Maritime studies majors have a hard time finding a job right out of college. Graduates with a maritime studies degree are entering a strange job market and it can be hard to find your first job in maritime studies. To make finding a job easier, Zippia scanned through 323 maritime studies major resumes to identify the jobs maritime studies majors most prefer.
Highest-paying jobs with a maritime studies degree
- Starting salary$69,000Job openings11,675Top locations:Houston, TX; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Seattle, WA;Job description:Marine engineers and naval architects design, build, and maintain ships from aircraft carriers to submarines, from sailboats to tankers. Marine engineers are primarily responsible for the internal systems of a ship, such as propulsion, electrical, refrigeration, and steering. Naval architects are primarily responsible for the ship design, including the form, structure, and stability of hulls.
- Starting salary$31,000Job openings4,430Top locations:Job description:Water transportation workers operate and maintain vessels that take cargo and people over water. The vessels travel to and from foreign ports across the ocean and to domestic ports along the coasts, across the Great Lakes, and along the country’s many inland waterways.
- Starting salary$30,000Job openings39,449Top locations:
- Starting salary$29,000Job openings35,753Top locations:Job description:Logisticians analyze and coordinate an organization’s supply chain—the system that moves a product from supplier to consumer. They manage the entire life cycle of a product, which includes how a product is acquired, distributed, allocated, and delivered.
- Starting salary$26,000Job openings95,123Top locations:Job description:Market research analysts study market conditions to examine potential sales of a product or service. They help companies understand what products people want, who will buy them, and at what price.
- Starting salary$22,000Job openings301Top locations:Paducah, KY; Islamorada Village of Islands, FL; Key West, FL;Job description:Water transportation workers operate and maintain vessels that take cargo and people over water. The vessels travel to and from foreign ports across the ocean and to domestic ports along the coasts, across the Great Lakes, and along the country’s many inland waterways.
