There are many benefits to working on a cruise ship . One of them is the salary .
Salaries vary from cruise ship to cruise ship and from company to company.
Some companies also offer vacation pay. While on board ship, if there is a need to transfer funds home to pay bills you can easily accomplish this with a bank allotment from the purser's office. The transfer of funds usually occurs on the 10 th. of each month, and takes about 5-10 days to accomplish. You will need to provide a voided check from the account that you wish to transfer funds into each month. All employees are paid in U.S. dollars , irrespective of their country of origin.