Ship & boat captains & operators

Detailed Occupation

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2023 Workforce
44.3k
Average Age
41.4
Average Salary
$88,058
Average Male Salary
$91,401
Average Female Salary
$53,613

About

Ship & boat captains & operators are most often employed by the Water transportation industry. The average yearly wage for Ship & boat captains & operators was $88,058 in 2023.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Ship & boat captains & operators workforce. Ship & boat captains & operators workforce in 2023 was 44,263 people, of which 8.85% were women and 91.2% were men. Ship & boat captains & operators are paid most in Capital Region Planning Commission 7--Tangipahoa & Washington Parishes PUMA, LA but are relatively concentrated in South Central Planning & Development Commission 2--Lafourche & Assumption Parishes PUMA, LA.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
40,347
Male Workforce
± 4.93k
3,916
Female Workforce
± 1.54k

The Ship & boat captains & operators workforce in 2023 was 44,263 people (8.85% women and 91.2% men). This implies an average annual growth of 7.87% between 2014 (41,034) and 2023 (44,263).

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Employment by Location

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During 2023, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Maryland ($188,541), South Carolina ($140,549), and Louisiana ($133,371).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$88,058
AVERAGE WAGE
#115 in the ranking (2023)
$67,727
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2023, Ship & boat captains & operators earned an average of $88,058, $20,331 more than the average national salary of $67,727

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.417
WAGE GINI

In 2023, Ship & boat captains & operators had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.417, which is lower than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Ship & boat captains & operators (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Industry

Information on the industries that employ Ship & boat captains & operators and on wages for those in the field. Water transportation is the industry that employs the most Ship & boat captains & operators, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Ship & boat captains & operators, by average wage, is Business, professional, political, & similar organizations ($247,924).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
44.3k
2023 Workforce
± 5,165
−1.25%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 16.7%

This graphic shows the share of Ship & boat captains & operators employed by various industries. Water transportation employs the largest share of Ship & boat captains & operators at 36.3%, followed by uninformed with 26.7% and Services incidental to transportation with 25.7%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Ship & boat captains & operators in the US. The workforce of Ship & boat captains & operators in 2023 was 44,263 people, with 8.85% woman, and 91.2% men. The average age of male Ship & boat captains & operators in the workforce is 42 and of female Ship & boat captains & operators is 35.4, and the most common race/ethnicity for Ship & boat captains & operators is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Ship & boat captains & operators in 2023 was 44,263 people, with 8.85% woman, and 91.2% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 25 to 29 years (5,359 people), 40 to 44 years (5,136  people), and 20 to 24 years (5,112 people). Among them they concentrated 35.5% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In 2023, 11.2% of Ship & boat captains & operators workers were Hispanic and 88.8% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (52.3%), Puerto Rican (22.5)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (12.8)%

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Races

In 2023, 80.3% of the Ship & boat captains & operators workforce were White, of which 7.81% were women and 92.2% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (7.59%) and Black (6.29%).

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Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Ship & boat captains & operators from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Ship & boat captains & operators is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2023 were Transportation.

Majors

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Type of Majors
Degree

The most common majors achieved by Ship & boat captains & operators in 2023 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (2,401 people), Transportation (1,856 people), and Social Sciences (1,027 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Ship & boat captains & operators workers were High School or Equivalent (17,551 people), Some college (10,212 people), and Bachelors Degree (8,446 people).

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