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