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Sailors and Marine Oilers pay in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA and Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Sailors and Marine Oilers is $79,870 per year in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA. It is $61,120 per year in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT. Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA is 30.7% above Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-5011 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 200 wage and salary jobs in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA and 80 in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.