Once again, we have anonymously polled our members to ask them what they are being paid. The results are a barometer of the "going rates", as opposed to the union minimums.

There is also a survey of unit rates.

Staff Writers	21.3%
Story Editors		$2,281.00	$3,500.00	$6,142.00	n/a	n/a
Animation Writers		$1,200.00	$2,425.00	$4.615.00	$1,987.50	+$437.50
Producers	54.2%	$1,562.50	$3,500.00	$5,000.00	$4,000.00	-500.00
Directors	32.8%	$1,700.00	$2,500.00	$9.808.00	$2,100.00	+$400.00
Assistant Directors	19.9%	$1,500.00	$1,600.00	$2,000.00	$1,725.00	-$125.00
Sheet Timers	37.1%	$1.351.00	$1,675.00	$2,500.00	$1,537.00	+$138.00
Production Board
Staff Production Board	40.4%	$902.00	$1,700.00	$4,000.00	$1,500.00	+$200.00
Production Board Clean-Up	47.7%	$798.00	$1,140.00	$1,515.00	$1,000.00	+$140.00
Story Sketch	61.1%	$1,500.00	$2,240.00	$3,650.00	$1,710.00	+$530.00
Design
Art Directors	45.2%	$1,125.00	$2,700.00	$5,000.00	$2,950.00	-$250.00
Visual Development	59.1%	$937.50	$2,400.00	$4,500.00	$1,500.00	+$900.00
Model Designers	35.2%	$1,130.52	$1,312.50	$1,850.00	$1,312.50	0
CGI Modellers	47.1%	$1,000.00	$1,550.00	$1,827.00	$1,430.00	+$120.00
Assistant Models/ Clean-Up	35.3%	$850.00	$1,140.00	$1,450.00	$1,400.00	-$260.00
Color Key/Color Stylists	40.0%	$625.00	$1,300.00	$1,985.00	$1,200.00	+$100.00
Layout	35.9%
Character Layout		$902.00	$1,950.00	$3,000.00	$2,144.50	-$194.50
Background Layout		$880.00	$1,750.00	$5,500.00	$1,750.00	0
Key Assistant Layout	55.6%	$1,590.00	$1,650.00	$1,900.00	$1,500.00	+$150.00
Assistant Layout	28.0%	$742.54	$1,325.00	$1,600.00	$1,130.00	+$195.00
CGI
Technical Directors	34.8%	$1,094.74	$1,800.00	$2,884.00	$1,593.50	+$206.50
Assistant Technical Directors	26.1%	$1,107.28	$1,161.96	$1,250.00	n/a	n/a
Compositors	75.0%	$822.48	$1,750.00	$2,157.00	$1,450.00	+$300.00
Scanners/Digital Camera	46.2%	$813.00	$849.00	$1,250.00	n/a	n/a
Opaquers/Digital Scanners	20.7%	$750.00	$1,110.50	$1,550.00	$831.80	+$169.70
Background
Background Painters	27.2%	$1,000.00	$1,800.00	$3,900.00	$1,720.00	+$ 80.00
Animators	43.2%
Supervising Animators		$1,500.00	$2,789.47	$6,600.00	n/a	n/a
Character Animators4		$937.50	$2,000.004	$6,500.00	$2,057.00	- $57.004
Effects Animators		$1,043.75	$1,967.00	$5,273.00	$1,945.00	+ $22.00
CGI Animators		$1,093.75	$1,850.00	$3,000.00	$1,600.00	+$250.00
Animating Assistants		$1,094.74	$1,363.64	$1,970.00	$1,325.00	+ $38.64
Key Assistant Animators	50.8%
Lead Key Assistants		$1,381.82	$2,000.00	$4,160.00	$1,900.00	+$100.00
Key Assistants		$1,000.00	$1,792.50	$3,337.00	$1,750.00	+ $42.50
Assistant Animators	28.5%
Character Assistants		$742.86	$1,340.00	$1,800.00	$1,350.00	- $10.00
Effects Assistants		$723.90	$1,180.00	$1,995.00	$1,177.50	+ $2.50
CGI Assistants		$1,250.00	$1,397.50	$1,550.00	n/a	n/a
Rough Assistants		$1,075.00	$1,140.00	$1,150.00	$1,100.00	+ $40.00
Breakdown	28.9%	$737.50	$1,000.00	$1,572.11	$900.00	+$100.00
Inbetweeners	18.3%	$612.25	$897.00	$1,399.00	$813.00	+ $84.00
Animation Checking
Scene Planners	27.3%	$1,200.00	$1,200.00	$1,370.11	$1,475.00	-$275.00
Digital Scene Planners	40.0%	$1,178.95	$1,325.00	$1,750.00	n/a	n/a
Animation Checkers	36.5%	$686.86	$1,150.00	$1,500.00	$1,095.00	+ $55.00
Digital Checkers	37.1%	$1,100.00	$1,188.75	$1,600.00	n/a	n/a
Ink-and-Paint
Inkers	42.9%	$794.80	$821.00	$850.00	$798.00	+$23.00
Color Modelists	27.3%	$850.00	$960.00	$1,020.00	$1,200.00	-$240.00
Production Cel Painters	27.8%	$800.00	$903.60.00	$995.00	$798.52	+$105.08
Gallery Cel Painters		$454.17	$821.00	$850.00	n/a	n/a
Final Checkers	60.0%	$822.48	$1,183.00	$1,380.00	$1,079.60	+$103.40
Mark-Up	23.5%	$858.82.00	$1,055.00	$1,100.00	$1,079.60	- $24.60
Apprentices/Trainees	16.4%	$740.00	$745.36.00	$1,400.00	$821.88	+ $76.52
TOTAL	36.4%	(1997: 32.8%)

1 Of those persons listed in our records as most recently employed in the category, the percentage who responded to the 1998 survey.

2 Some of the minimums listed may be for persons working at union shops at less than journey level.

3 The "median averages listed for the 1997 and 1998 surveys represent the middle rates when the results were listed in order from lowest to highest. These numbers should be viewed in the context of the minimums and maximums, and the percentage of response.

4 In 1997, supervising animators and character animators were combined into one category on the survey. If the 1998 rates were calculated as they were in 1997, the median average for character animators would be $2,160.00, an increase of $103.00 from the '97 median.

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