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4th Wages

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Just wondering if anyone knew the starting wages with upper lakes, algoma,or lower lakes as a 4th engineer?
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I would venture a guess of about 375 a day.
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At Algoma & ULS pay is by the hour with no paid leave, range $20.00 - $22.00
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3 years ago I worked with ULS as a 4th. Take home pay used to be around $6K per month worked with normal working days of 8 hours (there was alot of overtime in there as well though). I don't recall the hourly wage, but I remember that Saturdays were time and a half, Sundays double time. Unfortunatley you don't get paid on your time off, but don't worry because there probably won't be alot of that going on. I have heard that lake companies are screaming for engineers of all sorts. Good spot to go to if you want to get seatime in a hurry and bank some cash while doing it.

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Thanks everyone for the info.
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