The 2025 IATSE 764 and IATSE 798 Feature and Television Agreements and Supplemental Digital Agreements have been ratified effective March 2, 2025. 

To help you prepare for retroactive payments and budgeting, hiring crew, and discussing benefits for your future productions, we've outlined the most recent changes below.

IATSE Local 764 Majors Agreement & Supplemental Digital Agreement

Unless otherwise stated rule updates apply to both the Majors Agreement and Supplemental Digital Agreement.

Term

March 2, 2025 to February 29, 2028

Wages

• Majors Agreement
  
  • Effective March 2, 2025: 7% increase
  • Effective March 1, 2026: 4% increase
  • Effective February 28, 2027: 3.5% increase
• Supplemental Digital Agreement
  • General Rates
    • Effective September 28, 2025: 4% increase
    • Effective October 4, 2026: 3.5% increase
    • Effective October 3, 2027: Increase will be based on the then negotiated increase for Costumers in the IATSE Videotape Agreement.
  • Effective March 2, 2025: Establish a new rate table for reality shows other than those utilizing the “DYI/How to” or “Follow Doc” formats by increasing the general rates by 3%.
    • Effective September 28, 2025: 3% increase
    • Effective October 4, 2026: Increase rates to be based on the same then current rate as Non-Prime Time Dramatic Programs.
    • Effective October 3, 2027: Increase will be based on the then negotiated increase for Costumers in the IATSE Videotape Agreement.

Benefits

• Majors Agreement
  • Theatrical
    • Effective March 2, 2025: Rate allocations will only be based on daily amounts instead of a combination of daily and hourly amounts.
    • Effective March 2, 2025: Increases from $7.85 per hour plus $89.50 per day to $183.70 per day.
    • Effective March 1, 2026: Increases from $183.70 per day to $195.00 per day.
    • Effective February 28, 2027: Increases from $195.00 per day to $205.00 per day.
  • Television
    • Effective March 2, 2025: Increases from $156.00 per day to $175.00 per day.
    • Effective March 1, 2026: Increases from $175.00 per day to $190.00 per day.
    • Effective February 28, 2027: Increases from $190.00 per day to $205.00 per day.
• Supplemental Digital Agreement
  • • Effective March 2, 2025: Increases from $156.00 per day to $175.00 per day
    • Effective March 1, 2026: Increases From $175.00 per day to $190.00 per day
    • Effective February 28, 2027: Increases From $190.00 per day to $205.00 per day
• Effective March 2, 2025: Employees working in areas outside of Local 764’s jurisdiction will be allowed to complete a home plan to have Pension and Annuity transferred to the 764 Pension and Annuity funds respectively.

Overtime

Rest Period

Effective for Motion Pictures, Seasons of Series or Mini-Series that start principal photography after 6/8/2025: 

When less than 14 elapsed hours were worked the previous day -

• If time is invaded by less than 30 minutes: ½ hour of additional 2X
• If time is invaded by more than 30 minutes: Additional 2X is owed for all invaded hours in increments of 1/10 of an hour

Courtesy Housing or Transportation

Effective 3/2/2025: If an employee works in excess of 14 hours, the employer must offer either courtesy housing or transportation at the employer's expense.

Use of Personal Vehicle

Effective 3/2/2025: If an employee is required to use their personal vehicle, employer will reimburse the employee for any pre-approved parking, tolls or fees incurred and will also pay mileage based on the then-current IRS rate. 

Mileage Rate

Effective 3/2/2025: Change the mileage rate from $0.30 per mile to be equal to the then-current IRS allowable mileage rate.

Call Times

Effective 3/2/2025: Call times for the next day’s work must be issued within one hour of general crew wrap time. 

