Salary: how much do employees earn on a cruise ship?
Created: 01/11/2022, 12:25 PM
From: Andrea Stettner
Working where others go on vacation - it's possible on a cruise ship.
But how much do chefs, stewards or animators earn?
We do the salary check.
Travel through the Mediterranean or the Caribbean, discover new countries and earn money in the process?
That sounds tempting to many.
This is possible on a cruise ship, even if the jobs on board have a bad reputation.
Insiders keep reporting long working hours and dumping wages.
But what about salary * really?
How much do employees make on a cruise ship like the Aida?
Salary and working conditions on the Aida
According to research by the Ostesee-Zeitung
, employees of the Rostock shipping company
Aida Cruises
earn
between 709 euros a month and a whopping 100,000 euros a year
. The salary depends, of course, on the job. In addition, different collective agreements and remuneration agreements that have been agreed with the respective trade union apply. Food
on board is free, as is accommodation
and uniforms. According to the
Ostsee-Zeitung
, the working and rest times of the crew are based
on the standards of the internationally applicable Maritime Labor Convention. Interesting to know: Around 25 percent of the Aida crew comes from Germany and Europe, 75 percent of the employees come from Asia, such as the Philippines.
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Salary table: This is how much employees from Germany earn on the Aida
Apprentices
from Germany start their first year of apprenticeship on the Aida (for example a clerk for office management or IT specialist for system integration) with
709 euros gross
per month.
The rest of the salaries are negotiated individually and are based on specialist knowledge and work experience.
In the following we have listed some jobs on the Aida and their earning potential for the German crew:
job | Gross salary per year |
Scout | 20,000 to 25,000 euros |
Receptionist | 23,000 to 26,000 euros |
Front office manager | 30,000 to 33,000 euros |
Fitness trainer | 20,000 to 25,000 euros |
Beautician in the spa area | 20,000 to 25,000 euros |
Barkeeper | 22,000 to 25,000 euros |
Cook | 28,000 to 55,000 euros |
Service staff | 20,000 to 27,000 euros |
General manager | 80,000 to 100,000 euros |
Spa manager | 40,000 to 55,000 euros |
Security officer | 50,000 to 75,000 euros |
Nautical officer | 40,000 to 90,000 euros |
First engineering officer | 60,000 to 100,000 euros |
Source: Ostsee-Zeitung.de
Also read:
Salary: This is how much Germans earn on average.
Salary on cruise ships
The salaries on cruise ships naturally vary from one shipping company to another.
According to
Salary.de
, a
starting salary of around 1,800 euros and 2,300 euros net per month
is possible in the industry - depending on the area of responsibility.
Work is carried out on board seven days a week and the employees are often only given six-month contracts.
The following free time, usually two months, is
usually paid for by the shipping companies, according to
Salary.de .
By the way: cruise ship employees who are registered in Germany also have to pay their taxes here.
This also applies to the so-called world income.
In order to avoid double taxation, Germany has concluded agreements with many countries.
Would you prefer another job?
In
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