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Ship Engineers salary in Seattle, WA

The median ship engineers in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA earns $108,900 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $7,120 a month.

10th percentile
$61,530
25th percentile
$82,510
Median percentile
$108,900
75th percentile
$140,490
90th percentile
$169,670

Based on 580 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$85,441 take-home a year
Gross pay$108,900
Federal income tax−$15,128
Social Security + Medicare−$8,331
Washington income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$7,120
Every two weeks$3,286

Does it go far here?

$97,991Median pay in Seattle, WA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 111.1 vs 100).
28%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,000 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Seattle, WA

JobMedian pay
Anesthesiologists$646,930
Chief Executives$370,000
General Internal Medicine Physicians$340,010
Physicians, All Other$330,560
Family Medicine Physicians$306,190
Radiologists$239,200
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$229,900
Computer and Information Systems Managers$214,680

All ship engineers salaries · Take-home pay in Washington