SOC 53-5031 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Ship Engineers make in Jacksonville, FL?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Ship Engineers in Jacksonville, FL is $130,600. The 10th percentile is $92,030 and the 90th percentile is $149,810. Employment is 450.

Median annual wage

$130,600

10th percentile
$92,030
25th percentile
$110,440
Median
$130,600
75th percentile
$149,810
90th percentile
$149,810
Mean
$124,210

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Ship Engineers, the published 10th percentile is $92,030 and the 90th percentile is $149,810. The difference is $57,780, which is 44.2% 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 $110,440 to the 75th at $149,810, covers $39,370.

The mean annual wage is $124,210, which sits below the median of $130,600. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Jacksonville, FL median is 19.2% higher than the national median of $109,530 for Ship Engineers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $131,277, which is 19.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.1% higher than the Florida median of $130,480.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Jacksonville, FL is 99.484, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $130,600 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Ship Engineers at $131,277 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 Ship Engineers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Ship Engineers accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Jacksonville, FL (450 of 765,930). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (8,400 of 155,495,730). The local share is 10.88 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 Jacksonville, FL · Ship Engineers 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 Ship Engineers make in Jacksonville, FL?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Ship Engineers in Jacksonville, FL is $130,600. The 10th percentile is $92,030 and the 90th percentile is $149,810. Employment is 450.

How does that compare with the national median for Ship Engineers?

The local median is 19.2% higher than the national median of $109,530.

What is Ship Engineers pay in Jacksonville, FL after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Jacksonville, FL is 99.484, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $130,600 is $131,277. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.