Pay in the U.S. Navy in 1898
| Rear Admirals | $6,000 per year ($500 per month) |
| Commodores | $5,000 per year ($416.66 per month) |
| Captains | $4,500 per year ($375 per month) |
| Commanders | $3,500 per year (291.66 per month) |
| Lt. Commanders | $2,800-$3,000 per year ($233.33-$250 per month) |
| Lieutenants | $2,400-$2,600 per year ($200-$216.66 per month) |
| Lieutenants, j.g. | $1,800-$2,000 per year ($150-$166.66 per month) |
| Ensigns | $1,200-$1,400 per year ($100-$116.66 per month) |
| Naval Cadets | $950 (at sea) per year ($79.16 per month), $500 (at Academy) per year ($41.66 per month) |
| Mates | $1,200 per year ($100 per month) |
| Medical Directors, Inspectors | $4,400 per year ($366.66 per month) |
| Pay Directors, Inspectors | $4,400 per year ($366.66 per month) |
| Chief Engineers (at sea) | $4,400 per year ($366.66 per month) |
| Fleet Surgeons, Fleet Paymasters, and Fleet Engineers | $4,400 per year |
| Surgeons, Paymasters, Chief Engineers | $2,800-$4,200 per year ($233.33-$350.00 per month) |
| Passed Assistant Surgeons and Paymasters | $2,000-$2,200 per year ($166.66 - $183.33 per month) |
| Passed Assistant Engineers | $2,000 per year ($166.66 per month) |
| Assistant Surgeons, Paymasters and Engineers | $1,700-$1,900 per year ($141.66 - $158.33 per month) |
| Chaplains | $2,500 per year ($208.33 per month) |
| Boatswains, Gunners, Carpenters, and sailmakers | $1,200 per year ($100 per month) |
| Chief Master-at-Arms | $780 per year ($65 per month) |
| Chief Boatswain's Mates, Gunners Mates and Quartermasters | $600 per year ($50 per month) |
| Masters-at-arms | $480 per year ($40 per month) |
| Boatswains Mates, Gunner Mates, Quartermasters, Schoolmasters | $480 per year ($40 per month) |
| Machinists | $660 per year ($55 per month) |
| Blacksmiths | $600 per year ($50 per month) |
| Seamen Gunners | $312 per year ($26 per month) |
| Seamen | $228 to $288 per year ($19-$24 per month) |
| Apprentices | $180 to $252 per year ($15-$21 per month) |
| Firemen | $360-$420 per year ($30-$35 per month) |
| Musicians | $360 to $384 per year ($30-$32 per month) |
| Landsmen | $192 per year ($16 per month) |
Crabtree, J.B., The Passing of Spain and the Ascendency of America
(Springfield, MA: The King-Richardson Publishing Co., 1898) 360.
