Ship engineers job market in Arizona
Industry trends, wages and hiring signals.
The headline
Industry employment fell while average weekly industry wages rose
A data-driven view of the industries that employ Ship engineers in Arizona.
Verified snapshot
Market at a Glance
Key changes in Arizona’s weighted industry mix.
Percentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
Published coverage: 37,677 represented establishments, 82.56% of the published industry mix.
Local research
What the data shows for ship engineers in Arizona
Findings describe the published observation periods shown below. Research published Oct 11, 2026.
Industry groups are pulling in opposite directions
The overall industry figure masks differing movements among the leading industry groups associated with this occupation in Arizona. The groups examined cover 95.4% of its national industry mix. In January to March 2026, year-over-year employment changed +5.5% in Mining and logging and -8.4% in Federal.
January to March 2026 · BLS QCEWIndustry measures describe the industries associated with this occupation. They are not direct occupation employment, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score. Findings describe published data and do not establish causes. Methodology
Employment trends
Arizona industry employment over time
Year-over-year change in the weighted industries. The U.S. line is the latest-quarter benchmark because a comparable national quarterly history is not published here.
- Arizona · 2026 Q1-2.2%
- U.S. · latest-quarter benchmark-2.0%
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| Quarter | Arizona | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | +1.7% | 100% |
| 2024 Q3 | +1.2% | 100% |
| 2024 Q4 | +1.3% | 100% |
| 2025 Q1 | +0.6% | 100% |
| 2025 Q2 | +0.2% | 100% |
| 2025 Q3 | -0.5% | 100% |
| 2025 Q4 | -0.9% | 100% |
| 2026 Q1 | -2.2% | 100% |
How to read this chart
State trend and national reference
The solid line follows Arizona’s published year-over-year industry employment changes by quarter. The dashed U.S. line is a latest-quarter reference, not a second time series.
- Published quarters
- 8
- Earliest quarter
- 2024 Q2
- Latest quarter
- 2026 Q1
- U.S. benchmark
- -2.0%
Quarters with no published value are omitted rather than interpolated.
Industry context
Where Ship engineers Work
The occupation mix determines which Arizona industries are weighted into this view.
| Industry group | Occupation mix | Employment change | Establishments | Avg. weekly industry wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trade, transportation, and utilities | 66.7% | -1.4% | 36,903 | $1,331 |
| Federal | 14.9% | -8.4% | 774 | $2,224 |
| State and local | 5.8% | -0.3% | 2,050 | $1,226 |
| Professional and business services | 4.6% | -1.2% | 57,868 | $1,757 |
| Mining and logging | 2.3% | +5.5% | 308 | $2,852 |
| Construction | 1.1% | -1.6% | 18,660 | $1,638 |
Which industries are growing?
One weighted industry is growing
Only weighted industries with a published positive Arizona employment change are listed.
- Mining and logging+5.5%
The remaining weighted industries published a flat or negative change in January to March 2026.
Current Arizona context
Current Arizona Market Signals
Statewide indicators for all occupations in Arizona. They are not Ship engineers demand and are not part of the Job Market Health score.
Statewide job postings
Indeed job postings · Arizona
Recent hiring-demand context · separate from the health score
Total postings index (seasonally adjusted) by observation date · baseline 100
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| Observation date | Index (Feb 2020 = 100) |
|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | 112.34 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 112.89 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 112.21 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 111.77 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 111.82 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 111.90 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | 112.49 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 112.80 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 113.57 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 114.58 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 114.63 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 114.42 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 114.68 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | 114.70 |
This is statewide demand across all occupations, not demand for this specific job. Postings are not a count of vacancies or hires, and Indeed does not cover the entire labor market.
Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0. Seven-day average, seasonally adjusted; publisher refreshes weekly and may revise history. Retrieved Nov 1, 2026 · saved source copy. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and samples weekly observations for the chart.
Statewide layoff notices
Statewide WARN notices
Arizona statewide13 notices in this source
Notice dates from Aug 5, 2026 to Nov 2, 2026 (UTC), a rolling 90-calendar-day period.
What this means: This is the number of WARN notices with notice dates in this period in Arizona’s official statewide list. It is a statewide count only, and does not identify any employer.
Notices describe planned workforce changes, not confirmed job losses. Notices may be amended or withdrawn. This statewide context is not occupation-specific and does not affect the Job Market Health score. WARN covers qualifying large layoffs and closures under applicable law, not all layoffs, and thresholds vary by state.
Arizona Department of Economic Security / ARIZONA@WORK About WARN data
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Career context
Related occupations
Related roles from the occupation’s published O*NET profile.
Questions answered by this release
Ship engineers in Arizona FAQs
Each answer is limited to what QCEW 2026 Q1 actually publishes for this state.
Is employment growing for Ship engineers in Arizona?
The available QCEW measure is not direct occupation employment. Employment across the Arizona industries weighted to Ship engineers changed -2.2% year over year in January to March 2026, compared with -2.0% nationwide.
Are wages for Ship engineers rising in Arizona?
QCEW does not publish pay for Ship engineers in this view. Average weekly wages across the weighted industries changed +3.6% year over year; that must not be read as an occupation salary change.
How complete is this Arizona industry view?
The three core state trends each meet the site’s coverage floor; the minimum published coverage is 100% of the occupation’s industry mix.
Does this page show current Ship engineers openings?
No. QCEW measures industry employment, establishments and wages. Any postings, news or WARN figures shown here are statewide context and are not occupation-specific openings.
Methodology & sourcesQCEW 2026 Q1 · coverage 100% · full evidence record
Methodology & Sources
Derived by JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix. This is occupation-weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment and not a count of current job openings.
- Occupation
- Ship engineers
- SOC code
- 53-5031
- State
- Arizona
- QCEW release label
- QCEW 2026 Q1
- Data period
- 2026 Q1
- State industry employment, year over year
- -2.2%State data coverage 100%
- U.S. benchmark, year over year
- -2.0%
- Difference from U.S. benchmark
- -0.2 percentage pointsPercentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
- Establishments, year over year
- -3.0%State data coverage 100%
- Average weekly industry wage, year over year
- +3.6%State data coverage 100%
- Industry mix vintage
- EP-2025-2035
- BLS publication date
- Aug 28, 2026
- Source verification
- Verified against the committed source snapshotVerified Sep 17, 2026
- Canonical record URL
- https://jobmarkethealth.com/occupations/ship-engineers/arizona#evidence-record
- Derived by
- JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix
MethodologyBLS QCEWHow to citeQCEW state context release, 2026 Q1
Weighted industry conditions are not direct occupation employment, occupation wages, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score. No causal explanation is inferred.