This post summarizes key statistics on Sailors and marine oilers, and ship engineers using nationally representative data. These statistics include education attainment distributions, income over the career, most common majors, and more.
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Income Over Career
This chart provides the median income by age for Sailors and marine oilers, and ship engineers.
Ten Most Common Industries
| Share | Income | Industry |
|---|---|---|
| 30.20 | 61,795 | Water transportation |
| 27.80 | 32,412 | Navy |
| 14.60 | 48,866 | Services incidental to transportation |
| 5.50 | 40,064 | Coast Guard |
| 3.00 | 31,754 | Miscellaneous entertainment and recreation services |
| 2.40 | 33,987 | Fishing, hunting, and trapping |
| 1.70 | 95,290 | Oil and gas extraction |
| 1.50 | 45,363 | All construction |
| 1.50 | 90,725 | National security and international affairs |
| 1.20 | 34,023 | Industrial and miscellaneous chemicals |
This table highlights the top industries people working as Sailors and marine oilers, and ship engineers work in, and how much they earn in each industry.
Education Distribution
This chart shows the maximal educational attainment of people working as Sailors and marine oilers, and ship engineers. Its meant to give a sense of the credentials required to work in this Occupation.
Ten Most Common Majors
This table highlights the top majors people working as Sailors and marine oilers, and ship engineers received, and how earnings vary by major.
Weekly Hours Distribution
This chart shows the distribution of typical weekly work hours of people working as Sailors and marine oilers, and ship engineers. Its meant to provide a sense of the work-life balance one should expect from this Occupation.
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