Pay Rate for Film & TV Extra Work

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"On behalf of expertvillage.com, my name is Paul Lewis and I'm Rodney Smith and we are here to talk to you about how to become an extra for TV, movies and commercials. We spoke briefly about rates of pay but we weren't really specific, so I want to tell you what to expect as. It may vary from city to city but I'm not quite sure. In New York City when you were non-union and you worked as an extra. What was the average rate of pay on a daily rate? When I was non-union, the rate was $75.00 a day. I think it has gone up some. I'm not exactly sure what now but it is still under a hundred. Now as a SAG member, Screen Actors Guild union member when you work as an extra, what kind of rate of pay could you expect without going overtime. Oh yeah, as a SAG member you make I believe it is a $133 now. I think it got up to $133 now. It goes up every year sometimes. It is a higher rate than a non-union work and we also, like I said, we also get cards like we get overtime and we get paid for our wardrobe and we get meal penalties if they break late for lunch, things like that. Can we just tell them about the overtime? What to expect as far as overtime. How does that work out? Well, usually after 8 hours on a TV set, you get time and half and then on a movie set you get after 12 hours, you get time and half and then it goes up after that. It goes up after that. The details sometimes can be a little foggy but you can always contact union or talk to them on the set regarding what the rates are. "