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What naval architects make
Licensed engineer
$104,000
Junior designer
$58,000
Senior or chief
$171,000
Job Bank has no separate wage page for naval architects, so these figures come from its other professional engineers group, where the national median is $50 an hour, about $104,000 a year. Treat the numbers as the range for that wider group. Shipyard and offshore work sits at the higher end.