Cruise ship jobs are hard work, but there are some unique perks to the gigs.
Most notably, perhaps, crew members can travel while getting paid. However, jobs aboard the vessels are as wide-ranging as the services they provide, and wages can vary significantly based on an employee’s responsibilities. The many groups of employees “have different wage structures,” said Larry Pimentel, Cruise Executive-in-Residence at Florida International University’s Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management.
The terms of their employment also differ from many jobs on land. Pimentel, former president and CEO of Azamara and Cunard Line, among others, as well as co-founder of SeaDream Yacht Club, walked USA TODAY through what pay for cruise line crew members typically looks like.
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