Along with the global economic integration，Marine industry attracts great attention，and has become a new growth point of the economic development in all countries. Meanwhile，as China have made much progress and the economy has greatly improved，the government paid much attention to the national employment. For many times，some leaders pointed out that employment was a major problem，and it related to long-term development and should be put as a top priority. The development of Marine industry creates a large number of jobs and a group of people will be engaged in Marine industry. There is no denying the fact that the arrival of the ocean century makes marine employment become an important part of the labor force in our country. But for a long time，we have done few researches in employment situation related to marine industry and there are rare papers. Based on the statistic data of 2001-2012 published by the State Oceanic Administration，this paper selected marine employment related data，and analyzed our country’s marine employment change in quantity and quality distribution rule，and then summarized the important role of marine for national economic and social development and labor employment pressure relief.