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. 474 open jobs at 62 employers, with a median stated pay of $134k. 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.
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474
open shipbuilding and maritime jobs
62
employers hiring
$134k
median stated pay (131 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 78% of the 474 open shipbuilding and maritime jobs.
| # | Employer | Open jobs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SaronicTX · Median pay $173k | 129 open |
| 2 | General Dynamics Electric BoatCT | 78 open |
| 3 | Newport News ShipbuildingVA | 45 open |
| 4 | Naval Sea Systems CommandVA · Median pay $146k | 35 open |
| 5 | Naval Supply Systems CommandPA · Median pay $120k | 18 open |
| 6 | TOTE MaritimeFL | 17 open |
| 7 | Serco North AmericaDC | 13 open |
| 8 | Huntington Ingalls IndustriesMS · Median pay $115k | 12 open |
| 9 | Immediate Office of the Chief of Naval OperationsVA · Median pay $135k | 12 open |
| 10 | Naval Facilities Engineering Systems CommandWA · Median pay $136k | 12 open |
Highest-paying shipbuilding and maritime roles
Among shipbuilding and maritime jobs that state yearly pay, Computer User Support Specialists pay the most at the median, against $134k for the segment as a whole.
| # | Role | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Computer User Support Specialists8 open · With pay 8 | $139k |
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 | 92 open |
| 2 | VirginiaMedian pay $121k | 82 open |
| 3 | Connecticut | 69 open |
| 4 | Louisiana | 32 open |
| 5 | CaliforniaMedian pay $140k | 27 open |
| 6 | District of ColumbiaMedian pay $140k | 25 open |
| 7 | Rhode Island | 25 open |
| 8 | Florida | 23 open |
New shipbuilding and maritime jobs this week
25 shipbuilding and maritime jobs were posted in the last seven days.
- Submarine Systems Engineer
Caci Technologies · Kittery, ME
Nov 2
- SUPERVISORY IT SPECIALIST (SYSANALYSIS) (NM-4)
Commander, Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWARSYSCOM) · New Orleans, LA
$90k–$164k · Nov 2
- CONTRACT SPECIALIST (GS-11/12)
Naval Supply Systems Command · Groton Submarine Base, CT
$76k–$131k · Nov 2
- MGR WELDING ENGINEER 2
Newport News Shipbuilding · Newport News, VA
Oct 31
- QUALITY ANALYST 2
Newport News Shipbuilding · Newport News, VA
Oct 31
- SUPERVISORY MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYST
Us Naval Sea Systems Command · Portsmouth, VA
Oct 31
- MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYST
Naval Supply Systems Command · PA
Oct 31
- Head of Digital, Shipbuilding
Anduril · Costa Mesa, CA
$260k–$345k · Oct 30
Laid off in shipbuilding and maritime? Start here
- A plan for the weeks after a layoff
- Unemployment benefits and how to file, by state
- Severance calculator
- Layoff tracker: who is cutting and where
Then look at the employers above that are hiring now.
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- Telecom1,689
- Real estate1,655
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- Steel, aluminum and metals1,022
- Restaurants953
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- Music663
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- Sports235
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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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