I know I’ve seen a lot of postings on here with questions about noaa and I had some myself so I here’s what I found…
Link to pay wages for 2009 wage mariners… looks pretty decent if you ask me and with Obama’s handouts it should be better by now!
http://www.wfm.noaa.gov/policies/Pay-WageMarine.html
link to something put out by NOAA for recruiting I assume that claims average cruises are 1-5 weeks and an average of 215 days at sea per year. If this is all true I just found my career goal!
http://www.moc.noaa.gov/shipjobs/MarineOperationsCenter_wmpresentation.ppt