Ship Engineers Salary in Houma, LA

Ship Engineers pay range in Houma

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $72,260 a year or less, while the top 10% make $162,630 or more. The middle half of ship engineers in Houma earn between $78,120 and $162,630.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Ship Engineers salary after taxes in Houma

On the average salary of $113,090, a single filer in Houma takes home about $85,382 a year, or $7,115 a month and $3,284 every two weeks. Taxes take 25% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

Is Houma a good place for ship engineers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Houma area are 15% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 85.1), so the average $113,090 buys what about $132,886 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 2.2 times the median wage of all jobs in Houma ($45,610). A typical home costs $186,622, or 1.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Ship Engineers salary in other Louisiana cities

Houma ranks 2nd of 2 Louisiana metro areas for this job; New Orleans pays the most ($151,960).

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Highest-paying cities for ship engineers

New Orleans, LA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($151,960).

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