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Ship Engineers pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and New Orleans-Metairie, LA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Ship Engineers is $84,630 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. It is $132,710 per year in New Orleans-Metairie, LA. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 36.2% below New Orleans-Metairie, LA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-5031 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 Not published wage and salary jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and 230 in New Orleans-Metairie, LA. 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.