of 155,495,730). The local share is 33.28 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.