Pay and Opportunities
Salary rates for Merchant Navy officers vary with the company. While at
sea, you would have free accommodation and food as well as some
transport costs. On long voyages, you may have tax-free earnings.
The pay rates given below are approximate.
Catering officers are paid in the range of £18,500 a year, rising to £22,500
- £29,500. Higher earners can make around £37,000 a year.
Shift work is usual and continuous during periods spent at sea. Ships
operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. There are
periods of shore leave lasting days or possibly weeks between the periods
at sea.
Salary rates for Merchant Navy officers vary with the company. While at
sea, you would have free accommodation and food as well as some
transport costs. On long voyages, you may have tax-free earnings.
The pay rates given below are approximate.
Catering officers are paid in the range of £18,500 a year, rising to £22,500
- £29,500. Higher earners can make around £37,000 a year.
Shift work is usual and continuous during periods spent at sea. Ships
operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. There are
periods of shore leave lasting days or possibly weeks between the periods
at sea.