Sick Time Outside the State of NY

• Effective 3/30/2025: Maximum sick time accrual increases from 48 to 80 hours.
• Effective 3/30/2025: If the employer elects to provide a bank of hours in lieu of an accrual, the time frame of when that bank becomes available decreases from 90 to 45 days.
• Effective 3/30/2025: If the employer elects to provide a bank of hours in lieu of an accrual, the amount of banked hours increases from 24 hours (3 days) to 40 hours (5 days).

Bereavement Leave

Effective 3/2/2025: Regularly-scheduled employees must be allowed 3 days of paid bereavement leave in the event of the death of a family member. Family Member is defined as:

• Biological, adopted, or foster child, stepchild, legal ward, or a child to whom the employee stands in loco parentis
• Biological, adopted, or foster parent, stepparent, or legal guardian of the employee or the employee’s spouse or domestic partner or a person who stood in loco parentis when the employee was a minor child
• Spouse
• Registered Domestic Partner
• Grandparent
• Grandchild
• Sibling

Holidays

• Majors Agreement:
  • Effective 3/2/2025: Juneteenth is added as a recognized holiday.
• Supplemental Digital Agreement:
  • Effective 3/2/2025: Juneteenth is added as a recognized holiday.
  • Effective 3/2/2025: The holiday accrual rate increases from 4% of annual straight time earnings to 4.583% of annual straight time earnings.

Severance Pay

• Supplemental Digital Agreement:
  • Effective 3/2/2025: Severance Pay provisions were added to the supplemental digital agreement for employees with a minimum of 1 “qualified year” of work for the producer.
  • See the MOA for specific provisions as well as the definition of a “qualified year”.

Productions Made for New Media:

• Effective 3/2/2025: AVOD and FAST Channel new media productions are included in the provisions of the New Media Sideletter.
• Effective for new seasons of an episodic series that commence production on or after 3/2/2025: New Media Projects that previously used rates from the previous contract year will now use either rates that are reduced 3% from the regular television rates or the regular television rates depending on the type of project.
• Effective for certain Low Budget productions that commence production on or after 3/2/2025: The rates paid will be the “Long Form” rates reduced by 6%.

Artificial Intelligence

• Effective 3/2/2025: AI provisions were added to both the Majors and Supplemental Digital Agreements.

IATSE Local 798 Majors Agreement & Supplemental Digital Agreement

Unless otherwise stated rule updates apply to both the Majors Agreement and Supplemental Digital Agreement.

Term

March 2, 2025 to February 29, 2028

Wages

Effective March 2, 2025: References in the sideletters to “prior year” or “prior period” rate will be changed to “3% reduction in the then-current wage rates.

• Majors Agreement
  • Effective March 2, 2025: 7% increase
  • Effective March 1, 2026: 4% increase
  • Effective February 28, 2027: 3.5% increase
• Supplemental Digital Agreement
  • General Rates
    • Effective September 28, 2025: 4% increase
    • Effective October 4, 2026: 3.5% increase
    • Effective October 3, 2027: Increase will be based on the then negotiated increase for Make-up Artists and Hair Stylists in the IATSE Videotape Agreement.
  • Effective March 2, 2025: Establish a new rate table for Reality shows other than those utilizing the “DYI/How to” or “Follow Doc” formats by increasing the general rates by 3%.
    • Effective September 28, 2025: 3% increase
    • Effective October 4, 2026: Increase rates to be based on the same then current rate as Non-Prime Time Dramatic Programs.
    • Effective October 3, 2027: Increase will be based on the then negotiated increase for Costumers in the IATSE Videotape Agreement.

Benefits

• Majors Agreement
  • Theatrical
    • NY/NJ/CT
      
      • Effective March 2, 2025: Rate allocations will only be based on daily amounts plus 5% instead of a combination of daily and hourly amounts plus 5%.
      • Effective March 2, 2025: Increases from $10.03 per hour plus $65.66 per day plus 5% to $186.02 per day plus 5%.
      • Effective March 1, 2026: Increases From $186.02 per day plus 5% to $195.00 per day plus 5%.
      • Effective February 28, 2027: Increases From $195.00 per day plus 5% to $205.00 per day plus 5%.

