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What commercial fishers make
Typical
$36,630
Green deckhand, part season
$20,000
Experienced crew or permit holder
$90,000
The middle figure, $36,630 a year, is the published national median for Fishing and Hunting Workers in 2025. The federal wage survey does not publish a low to high band for this job, because most fishers are self employed or paid a share of the catch instead of an hourly wage. The low and high here are our estimate of what the two ends look like, not survey numbers.