pilot job and salary worldwide

Here you find links to ROV personnel recruiters / employers and
information about ROV employment / career opportunities, mostly as ROV Pilot / Technician.
Some vacancy lists include indications on salaries paid.

This is the most popular non-commercial Global Maritime offshore employment Directory.
After 9 years on the Net averaging about 40.000 visits per month, out of which about 23% returning visitors.
Every year visitors from more than 200 countries and territories speaking over a hundred languages.












Please note 1: Jobs Available are changing all the time. I recommend you come back every one to two weeks and check job listings. Go to the job listings on each website below and check for new opportunities. Positions listed indicate the kind of jobs one usually finds on each website. It's very easy if you add this page to your "Favourites" (IE) or "Bookmarks" (Firefox).

Please note 2: When the recruiting agent have an on-line application form, you must use it - if you don't, your application goes straight into the waste basket.

Please note 3: None of the listed recruiting agents on this page asks for any placement fee - neither in advance nor later.

Please note 4: Offshore salaries ( wages ) are calculated and based on a 84 hrs work week, i.e. 12 hrs per day 7 days per week. When the job listings give a day rate you won't get paid when you relax at home. If the day rate is USD 300 and rotation two weeks on / two weeks off, you get about 15 x 300 = USD 4.500 per month.













Please note 1: Jobs Available are changing all the time. I recommend you come back every one to two weeks and check job listings. Go to the job listings on each website below and check for new opportunities. Positions listed indicate the kind of jobs one usually finds on each website. It's very easy if you add this page to your "Favourites" (IE) or "Bookmarks" (Firefox).

Please note 2: When the recruiting agent have an on-line application form, you must use it - if you don't, your application goes straight into the waste basket.

Please note 3: None of the listed recruiting agents on this page asks for any placement fee - neither in advance nor later.

Please note 4: Offshore salaries ( wages ) are calculated and based on a 84 hrs work week, i.e. 12 hrs per day 7 days per week. When the job listings give a day rate you won't get paid when you relax at home. If the day rate is USD 300 and rotation two weeks on / two weeks off, you get about 15 x 300 = USD 4.500 per month.

Please note 5: For offshore work everybody must have special Offshore Survival ( "BOSIET" ), Fire fighting and Medical Certificates, also medical staff. Usually agent or employer can advice further where to get these in a specific country. See also Offshore Training and Certificates for more info.

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Specific training and certification requirements can vary by geographical location according to local requirements and regulations. It's therefore necessary to apply only to suitable vacancies and to clearly specify what certificates you have.

Salary Examples

Offshore salaries ( wages ) are calculated and based on a 84 hrs work week, i.e. 12 hrs per day 7 days per week. When the job listings give a day rate you won't get paid when you relax at home. ROV pilot / technician day rates start from about UK £ 200 per day ( July 2009 ). With a rotation of 14 days on / 14 days off you would get about 15 x 200 = £ 3.000 per month ( about USD 5.000 per month ) [ 12 hours per day, 7 days per week ] - you are not paid when not working.

Many employees offshore are being turned into sub-contractors. This means mostly short time contracts with a day rate pay. Each sub-contractor is then individually and personally responsible for his own taxes, social security, pension fund, insurance etc.

Note that the actual salary paid a certain person depends very much on number of years offshore, his/her actual work experience, and the geographical location of the job site.

One UK £ ( GBP ) equals about 1.2 € (Euro) or about 1.6 USD - One € about 1.4 USD ( September 2009 ).

ROV Supervisor in the Middle East USD 800 per day ( Aug, 2008 ), ROV Workshop Supervisor, International locations; GBP (£) 40.000-50.000 per year [ about 5.300-6.600 USD per month, Aug. 2009 ].

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Following salary ranges were noted during 2008:
- ROV Superintendent £ 75.000 - 85.000 per year; ROV Superintendent, minimum 3 years experience as Pilot, USD 70.000-90.000 per year, GOM
- ROV Supervisor £ 60.000 - 70.000 per year
- ROV Sub-engineer £ 55.000 - 65.000 per year
- ROV Pilot £ 35.000 - 60.000 per year, depending on experience

- In April 2009 English-Arabic speaking ROV Engineer, 1-2 years experience, for Cairo, Egypt, was offered USD 55.000 per year.

In July 2009 following wages were offered:
- ROV Pilot Technician UK £ ( GBP ) 200-350 per day ( July - North Sea ); UK £ 250-300 per day ( September - Baltic )
- ROV Senior Subsea Engineer UK £ ( GBP ) 405 per day ( July )( North Sea )
- ROV Supervisor UK £ 420 per day ( July - North Sea ), in Oct. same rate in the Baltic.

In Aug. / Sept. 2009 ROV pilots were offered UK £ 300 per day in Asian waters ( 40-45 day contract ).

There is continuous discussion about ROV job pay rates on ROV World - Forums - ROV pay rates with pay rate information generally and about some specific employers. I have heard some rumblings that ROV Pilot / Techs from developing countries are paid 25-30% less than their counter parts from industrialized countries.

During May / June 2009 The Underwatercentre in UK made a study of ROV Pilot / Technician average salaries among their previous graduates. The average was UK £ ( GBP ) 42.750 per year, which equals 5.800-6.000 USD per month ( July exchange rates ).