Marine Technician Salary: United States

What do these published wages mean for an offer?

Skilled Trades Headhunters reads the May 2025 figures for Marine Technician in National as an offer reference, not a quote for a particular candidate. For Marine Technician in National, the published median for SOC 49-3051, Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians, is $57,550 per year. The middle half of the Marine Technician in National wage distribution runs from $46,750 to $66,620, a width of $19,870 per year; that spread shows how much published pay varies within the occupation and area, without assigning experience levels.

For the national Marine Technician comparison, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL reports $59,490 per year while New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ reports $62,070 per year; these are the largest-employment metros with published medians for the occupation, rather than neighboring places to a national estimate. The United States Marine Technician figure pools markets with different work scopes and schedules, so use the area table before setting a local offer.

The highest published medians among the selected national industry rows for Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians, read alongside Marine Technician in National, are Inland Water Transportation at $85,050 per year (NAICS 483200); Water Transportation at $76,580 per year (NAICS 483000); Deep Sea, Coastal, and Great Lakes Water Transportation at $75,220 per year (NAICS 483100). Those Marine Technician in National industry comparisons are national cross-sections, not local industry estimates; BLS does not give us a metro-by-industry wage cut here, and overlapping industry groups should not be added together.

The Marine Technician in National median was $54,950 per year in May 2024, compared with $57,550 in May 2025, a published difference of $2,600. That Marine Technician in National comparison is between separate BLS releases, not the raise paid to the same workers or a projection of next year's offer. Read the $54,950 and $57,550 Marine Technician in National estimates with both dates visible, because the employers and workers represented by the survey can change.

Before offering $57,550 per year for Marine Technician in National, separate overtime, per diem, lodging and mobilization separately; prevailing wage obligations and union scale depend on the assignment and agreement, not a special BLS traveling-worker percentile. The Marine Technician in National BLS comparison includes ordinary wages and qualifying incentive pay, but leaves overtime, discretionary bonuses, benefits and relocation outside this wage figure. A candidate's take-home pay and the employer's total cost for Marine Technician in National can therefore differ from the median without either number being an error.

The mapping for Marine Technician in National is broader: BLS groups Marine Technician within Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians; it does not publish this niche title or credential level separately. When calibrating a Marine Technician in National opening, the work checks include Outboard and sterndrive manufacturer certifications; ABYC Marine Systems or Marine Electrical certification; ask for evidence of that scope instead of using a percentile as a substitute for qualification. A broader occupation can combine jobs that a Marine Technician in National buyer would screen separately, which is why the badge and SOC remain beside the figures.

Questions about this occupation and area