Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels Salary — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The average Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania earns $73,400 a year.

$73,400 / year, mean
↓ 29.8% below national average 50th percentile in Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within Pennsylvania — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's well below the national average for captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels — one of the largest gaps in this dataset. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a reasonably reliable estimate, though the underlying sample is moderate in size.

Percentile within Pennsylvania

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
370
Estimate confidence
RSE 10.8%
Cost of living 95 #108 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1511 #51 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $231,356 #145 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $73,942 #77 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Pittsburgh ranks #108 for cost of living and #145 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Los Angeles $144,120 San Francisco $132,650 Louisville $127,740 Bremerton $122,290 Huntington $119,620 Houston $116,660 Philadelphia $116,350 Mount Vernon $112,410 New York $110,830 Seattle $109,050 Beaumont $105,580 Oxnard $103,610 Sacramento $101,680 Deltona $95,380 San Diego $93,150 Portland $92,830 Virginia Beach $92,370 Brownsville $91,470 Orlando $91,270 Buffalo $91,150 Jacksonville $90,950 Crestview $89,700 Corpus Christi $89,530 Miami $86,950 Fort Myers $86,720 Palm Bay $85,670 Tampa $84,100 Chicago $84,050 Sarasota $81,590 Naples $80,960 Traverse City $80,590 Atlantic City $79,300 Port St. Lucie $76,660 Albany $76,530 Rochester $75,630 Salinas $73,490 Pittsburgh $73,400 Panama City $70,660 Evansville $63,560 Muskegon $63,340 Detroit $54,180
CityMean salaryvs. Pittsburgh
Albany, New York$76,530+4.3%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$79,300+8.0%
Beaumont, Texas$105,580+43.8%
Bremerton, Washington$122,290+66.6%
Brownsville, Texas$91,470+24.6%
Buffalo, New York$91,150+24.2%
Fort Myers, Florida$86,720+18.1%
Chicago, Illinois$84,050+14.5%
Corpus Christi, Texas$89,530+22.0%
Crestview, Florida$89,700+22.2%
Deltona, Florida$95,380+29.9%
Detroit, Michigan$54,180-26.2%
Evansville, Indiana$63,560-13.4%
Houston, Texas$116,660+58.9%
Huntington, West Virginia$119,620+63.0%
Jacksonville, Florida$90,950+23.9%
Los Angeles, California$144,120+96.3%
Louisville, Kentucky$127,740+74.0%
Miami, Florida$86,950+18.5%
Mount Vernon, Washington$112,410+53.1%
Muskegon, Michigan$63,340-13.7%
Naples, Florida$80,960+10.3%
New York, New York$110,830+51.0%
Sarasota, Florida$81,590+11.2%
Orlando, Florida$91,270+24.3%
Oxnard, California$103,610+41.2%
Palm Bay, Florida$85,670+16.7%
Panama City, Florida$70,660-3.7%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$116,350+58.5%
Portland, Oregon$92,830+26.5%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$76,660+4.4%
Rochester, New York$75,630+3.0%
Sacramento, California$101,680+38.5%
Salinas, California$73,490+0.1%
San Diego, California$93,150+26.9%
San Francisco, California$132,650+80.7%
Seattle, Washington$109,050+48.6%
Tampa, Florida$84,100+14.6%
Traverse City, Michigan$80,590+9.8%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$92,370+25.8%
Gross salary
73,400/yr
Estimated take-home
58,214/yr
Est. total withheld
20.7%

Single filer, federal + Pennsylvania state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 53-5021 SOC code
Official area Pittsburgh, PA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 38300 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: pa_dor_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Highlighted: Pennsylvania

Population (metro area)
2,443,921