Employment Trends
Number of captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels employed in 2006: 34,000
Projected Number of captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels that will be employed in 2016: 39,780
The numbers of positions for captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels is expected to increase by 17% between 2006 and 2016.
*Some careers have been clustered with closely related occupations for some statistics.
**Employment projections are derived from the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Projections and Training Data, 2006-07 Edition
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