Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 30/10/00 3:22 pm, Brougham at brougham3@yahoo.com wrote: > For 1998, the median annual wage for all photographers in the US was > $21k (average = $25k). Make $31k, and that would put you in the upper > 25%. A salary of $44k would put you in the upper 10%. The same site gives broadly similar figures for writers and editors. However, according to the Writers Guild of America site, the average screenwriter earns around $80k. That INCLUDES the guy waiting your table at Spago who once sold a script about his buddy who got abducted by aliens but hasn't made anything for ten years. He's the guy who votes the WGA go on strike, by the way... - -- Johnny Deadman http://www.pinkheadedbug.com