Shipbuilding and maritime jobs: who is hiring and what it pays
Shipyards, naval suppliers and maritime operators: naval architecture, marine engineering, program management and production leadership. 549 open jobs at 68 employers, with a median stated pay of $126k. Every job on this page is in the United States, taken from the employer’s own career site or job system and checked to still be open.
549
open shipbuilding and maritime jobs
68
employers hiring
$126k
median stated pay (165 jobs)
November 2026
first month tracked
All shipbuilding and maritime lists
Employers with the most open shipbuilding and maritime jobs
Saronic, General Dynamics Electric Boat and Newport News Shipbuilding lead the shipbuilding and maritime employers on our board. The ten with the most openings post 74% of the 549 open shipbuilding and maritime jobs.
| # | Employer | Open jobs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SaronicTX · Median pay $135k | 148 open |
| 2 | General Dynamics Electric BoatCT | 78 open |
| 3 | Newport News ShipbuildingVA | 45 open |
| 4 | Naval Sea Systems CommandWA · Median pay $138k | 39 open |
| 5 | Naval Supply Systems CommandPA · Median pay $105k | 23 open |
| 6 | Serco North AmericaDC | 16 open |
| 7 | TOTE MaritimeFL | 16 open |
| 8 | Huntington Ingalls IndustriesMS · Median pay $157k | 15 open |
| 9 | Immediate Office of the Chief of Naval OperationsVA · Median pay $124k | 14 open |
| 10 | Naval Facilities Engineering Systems CommandWA · Median pay $134k | 13 open |
Highest-paying shipbuilding and maritime roles
Among shipbuilding and maritime jobs that state yearly pay, Computer User Support Specialists and Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers pay the most at the median, against $126k for the segment as a whole.
| # | Role | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Computer User Support Specialists11 open · With pay 11 | $136k |
| 2 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers10 open · With pay 9 | $118k |
Skills employers ask for
logistics, project management and excel are the skills most often named in shipbuilding and maritime job postings, read from each posting's own text.
Where the shipbuilding and maritime jobs are
TX, VA and CT have the most open shipbuilding and maritime jobs.
| # | State | Open jobs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | 105 open |
| 2 | VirginiaMedian pay $116k | 93 open |
| 3 | Connecticut | 70 open |
| 4 | FloridaMedian pay $100k | 36 open |
| 5 | District of ColumbiaMedian pay $130k | 31 open |
| 6 | CaliforniaMedian pay $140k | 30 open |
| 7 | Louisiana | 30 open |
| 8 | Rhode Island | 29 open |
New shipbuilding and maritime jobs this week
25 shipbuilding and maritime jobs were posted in the last seven days.
- FOREIGN DISCLOSURE OFFICER (GS-12/13)
Immediate Office of the Chief of Naval Operations · HI
$93k–$144k · Nov 7
- Shipyard Operations Leadership Program
General Dynamics Electric Boat · New London, CT
Nov 7
- Program Planning Scheduling Analyst 5
Huntington Ingalls Industries · Pocasset, MA
$128k–$183k · Nov 7
- Principal, Corporate Strategy - Corporate Development
Saronic · Austin, TX
Nov 6
- Integration IT Manager
Saronic · Austin, TX
Nov 6
- Senior NPI Quality Engineer - Electrical
Saronic · Austin, TX
Nov 6
- NPI Quality Engineer - Naval
Saronic · Austin, TX
Nov 6
- NPI Quality Engineer - Mechanical
Saronic · Austin, TX
Nov 6
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How these lists are made
- Every job on this page is in the United States, taken from the employer’s own career site or job system and checked to still be open.
- A job is counted in shipbuilding and maritime when its employer is on our list of shipbuilding and maritime employers, or its title names shipbuilding and maritime work. A job can sit in more than one segment.
- Pay figures use only jobs that state a yearly salary range in dollars; the figure is the middle of the range, and the median is across jobs. A pay list is shown only when enough jobs state pay.
- The same employer under different spellings is counted once. A city where one employer posts half the openings is not ranked.
- Lists are rebuilt weekly from our job board and kept by month. Professional and management roles; hourly roles are not on our board.
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