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Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels pay in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN and Traverse City, MI
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels is $130,380 per year in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN. It is $79,440 per year in Traverse City, MI. Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is 64.1% above Traverse City, MI on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-5021 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 800 wage and salary jobs in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN and 90 in Traverse City, MI. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.