Know Your Worth by Working Class Artist Group
The Arts are a career for Artists and being paid appropriately and justly is your right as Artists. This snapshot of recommended minimum levels of pay is a way to support you to gauge fee charges structures when you are negotiating pay with external organisations. Don’t be shy to charge your worth, Artists have to eat too!
Theatre:
- ITC rates can be found at: www.itc-arts.org/rates-of-pay/
- ITC recommend the following: Performers and stage managers £494 a week, although they don’t recommend hours or overtime listed. They also detail commuting and meal costs.
Directors
- Preparatory Fee: Full length play - £1,614.30
- Preparatory Fee: Short play - £1,117.00
- Rehearsals: Weekly payment - £494.00
- Artistic/ Resident Directors: Weekly pay for all duties - £599.90
Writers
- Full length play £9,176.00
- Play under 70 minutes in length £6,110.00
- Play under 30 minutes in length £3,056.00
- Minimum royalty £62.10
- Royalty threshold £61,807.00
Designers
- Design fee £2,704.70
- Making weekly fee for building set and other duties £529.90
Choreographers
- Preparation and up to 2 weeks’ rehearsal minimum fee £1,994.40
- More than 2 weeks’ rehearsal weekly fee £494.00
- More than 2 weeks’ rehearsal daily rate £160.50
- Session rate (max 3 hours) £103.20
Equity keep their rates private for members only, however, here are some insights:
Performers on an indie film daily minimums:
- Daily £144
- Weekly £576
- Holiday Pay £16.22
Plus a copy of the DVD to give to your Nan!
Voice Over
- Linear recordings irrespective of the platform
- Minimum fee £214 half day session
- Minimum fee £357 full day session
Or complete buy out
- Half day rate £299
- Full day rate £527
Variety and Cabaret Artists
Equity expect you to negotiate your own fees.
Visual Art:
Scottish Artists Union recommend
Hourly Rates:
- £25.50 per hour for a new graduate
- £33.00 per hour for an artist with +3 years’ experience
- £41.00 per hour for an artist with +5 years’ experience
Sessional Rates:
New Graduate Artist
- £102.00 4-hour minimum call
- £204.00 8-hour day rate
3+ Years’ Experience
- £132.00 4-hour minimum call
- £264.00 8-hour day rate
5+ Years’ Experience
- £164.00 4-hour minimum call
- £328.00 8-hour day rate
Day rates are based on an 8hr day. Minimum ‘call’ is a 4hr session. Additional hours over 8hrs should be a minimum of the hourly rate. Recommended for additional hrs Rate of pay x1.5 for additional hours or Rate of Pay x2 for out of normal hours/weekends/holidays.
