Below you can find some data on average salaries of seamen on yachts in the USA and Western Europe, published by authoritative magazine The Yacht Report:
| POSITION | LENGTH of YACHT (in metres) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 30 m | < 40 m | < 55 m | > 55 m | |
| Master, USA (USD) | 6000-8250 | 8000-10000 | 10000-12000 | 12000+ |
| Master, EU (EUR) | 4000-8000 | 6000-10000 | 10000-12000 | 12000+ |
| Engineer, USA | 5000-6000 | 6000-7500 | 7500-11000 | 7000-10000 |
| Engineer, EU | 2500-4000 | 4000-7000 | 6000-9000 | 7000-10000 |
| Watch Officer, USA | 3500-4000 | 4000-5000 | 5750-6500 | 6500 |
| Watch Officer, ЕU | 3500-5500 | 5000-7750 | 7500-9000 | 9000-10000 |
| Deckhand, USA | 1800-2000 | 2000-2500 | 2000-2500 | 2500+ |
| Deckhand, ЕU | 1600-2300 | 2000-2500 | 2100-3000 | 2500-3000 |
| Stuardess, USA | 2000-2300 | 2000-2500 | 2000-3500 | 3000-4000 |
| Stuardess, ЕU | 1800-2300 | 2000-2500 | 2100-3000 | 2500-3500 |