SOC 53-5031 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025
How much do Ship Engineers make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Ship Engineers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $84,630. The 10th percentile is $80,690 and the 90th percentile is $138,180. Employment was not published.
Median annual wage
$84,630
- 10th percentile
- $80,690
- 25th percentile
- $84,620
- Median
- $84,630
- 75th percentile
- $107,900
- 90th percentile
- $138,180
- Mean
- $98,400
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.
Percentile spread
For Ship Engineers, the published 10th percentile is $80,690 and the 90th percentile is $138,180. The difference is $57,490, which is 67.9% 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 $84,620 to the 75th at $107,900, covers $23,280.
The mean annual wage is $98,400, which sits above the median of $84,630. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median is 22.7% lower than the national median of $109,530 for Ship Engineers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $74,521, which is 32% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 13.3% lower than the California median of $97,660.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $84,630 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Ship Engineers at $74,521 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Ship Engineers. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 2nd of 2 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).).
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is 110 miles away, with a median of $85,310 and employment of 70. That median is 0.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $76,247, against $74,521 here.
Highest-paying jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Ship Engineers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $84,630. The 10th percentile is $80,690 and the 90th percentile is $138,180.
How does that compare with the national median for Ship Engineers?
The local median is 22.7% lower than the national median of $109,530.
What is Ship Engineers pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $84,630 is $74,521. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA compare with nearby metros for Ship Engineers?
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 110 miles away, at $85,310. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.