How many weeks a year?
Staten Island?
That seems like very good pay for a ferry, but with NY state and city income tax, and a requirement to live in the city, it might not be so great.
I’m guessing it’s 48 weeks a year to start.
Always hard to work out the day-pay equivalent without full data. But making the assumption of weekends off, one month vacation a year, and six annual holidays off, and disregarding any overtime, the pay comes down to (on a daily-pay equivalent basis):
LDO $553 to $774 day
Unlicensed $298 to $413 day
Marine Construction on the Great lakes
A few different companies, 4-5 tugs each.
Master of Tow, 65-110’ tugs
$700-1$200 a day depending on contract and type of work. But paid by the hour, scheduled 84 hours a week. No work some days due to weather or breakdown.
Deckhands start at @$38 an hour. Scheduled 84 a week. No work some days due to weather or breakdown.
Stay in hotels 90% of the time. Occasional live aboard jobs.
Seasonal. Usually May to December. Some guys work out a rotation, many work straight through.
The $1200 a day part sounds pretty good. No off watch call outs. No thrashing , banging and rolling while sleeping. Commuting to hotels is a pain. Being able to go out to eat in good restaurants and having visitors from home is nice. Hotel living can be good or awful depending on the hotel and location.