United States Navy Salaries

53 total salary submissions
Avg. Hours Worked (90%)

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54.3
  • 10-20 Hrs
  • 20-30 Hrs
  • 30-40 Hrs
  • 40-50 Hrs
  • 50-60 Hrs
  • 60-70 Hrs
  • 70-80 Hrs
  • 80-90 Hrs
  • Over 90 Hrs
Relative Compensation (93%)

The Relative Compensation is a score from 1 star (very bad) to 5 stars (excellent) generated based on the Company Reviews of current and former employees at this company based on relative pay.

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The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

3.5
  • 1 Star
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Average United States Navy Salary

3.4
Total Median Pay
$112,250
Median Base Pay
$99,750
Median Bonus Pay
$12,500

How much does United States Navy pay?

Base range:
$65,585 - $122,000

For this salary and bonus range, Low is the 10th Percentile and High is the 90th Percentile. These ranges are from employer specific salaries submitted by WSO members.

Bonus range:
$1,000 - $45,000

United States Navy pays an average salary of $99,750 per year. This base compensation is the equivalent of $50 per hour assuming a 40 hour work week (2,000 hours per year). The actual average hours worked per week at United States Navy based on our data is actually 54 hours, which would bring down the true effective hourly rate to $38 on average. If you include the average bonus of $12,500, then the total average pay at United States Navy would be $112,250 per year or $43 per hour at the 54 hour work week.

There's a wide range between what the company pays the top 20 percent and the bottom 20 percent of earners. This is largely dependent on seniority and location. United States Navy pays the highest-paid employees over $121,000 a year, while the lowest-paid employees are paid less than $80,000. United States Navy employees in different groups or divisions tend to have different salaries as well.For example, employees in the Na sector earn an average yearly salary of $120,000.While employees in the Generalist sector earn an average yearly salary of $82,000.

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Highest Paying Jobs at United States Navy

Year
Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Other
Year 2014
Job Title Other
Group/Division Defense
Location Washington
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Year 2013
Job Title
Group/Division Marine Corps
Location Jacksonville
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Engineer
Year 2018
Job Title Engineer
Group/Division Defense
Location Pearl Harbor
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Research Analyst
Year 2018
Job Title Research Analyst
Group/Division Defense
Location Arlington
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Other
Year 2017
Job Title Other
Group/Division Defense
Location Washington
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Other
Year 2017
Job Title Other
Group/Division N/A
Location washington
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Manager
Year 2019
Job Title Manager
Group/Division Government - Federal
Location San Diego
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Managing Director
Year 2018
Job Title Managing Director
Group/Division Defense
Location San Diego
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Other
Year 2018
Job Title Other
Group/Division N/A
Location Honolulu
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Other
Year 2018
Job Title Other
Group/Division N/A
Location Honolulu
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus

Average Pay by City for United States Navy

Below we use 53 salary submissions to order the is the total average compensation by city for United States Navy. Cost of living across the world varies a lot, so this data gives you a sense if there are significant adjustments for higher cost of living. Looking at the WSO data, the city with the highest average salary is San Diego, where employees earn an average salary of $110,000.

Salaries by Location at United States Navy

Rank
City
Total pay Range
Range of $/hr
San Diego
Rank 1
City San Diego
Total pay Range $84,000 - $121,000
Range of $/hr $42/hr - $61/hr

United States Navy Salaries by Department

Salaries at United States Navy depend on the group, division, department or function. Employees who work in the Na group tend to get paid the most at at United States Navy, earning an average yearly salary of $120,000. Employees in the Defense receive relatively high salaries as well, where wages average $110,000 per year. A division that does not pay as well at United States Navy includes the Generalist group, with employees earning $82,000 on average.

Rank
Department
Average Pay
Average Hourly Pay
Na
Rank 1
Department Na
Average Pay $120,000
Average Hourly Pay $60/hr
Defense
Rank 2
Department Defense
Average Pay $110,000
Average Hourly Pay $55/hr
Government Federal
Rank 3
Department Government Federal
Average Pay $103,050
Average Hourly Pay $52/hr
Other
Rank 4
Department Other
Average Pay $92,500
Average Hourly Pay $46/hr
Generalist
Rank 5
Department Generalist
Average Pay $82,000
Average Hourly Pay $41/hr

Recently Added United States Navy Salaries

Year
Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Other
Year 2021
Job Title Other
Group/Division Other
Location Virginia Beach
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Manager
Year 2022
Job Title Manager
Group/Division Generalist
Location Washington Dc
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Other
Year 2019
Job Title Other
Group/Division Generalist
Location San Diego
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Other
Year 2023
Job Title Other
Group/Division N/A
Location Virginia Beach
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
Other
Year 2022
Job Title Other
Group/Division Other
Location San Diego
Pay Rate/Type
Bonus
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