Some increases have become effective for both SAG and DGA on July 1, 2024 that you’ll want  to take note of. 

Check out the specifics below.

SAG

Pay Rates

• Increase minimum salary rates from the Basic Agreement and Television Agreement by an additional 4%.
• Increase minimum salaries for stunt coordinators by an additional 6.5%.

Contribution ceilings

• Television and New Media Motion Pictures
  • Half-hour TV and New Media programs 35 minutes or less increases from $15,000 to $25,000 per episode
  • One-hour TV and New Media programs 36-65 minutes increases from $25,000 to $35,000 per episode
  • One-and-a-half-hour and Two-hour TV and corresponding New Media projects have no change.
• Theatrical Motion Pictures – No changes

➡️ Check out SAG-AFTRA Basic and Television MOA Summary by Date for more important upcoming dates through the end of 2025.

DGA

NOTE: DGA rate cards can be found here, and the full Memorandum of Agreement here. 

Wages

• Additional 4% effective July 1, 2024
• Salaries for directors of pay television motion pictures (other than pay-per-view) generally produced for network prime time television and directors of High Budget SVOD shall increase additional 2% effective July 1, 2024
• Salary rates for directors of strip dramatic non-network and non-prime time programs (Article 6, Section D.1. of the FLTTA) shall increase additional 3% effective July 1, 2024

Additional Fund Increases

• Excerpt fees increase by five percent (5%)
• Lead-in fees increase to $121
• Underwater work allowance increase to $194
• Aircraft flight allowance increase to $194
• Dinner allowance increase to $33
• The incidental allowance increase to $24
• Wrap supervision fee increase to $62
• Additional Shoot Day on One-Hour Pay Television Services and 36-65 Minute Tier 1 High
• Budget SVOD Series
  • Increase number of guaranteed days for a Director by 1 day and adjust the minimum rate to $54,144 on or after July 1, 2024

Benefit Focused: Paid Parental Leave Fund

• Effective July 1, 2024, 0.5% of EE’s salaries will be paid to the newly established Paid Parental Leave Fund.