• • • Louisiana
      • Effective March 2, 2025: Increases from $10.03 per hour plus $76.00 per day to $10.03 per hour plus $94.76 per day.
      • Effective March 1, 2026: Increases from $10.03 per hour plus $94.76 per day to $10.03 per hour plus $109.76 per day.
      • Effective February 28, 2027: Increases from $10.03 per hour plus $109.76 per day to $10.03 per hour plus $124.76 per day.
    • Outside NY, NJ, CT and LA
      • Effective March 2, 2025: Increases from $10.03 per hour plus $84.66 per day to $10.03 per hour plus $94.76 per day.
      • Effective March 1, 2026: Increases from $10.03 per hour plus $94.76 per day to $10.03 per hour plus $109.76 per day.
      • Effective February 28, 2027: Increases from $10.03 per hour plus $109.76 per day to $10.03 per hour plus $124.76 per day.
  • Television
    • NY/NJ/CT
      • Effective March 2, 2025: Increases from $167.00 per day to $175.00 per day.
      • Effective March 1, 2026: Increases From $175.00 per day to $190.00 per day.
      • Effective February 28, 2027: Increases From $190.00 per day to $205.00 per day.
    • FL
      • Effective March 2, 2025: Increases from $10.03 per hour plus $76.00 per day to $10.03 per hour plus $94.76 per day.
      • Effective March 1, 2026: Increases from $10.03 per hour plus $94.76 per day to $10.03 per hour plus $109.76 per day.
      • Effective February 28, 2027: Increases from $10.03 per hour plus $109.76 per day to $10.03 per hour plus $124.76 per day.
    • Outside NY, NJ, CT and LA
      • Effective March 2, 2025: Increases from $9.03 per hour plus $76.00 per day to $10.03 per hour plus $102.76 per day.
      • Effective March 1, 2026: Increases from $9.03 per hour plus $102.76 per day to $10.03 per hour plus $117.76 per day.
      • Effective February 28, 2027: Increases from $9.03 per hour plus $117.76 per day to $10.03 per hour plus $132.76 per day.
• Supplemental Digital Agreement
  • NY/NJ/CT
    • Effective March 2, 2025: Increases from $166.00 per day to $175.00 per day.
    • Effective March 1, 2026: Increases from $175.00 per day to $190.00 per day.
    • Effective February 28, 2027: Increases from $190.00 per day to $205.00 per day.
  • FL
    • Effective March 2, 2025: Increases from $10.03 per hour plus $75.00 per day to $10.03 per hour plus $94.76 per day.
    • Effective March 1, 2026: Increases from $10.03 per hour plus $94.76 per day to $10.03 per hour plus $109.76 per day.
    • Effective February 28, 2027: Increases from $10.03 per hour plus $109.76 per day to $10.03 per hour plus $124.76 per day.
  • Outside NY, NJ, CT and LA
    • Effective March 2, 2025: Increases from $9.03 per hour plus $75.00 per day to $10.03 per hour plus $102.76 per day.
    • Effective March 1, 2026: Increases from $9.03 per hour plus $102.76 per day to $10.03 per hour plus $117.76 per day.
    • Effective February 28, 2027: Increases from $9.03 per hour plus $117.76 per day to $10.03 per hour plus $132.76 per day.

Benefits for Travel Only Days

• Hourly Contributions: Effective 3/9/2025 hourly benefit contributions will be due for actual time traveled with a minimum of 4 hours and maximum of 8 hours.
• Daily Contributions effective 3/9/2025:
  • Less than or equal to 6 hours traveled: ½ of the then-current daily benefit is owed.
  • More than 6 hours traveled: Full amount of the then-current daily benefit is owed.

Overtime

Effective for Motion Pictures, Seasons of Series or Mini-Series that start principal photography after 3/9/2025: Triple time will now be paid after 15 elapsed hours in a workday.

