Transportation

Ship Captains & Mates

SOC 53-5021

Command and navigate vessels and the crews that run them.

Median pay

$92k

$64k to $127k typical range

Outlook

Stable

4k openings / yr

Education

Postsecondary

AI exposure

modeled estimate · 45th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

45/100

Key skills

Speaking
Monitoring
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Reading Comprehension
Writing

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How we model AI exposure.