Ship Captains & Mates vs Sailors & Marine Oilers
Compare Ship Captains & Mates and Sailors & Marine Oilers side by side: median pay, job outlook, AI exposure, education, and top skills. Ship Captains & Mates pays about $41k more.
Median pay$92k
OutlookStable
AI exposureLow 7%, modeled
EducationPostsecondary
SpeakingMonitoringActive ListeningCritical ThinkingReading Comprehension
Median pay$52k
OutlookGrowing
AI exposureLow 19%, modeled
EducationNo formal credential
MonitoringActive ListeningCritical ThinkingSpeakingReading Comprehension
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Pay and outlook: BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills: O*NET 30.3. AI exposure is a modeled estimate. How we model AI exposure.