What is the salary of a crab boat captain?

If yo.u are talking about inland crabbing which is much safer than offshore crabbing like you see on the deadliest catch the salary can be as little as 35,000 to as much as 60-70,000. Salary is usually tied to actual haul for that boat. Offshore crabbing can be very lucrative but also very dangerous. Those numbers can come in from 45 to well over 150,000 a year depending on vessel size and annual haul.