Latest Salary survey of Merchant Navy Engineer / Officers !!

Merchant Navy, also called as commercial navy has always been a reason of fascination among people. Especially young person after passing their school looks towards this profession. The utmost reason that drags them towards this way is money and also, chance to visit all around the globe. Since, people working in it are sort of global citizen; they are prone to experiences from different nationalities which is itself a good exposure.

There are various famous questions that we come across while discussing about merchant navy like:

1)      Salary in merchant navy as engineer?

2)      Salary in merchant navy after 12th?

3)      Salary in merchant navy as deck officer?

Etc………..

Well questions are lot, but all of them have same answer. So we thought why not dedicate one of the article towards this most common, yet fascinating questions that always come in to minds of newbie’s, who are looking towards making a career in this field. In order to make our discussion a little bit easier, we will discuss the salary packages of officers and ratings separately.

Salary in merchant navy as Deck Officer

As by now you must be aware about the fact that, Deck officer are the one who handles the navigation of ship.

If you want to know more about this, read this article: Deck or Engine-Which side to choose in Merchant Navy

So, the general hierarchy of rank in this department is like this:

Captain

Chief Officer or Chief Mate

2nd Officer or 2nd Mate

3rd Officer or 3rd Mate

Now let’s see their salary.

3rd officer being the starting rank for this department, gets around 2300-3500$, varying as per type of ship, nationality and company.

2nd officer gets, around 3500-4500$, as per experience and other factors.

Chief Mate gets in between, 6500$-8000$. Again as per the other factors involved like experiences etc.

Captain or master gets a salary package in between 9000$-12000$ as per experience.

Salary in Merchant Navy as Engineer

Well these are the guys that are operating the machinery on board. Here is the flow chart for the rank in this department:

Chief Engineer

2nd Engineer

3rd Engineer

4th engineer

A 4th engineer may get a salary in between 2300$-3600$, as per the above mentioned factors.

3rd Engineer can get in between, 3800$-4600$.

2nd engineer get salary of around 6000$-8000$

Electrical Engineer or ETO is also there in some ships, and can get salary package between 4000$-5000$ per month. He or She take care the electrical equipment onboard. Due to advancement in ships, lots of electrical equipment is being used, so a career in this direction is also a good one.

Chief Engineer gets Salary between 9000$ to 12000$. Chief Engineer salary is little bit less than captain, if both have same experience. So, this was all about salary packages that you get when you are officer onboard. One reason that makes these pay scales very good is that, seaman’s remains outside their country for some time and thus they are not entitled to the tax in their country. Also, the conversion rate of dollar in each country is different, so that in turn also changes the salary packages. Although salaries are always given in dollars, but there are some shipping company who give salaries in Pounds or Euros.

Note: All ranks mentioned here can get more salary, if they have done more contracts on these ranks.

Salary of Ratings in Merchant Navy

For Deck Department:

Bosun Salary-1400$-1800$

Able Seaman- 1100$-1400$

Ordinary Seamen- 800$-1100$

For Engine Department:

Pump man salary is around 1000$-1800$

Motorman Salary is around 1200$-1500$

Oiler salary is 800$-1200$

Fitter Salary is 1000$-1200$

Repairman Salary is around 900$ to 1200$.

Note: For ratings, salary also includes the overtime they do in one month. Every company has different policies for it.

So What changes salary in Merchant Navy?

Well there are following factors that decide your salary:

Type of Ships: LNG, LPG carriers have high wages because of the fact that, the cargo carried is dangerous. Oil tankers come next in salary and after that container, bulk and other types of vessel.

Experience: For example, a new promoted Captain may have less salary as compared to chief mate.

Nationality: Company also decides wages of their employees as per the country.

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Collection By M.Ajmal Khan.