Meet the harbor pilots who make $434,000 a year, face high fatality rates, and are responsible for guiding hulking cargo ships into ports

Dec 30 2022 by Business Insider

 

Associated Press

Harbor pilots are the highest paid city employees, but face a one in 20 chance of dying on the job. The local pilots bring a ship in from miles out at sea to within inches of the port's pier. Christopher Mims breaks down how packages arrive at your door within a matter of days in his book, "Arriving Today."

Harbor pilots have one of the highest paid — but simultaneously riskiest — jobs in the transportation industry.

The average harbor pilot at the Port of Los Angeles...

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