[QUOTE=Mudmover;73828]These monthly wages are the same on leave?[/QUOTE]
Your post made me realize that this is not as cut and dried as it appears. The wages are based upon a year 'round amount.
The wages I posted are for a even time schedule. So if you multiply those numbers by 182.5 (half a year) that is roughly your annual salary.
HOWEVER… I routinely get pasted on here from a select few who argue that they make more than those wages. However they usually neglect to say that they work MORE than half the year. A guy working at (for example) Dann Towing works for about 25% less wages than those posted. BUT, they work for 8 or 9 months a year. So they actually make more annual salary per year, but at the sacrifice of being gone from home for more days.
It is up to personal values and interpretation. Some guys only see the bottom line, Some want as much time at home as possible. Some get so caught up in the numbers game they can’t see the truth.
For instance, at one company I am aware of, the company has two line items on the paystub that say: Annual Year To Date Amount: and YTD: One of these numbers there is reflecting the TOTAL amount of how much the company is spending on you (wages, benefits, health care, etc etc) Some deckhands actually think they are making 75,000 a year. “My pay stub says so!” So sometimes what you ‘think’ you are getting isn’t so clear. But when the W-2 comes the number ain’t the big one!!
These wages I wrote are for when you are working on the boat you get paid that pay. Period. Think about it.