Editing 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