Rest Period

Effective for Motion Pictures, Seasons of Series or Mini-Series that start principal photography after 6/8/2025:

When less than 14 elapsed hours were worked the previous day -

• If time is invaded by less than 30 minutes: ½ hour of additional 2X.
• If time is invaded by more than 30 minutes: Additional 2X is owed for all invaded hours in increments of 1/10 of an hour.

Courtesy Housing or Transportation

Effective 3/9/2025: If an employee works in excess of 14 hours, the employer must offer either courtesy housing or transportation at the employers expense.

Use of Personal Vehicle

Effective 3/9/2025: If an employee is required to use their personal vehicle, employer will reimburse the employee for any pre-approved parking, tolls or fees incurred and will also pay mileage based on the then-current IRS rate.

Mileage Rate

Effective 3/9/2025: Change the mileage rate from $0.30 per mile to be equal to the then-current IRS allowable mileage rate.

Nearby Hire Living Allowances Under Part IV of the Agreement

• Effective 3/9/2025: Weekly Allowance increases from $420.00 per week to $490 per week.
• Effective 3/1/2026: Weekly Allowance increases from $490.00 per week to $560 per week.
• Effective 2/28/2027: Weekly Allowance increases from $560.00 per week to $630 per week.

Per Diem for Distant Hires Under Part IV of the Agreement

• Effective 3/9/2025: Increases from $57.00 per day to $70 per day.
• Effective 2/28/2027: Increases from $70.00 per day to $75 per day.

Call Times

Effective 3/9/2025: Call times for the next day’s work must be issued within one hour of general crew wrap time.

Sick Time Outside the State of NY

• Effective 3/30/2025: Maximum sick time accrual increases from 48 to 80 hours.
• Effective 3/30/2025: If the employer elects to provide a bank of hours in lieu of an accrual, the time frame of when that bank becomes available decreases from 90 to 45 days.
• Effective 3/30/2025: If the employer elects to provide a bank of hours in lieu of an accrual, the amount of banked hours increases from 24 hours (3 days) to 40 hours (5 days).

Bereavement Leave

Effective 3/9/2025: Regularly-scheduled employees must be allowed 3 days of paid bereavement leave in the event of the death of a family member. Family Member is defined as:

• Biological, adopted, or foster child, stepchild, legal ward, or a child to whom the employee stands in loco parentis
• Biological, adopted, or foster parent, stepparent, or legal guardian of the employee or the employee’s spouse or domestic partner or a person who stood in loco parentis when the employee was a minor child
• Spouse
• Registered Domestic Partner
• Grandparent
• Grandchild
• Sibling

Holidays

• Majors Agreement:
  • Effective 3/9/2025: Juneteenth is added as a recognized holiday.
• Supplemental Digital Agreement:
  • Effective 3/9/2025: Juneteenth is added as a recognized holiday.
  • Effective 3/9/2025: The holiday accrual rate increases from 4% of annual straight time earnings to 4.583% of annual straight time earnings.

Severance Pay

Supplemental Digital Agreement:

• Effective 3/9/2025: Severance Pay provisions were added to the supplemental digital agreement for employees with a minimum of 1 “qualified year” of work for the producer.
• See the MOA for specific provisions as well as the definition of a “qualified year”.

Productions Made for New Media

• Effective 3/9/2025: AVOD and FAST Channel new media productions are included in the provisions of the New Media Sideletter.
• Effective for new seasons of an episodic series that commence production on or after 3/2/2025: New Media Projects that previously used rates from the previous contract year will now use either rates that are reduced 3% from the regular television rates or the regular television rates depending on the type of project.
• Effective for certain Low Budget productions that commence production on or after 3/2/2025: The rates paid will be the “Long Form” rates reduced by 6%.

Artificial Intelligence

Effective 3/9/2025: AI provisions were added to both the Majors and Supplemental Digital Agreements.