The Below Deck universe has develop into one in every of Bravo’s hottest entities on the community. Due to this, some former stars have publicly discussed their salaries. Now, Captain Lee Rosbach is discussing how a lot he made out of the present, and in a method, he’s defending the salaries different stars of the varied exhibits have gotten.

Rosbach, also called ‘the stud of the ocean’, joined the present in 2013. It was introduced final yr that he wouldn’t be returning for the subsequent season of Beneath Deck. 

In keeping with Heavy, Captain Lee took to a current episode of his Salty With Captain Lee podcast to debate wage and the way it’s determined how a lot Beneath Deck stars make. For context, he’s responding to a report that stated the celebrities made between $5,000 and $6,000 monthly. 

He stated, “Do I believe they make as a lot because the Housewives? No. However the Housewives for a very long time carried Bravo. [Below Deck stars] acquired paid trade commonplace [for yachting] plus no matter else they negotiated with the community. No matter that’s.”

He continued, “If you first are available in, you begin on the backside. You then work your method up, and as you make your self increasingly more beneficial to the corporate, you then receives a commission extra, and also you request extra.”

Captain Lee went on to say that he was happy along with his pay and that he would by no means personally take a job that didn’t pay what he thought he was value. 

He then defined a bit extra about Beneath Deck salaries. He stated, “I don’t know what they make. I’m not aware about their salaries, however I do know what they make in suggestions, and that may be a good chunk of change. The final season I did, we break up up 1 / 4 of one million {dollars} in suggestions [after six weeks].”

He added, “Give it some thought. $1,500 or 2,000 for a three-day constitution? That’s fairly good cash.”

He then stated, “I negotiate what I need and what I believe I’m value. We both come to an settlement, or we don’t, and I depart.”

Followers of the Captain can be pleased to know that he’ll quickly be again on tv. The previous Beneath Deck captain will host a true crime show on the Oxygen network referred to as Lethal Waters. The present is presently in manufacturing.