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What deck officers make
Typical officer
$86,000
Junior watchkeeping mate
$51,000
Chief officer or master
$150,000
Job Bank's national median for this group is $41.36 an hour, about $86,000 a year at full-time hours. The page is titled Ship Chief Officer and pools deck officers together, so a brand new mate sits near the bottom and a captain near the top.