How much should Kirk and company make each year?

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

Specifically, if we use today's 2024 American dollars for the key TOS occupations, how much should we pay the Enterprise crew every week or year? I'd be interested in hearing your pay grades for the 23rd century captains, execs, science officers, doctors, chief engineers, nurses, helmspeople, navigators, communications officers, security guards, transporter officers and yeomen. Then you may choose to increase that for the Big Four due to their higher track records. God knows Spock pulls double duty with two intermixed jobs when he's not concentrating on his porn viewer.

 

[BillJ]

Whatever military people make.

 

[1001001]

 

[BillJ]

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Which is worth $7.62 (US) in today’s money.

 

[Phaser Two]

1,000 quatloos that the newcomers will not survive!

 

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

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Total equity? That's almost.....utopian. Could Scotty get one dollar more?

 

[Henoch]

1,000 quatloos that the newcomers will not survive!

"Five thousand quatloos that the newcomers will have to be destroyed."

 

[DonIago]

7,000 quatloos that the newcomers will blow their income on space cigars and Orion slave girls!

 

[Phaser Two]

"Five thousand quatloos that the newcomers will have to be destroyed."

Henoch? Govern himself? Ridiculous!

 

[Quantum21]

Specifically, if we use today's 2024 American dollars for the key TOS occupations, how much should we pay the Enterprise crew every week or year? I'd be interested in hearing your pay grades for the 23rd century captains, execs, science officers, doctors, chief engineers, nurses, helmspeople, navigators, communications officers, security guards, transporter officers and yeomen. Then you may choose to increase that for the Big Four due to their higher track records. God knows Spock pulls double duty with two intermixed jobs when he's not concentrating on his porn viewer.

12 Quatloos

 

[Oddish]

Ship Captain: $120,000.00
Commander: $100,000.00
Lieutenant Commander: $90,000.00
Lieutenant Sr. Grade: $75,000.00
Lieutenant Jr. Grade: $60,000.00
Ensign: $50,000.00

Doctor: +$30,000.00
Counselor: +$10,000.00
Chief Engineer: +$10,000.00
Department Head: +5,000.00

All positions include benefits: housing, uniforms, and access to medical care and other services.

 

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

Thank you, Oddish. Would the doomed security guards and extraneous yeomen get much?

 

[Oddish]

Thank you, Oddish. Would the doomed security guards and extraneous yeomen get much?

A lot of the doomed redshirt guards were ensigns, I think. And their families get $250,000 in death benefits, plus $5,000 for burial if their corpses were recovered.

 

[DonIago]

What about NCOs and regular crewpersons?

 

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

A lot of the doomed redshirt guards were ensigns, I think. And their families get $250,000 in death benefits, plus $5,000 for burial if their corpses were recovered.

If they were ensigns, they mostly shared Chekov's capabilities. Perhaps Rand was an ensign.
While I specified 2024 US dollars, I was expecting quite more inflation in the end due to the three-century difference. (Comic books, for instance, would no doubt cost 450 bucks per issue by 2266.)
Astronauts are generally better-paid than politicians, though rock stars seem to reach the pinnacle..

What about NCOs and regular crewpersons?

When you're non-commissioned, as McCoy may be, does that make them essentially draftees? Or are they lower-rankers in general? Are they the Radar types?* I would pay them by merit and effort if so, but if all they ever do gets instantly confirmed by Spock's tricorder, perhaps we could give them minimum wage, which by 2266 is likely 400 thou in American adjusted dollars. Then perhaps 300 thou for the unambitious regulars.

 

[Henoch]

If they were ensigns, they mostly shared Chekov's capabilities. Perhaps Rand was an ensign.

Rand was a yeoman which is a noncommissioned officer. In the current U.S. Navy, yeoman start as a E-4 and can advance to E-7. 2024 Pay chart:
E-4

Petty Officer Third Class PO3 Noncommissioned Officer $31,604 - $38,369per year
E-5

Petty Officer Second Class PO2 Noncommissioned Officer $34,466 - $48,917per year
E-6

Petty Officer First Class PO1 Noncommissioned Officer $37,627 - $58,277per year
E-7

Chief Petty Officer CPO Senior Noncommissioned Officer $43,499 - $78,188per year

Note: From Charlie X, Tina Lawton was Yeoman Third Class, probably a E-4. Rand may have been a E-6 since she serves on the staff of a general officer (i.e. Captain of a capital ship).

A yeoman flag writer is a senior yeoman, typically at the petty officer first class (E-6) level or higher, who serves on the personal staffs of flag and/or general officers and certain other senior officers. Flag writers draft personal and professional correspondence, act on matters of social usage, protocol, honors and ceremonies, prepare and liquidate travel orders, and prepare officer reports of fitness for signature by a flag or general officer. They must be able to function independently. Individuals serving as flag writers are in a highly visible position and must conduct themselves in a professional manner at all times. Additionally, members will be required to satisfactorily meet any additional requirements of the flag officer.

 

[Oddish]

Comic books, for instance, would no doubt cost 450 bucks per issue by 2266

But the Federation credit is worth one thousand of the badly inflated Old Dollars. So, if you give your kid a five credit per week allowance, he can buy 11 comic books and still have five centicreds left over.

 

[Takeru]

Ship Captain: $120,000.00
Commander: $100,000.00
Lieutenant Commander: $90,000.00
Lieutenant Sr. Grade: $75,000.00
Lieutenant Jr. Grade: $60,000.00
Ensign: $50,000.00

Doctor: +$30,000.00
Counselor: +$10,000.00
Chief Engineer: +$10,000.00
Department Head: +5,000.00

Why would Doctors and Counselors get extra pay? This doesn't say chief medical officer so I assume it's every doctor and every counselor. So junior counselor McEvans get a nice 10k bonus but his wife working in the science department gets nothing?
And if officers in healthcare get extra pay what about the nurses?

So in season 2 Geordie as the chief engineer with the rank of Lieutenant would have made $85k but a doctor fresh out of the academy with the rank of Lt. jg. would make $90k? And why does chief engineer get 10k extra but other department heads only 5k? Do the chief of security or chief science officer less work as department heads?

And even if the doctor extra does apply to the CMO only, why 30k? That seems way over the top. Doctors are quite frankly not that important that they deserve 3 to 6 times as much extra pay compared to other professions.

 

[Oddish]

Why would Doctors and Counselors get extra pay?

More training required. In addition to the normal Academy course load, they need to learn to heal bodies and minds.

And even if the doctor extra does apply to the CMO only, why 30k? That seems way over the top. Doctors are quite frankly not that important that they deserve 3 to 6 times as much extra pay compared to other professions.

Ok, then you devise a pay scale that seems fair. I've devised mine, and it still works for me.

 

[Takeru]

More training required. In addition to the normal Academy course load, they need to learn to heal bodies and minds.

That's factually wrong, a doctor does not train more than an engineer or scientist does to become an expert in their field. They just learn different things.

Ok, then you devise a pay scale that seems fair. I've devised mine, and it still works for me.

I don't have to make my own pay scale to question yours.