Salary & Wage Information for Captains and Mates

Cruise ships are a little different from other civilian vessels
because of some of titles they use for their watchstanding officers.
They might use the terms staff captain, navigation officer or other
titles whereas many civilian vessels simply use captain, first officer,
second officer and third officer.

Captain, Mate and Pilot Employment and Salary Information
(Source - U.S. Dept of Labor - May 2006)

Here is information compiled by the US Department of Labor for
salaries for captains, mates and pilots.

























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ALASKA - Juneau, AK 907 465 4518
ARIZONA  Phoenix, AZ 602 542 3871
ARKANSAS Little Rock, AR 501 682 4500
CALIFORNIA Sacramento, CA 916 262-2160
COLORADO Denver CO 303 318-8898
CONNECTICUT Wethersfield CT 860 263 6255
DELAWARE Wilmington, DE 302 761-8052
DISTRICT of COLUMBIA 202 671-1633
FLORIDA Tallahassee, FL 850 488-1048
GEORGIA - Atlanta, GA - (404) 232-3875
GUAM - Tamuning, GU - (671) 475-7062
HAWAII - Honolulu, HI - (808) 586-8996
IDAHO - Boise, ID - (800) 772-2553
ILLINOIS - Chicago, IL - (312) 793-2316
INDIANA Indianapolis, IN 317 232-7460
IOWA - Des Moines, IA - (515) 281-0255
KANSAS - Topeka, KS - (785) 296-5058
KENTUCKY Frankfort, KY 502 564-7976
LOUISIANA Baton Rouge, LA 225 342-3141
MAINE - Augusta, ME - (207) 287-2271
MARYLAND Baltimore, MD 410 767-2250
MASSACHUSETTS Boston, MA 617 626-6556
MICHIGAN - Detroit, MI - (313) 456-3090
MINNESOTA St. Paul, MN 651 282-2714
MISSISSIPPI Jackson, MS 601 321-6261
MISSOURI Jefferson City, MO 573 751-3609
NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord NH 603 228-4123
NEW JERSEY Trenton, NJ 609 292-0099
NEW MEXICO Albuquerque, NM 505 222-4683
NEW YORK - Albany, NY - (518) 457-6369
NORTH CAROLINA - Raleigh, NC 919 733-2936
NORTH DAKOTA - Bismarck, ND 701328-2868
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City, OK 405 557-7265
OREGON - Salem, OR - (503) 947-1212
PENNSYLVANIA Harrisburg, PA 717 787-3266
PUERTO RICO Hato Rey, PR - (787) 754-5340
RHODE ISLAND - Cranston, RI 401 462-8767
SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia, SC 803 737 2660
SOUTH DAKOTA Aberdeen, SD 605 626-2314
TENNESSEE - Nashville, TN - (615) 741-2284
TEXAS - Austin, TX - (512) 491-4802
UTAH - Salt Lake City, UT - (801) 526-9401
VERMONT - Montpelier, VT - (802) 828-4153
VIRGIN ISLANDS Charlotte Amalie VI
3407763700
VIRGINIA - Richmond, VA - (804) 786-7496
WASHINGTON - Lacey, WA - (360) 438-4804
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston, WV 304 558-2660
WISCONSIN - Madison, WI - (608) 267-2393
WYOMING - Casper, WY - (307) 473-3807
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wage and salary info - captains & mates


Employment


29,170
Employment
RSE
(% error)


4.1%
Mean
Hourly
Wage


$27.43
Mean
Annual
Wage


$57,060

Wage RSE
(% error)


1.5%

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