Making Bank in Hollywood

 From the C-suite to the stars to movie extras here's a peek of who makes what in Hollywood.

Workers on movie set

Editor - most TV editors earn $5000/week. Top feature editors can earn $20-25,000/week.

Publicist - Mid-level agency publicists earn $100-150,000/yr. One with their own firm over $1 million.

Studio Executive - Entry-level executive assistant $50,000/yr. but there is huge growth potential.          Executive VPs earn $500-600,00. Studio head millions.

Lawyer - Deal makers that work on 5% commission instead of an hourly rate go for $175-250,000.

Director - Early-career directors $1 million. The Director's Guild minimum rate for a big-budget film    is $23,767/week with a 10-week guarantee. Big, named directors can earn up to $20                          million/film.

Stunt Person - $1,200/day but can increase this depending upon stunt person and danger of stunt.

Makeup Artist - $1-1,250/makeup job.

Stylist - $1,500/event or job plus extra fees for outside work.

Content Creator - a picture (photo) of a celebrity or event can be worth $1,000 or more. Videos can be worth $5,000 or more.

Gaffer - A union chief lighting technician makes $60.53/hour with a weekly guarantee of $3,647 while on a film set.

Minions on strike

Agent - Entry-level agency representatives earn $80-100,000/year. Older experience agents $600,000    and heavy hitters eight figures. Agency mailroom clerk makes $20/hour.

Intimacy Coordinator - a relatively new job category these people aid actors in shooting sex/nude        scenes and earn $1,200/day.

Actor - A-listers make big bank. Robert Downey Jr. made $80 million as Dr. Doom. Ryan Reynolds        makes about $30 million per film. Big TV names can earn up to $1 million per episode.                            Background or extras in movies or TV shows make $216/day.

Animator - a member of the Animation Guild earns $1,800/week, a supervising writer $3,000/week.

Producer - veteran producers up to $2 million up front and more on the backside of a hit movie.

Screenwriter - the average for a first draft script sells for $350-500,00.

CEO - as with most industries, belt-tighting never hits the tippy-top of the corporate ladder. For              example, the co-CEO of Netflix earned $49.8 million in 2023. Disney's $31.6 million, Warner                Bros. honcho $49.7 million. The highest paid was TKO Group top dog at $83.9 million. Lowest              paid was Amazon's at $1.4 million, but he has a stock grant deal worth $250 million.

By: Jim Lavorato