The list shows the returned data from Local 839's July 2000 wage survey, sorted by employer, job category and forty-hour salary.
There are a number of reasons why the data might not seem to correspond with the report of industry-wide minimums, medians and maximums.
The list includes some job classifications for which insufficient data was received to report a median average. A number of survey respondents requested that their salary data be excluded from this listing. Some respondents indicated they were simultaneously employed in more than one category (story editor/producer, for example); their results are reported in both categories.
Non-union studios are listed in italics. Respondents in CGI job categories were asked to list the number of years they have worked in CGI; those number are listed in brackets after the job category.
This year's results show that, industry-wide, relatively few categories have been adversely affected by employment downturns.It should be noted that this year's overall percentage of returned questionnaires is the lowest in the five years since we inaugurated the wage survey. This probably reflects increased unemployment and non-union work, although we collate non-union wages alongside those of people working at union shops. The survey results should be read in this context, particularly as regards categories that showed a relatively low percentage of return.
In comparing your salary to the survey figures, it's important to note that the survey figures are based on a forty-hour week. Those persons working on a so-called "on-call" basis (that is, with a guaranteed workweek of more than forty hours) should adjust their numbers accordingly.
For example, let's say you receive a salary of $2,000 for a fifty-six-hour week:
Subtract 40 from your workweek |
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= 16 |
Multiply by 1.5 |
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= 24 |
Add to 40 |
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= 64 |
Divide salary by this number to get the hourly wage |
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= $31.25 |
Multiple by 40 for the forty-hour weekly rate |
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= $1,250 |