Acting Careers Statistics
- Actors, producers and directors held about 139,000 jobs in 2002.
- Most of these jobs were in the motion picture and video, performing arts, and broadcast industries. Unemployment is high at any given point.
- The National Association of Schools of Theater is the accrediting body for drama programs; the Association accredits 128 schools.
- Employment for actors, directors, and producers is projected to grow about as fast as average through 2012.
- The two things any actor (or any person, really) needs to be successful are: TALENT and AMBITION. Only the actors that are the most persistent will find regular employment.
- The average salary of performing arts companies' employees was $29,590 in 2002. The average salary in the motion picture and video industries was $17,610.
- Salaried actors earned an average of $23,470 in 2002. The top 10% earned five times as much.
- Actors that are members of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) or the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) and land a speaking part must be paid a minimum of $678/day or $2,352/5-day week.
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