Wages
Pay Rates This section outlines the rates of pay for Naval sailors in a late campaign. For merchant sailors, double the wages. Bear in mind that the low naval wages reflect the fact that a naval crew is entailed to a share in any prize money, whereas a merchant crew is not. The crew of a privateer would typically be paid a wage somewhere between the Naval and Merchant rate, depending on the share of any prize money they would be entitled to.
Yearly Wage
- Landsman £12
- Ordinary Seaman £13
- Able Seaman £20
- Petty Officers £25-35
- Master £100
- Surgeons £168
- Ship's Carpenter £70
- Ship's Gunner £58
- Ship's Bosun £58
- Midshipman £30
- Lieutenant £130
- Commander £250
- Captain (1st Rate) £500.00
- Captain (6th Rate) £180
- Nobleman £5000-25,000
- Colonial Governor £1000-5000
- Member of the Gentry £1000-5000
- Office holding lawyer £1000
- Army Colonel £365
- Army Major £230
- Yeoman Farmer or Plantation Owner £40-250
- Army Captain £146
- Doctor £120
- Justice of the Peace £63
- Army Lieutenant £73
- Court Poet £50-60
- Army Sergeant £54
- Low ranking clergy £10-50
- Skilled craftsman £30
- Sculptor £20-100
- Skilled labourer £16-18
- Apothecary £10-15
- Army Soldier £15
- Unskilled labourer £12
- Agricultural worker £10-13
- Male Teacher £12
- Female Teacher £8
- Subsistence Farmer £6
- Woman Labourer £5
- Militiaman £4
- Servant £2 plus food and lodgings
