TV VIDEO WAGE SCALES

Weekly Variety Programs, Variety Specials
(For shows longer than 2 hours, add 1 hour rehearsal to each additional 15 mins. air time.)

As Of
June 1, 2001

1/2 hour (including 2 hour rehearsal)

221.40

1 hour (including 4 hour rehearsal)

375.25

1 & 1/2 hour (including 6 hour rehearsal)

562.05

2 hour (including 8 hour rehearsal)

749.55

Additional Rehearsal Hours

65.50

Each additional 15 minutes or fraction of rehearsal

16.35

Doubles
(Variety programs other than strip variety)

1/2 hour show

1st double

88.10

Each add'l dbl

35.24

1 hour show

1st double

159.31

Each add'l dbl

63.73

1 & 1/2 hour show

1st double

238.76

Each add'l dbl

95.51

2 hour show

1st double

318.49

Each add'l dbl

127.30

Doubles
(all other programs)

For the first double

25%

For each additional double

10% of the following:

1/2 hour show

basic scale wages with a maximum of 4 hours rehearsal

1 hour show

basic scale wages with a maximum of 8 hours rehearsal

1 & 1/2 hour show

basic scale wages with a maximum of 12 hours rehearsal

For each 15 minutes beyond 11/2 hours

basic scale wages with a maximum of 2 hours rehearsal

Strip Variety Shows 5 Days Per Week

1/2 hour (including 1 hour rehearsal in a 3 hour span)

180.70

(Air Rate)

115.20

1 hour (including 2 hour rehearsal in a 4 hour span)

268.80

(Air Rate)

137.80

1 & 1/2 hour (including 2 hour rehearsal in a 5 hour span)

337.70

(Air Rate)

206.70

Air rate each additional 15 minutes

34.45

Scoring Themes for Daytime Serials

3 Hour session

212.10

Theme music may be utilized for 26 weeks on news, commentary, public affairs, religious shows, and a program series engaging live musicians for each episode, or for 13 weeks (except prime-time programs) when no live musicians are engaged, or for a particular sports season in the case of a sports series.

Use beyond the above cycles requires and additional payment of 75% to each musicians who worked on the theme.

Non-Musical Game Shows

Basic 3 hour session (Limit of 15 minutes recorded music for each session)

238.55

Production Musicians/Music Sound Consultants

Per hour

65.50

General Provisions

Pension

10%

Health & Welfare

$16.00 per day/per show with weekly maximum of $80.00

Multiple Sponsors

7.00 per 1/2 hour

Rest Periods

10 minutes per hour, with no more than two rest periods combined. Except in the case of taping live or airing live, a penalty of 50% of the applicable rehearsal rate shall be imposed for the period commencing when the musicians were initially entitled to a rest period (i.e., after two hours in the chair plus a 5-minute grace period) and continuing until the musicians are released for their rest period. Penalties shall be imposed in 15-minute units.

Meal Periods

For work beyond 6 consecutive hours without a meal break of at least 1 hour, a penalty shall be imposed equal to 2 hours at the applicable rehearsal rate plus 1/2 hour at the straight time rehearsal rate for each additional 1/2 hour delay.

Health & Welfare

$16.00 per day/per show with weekly maximum of $80.00

Incomplete Tracks:

1.	For "self-contained groups" - air rate for the show.
2.	To the recording and music preparation musicians who made the original recording - air rate plus minimum guaranteed rehearsal.
3.	To the "in-studio" orchestra - an additional 2 hours rehearsal for the first track used and 1 additional hour rehearsal for each additional track used, except when the unique music sounds produced by the track of the "guest group" cannot effectively be reproduces by the "in-studio" orchestra.

Leader

Double scale

Needle Drop (Optional Formula)

1.	The basic scale for pre-recording under this provision shall be $196.65 per hour with a 3-hour minimum call. Premium pay provisions shall apply
2.	Unlimited use by the Producer on the program for which they were made.
3.	If there is an "in-studio" orchestra, it must be the same orchestra as did the pre-recordings, but is paid at the regular show rates unless it also overdubs onto the pre-record, in which case each musician will receive the special pre-recording rate of $196.65 per hour. If no "in-studio" work is performed, a minimum of 3 hours of pre-recording is required for a 1/2 hour program; 6 hours for a 1 hour program; and 9 hours for a 90 minute program.
4.	The meal penalty shall be based on the regular rehearsal rate.
5.	Doubles shall be paid an additional $196.65 for the first double, and $78.65 for each additional double regardless of the number of hours of doubling.
6.	The company must give prior notice to the Federation.

Contractor

When an orchestra consists of 6 or less playing musicians a contractor shall not be required. When an orchestra consists of from 7 to 14 playing musicians either a playing or non-playing contractor shall be employed and be paid as follows:
non-playing contractor	150% of applicable scale
playing contractor	double the applicable scale

Premium Pay

1.	For all work performed beyond and 8 hour time spread in any day, between the hours of 8 am and 12 midnight, payment shall be at the rate of 150%, computed in 15 minute segments.
2.	For all work between the hours of 12 midnight and 8 am, payment shall be at the rate of 150%, computed in 15 minute segments.
.3.	For all work performed beyond and 8 hour time spread in any day, between the hours of 12 midnight and 8 am, payment shall be at the rate of 200%, computed in 15 minute segments.
4.	For all work on the following holidays - 200%: New Year's, Thanksgiving, Memorial, Christmas, Labor, & President's Days

General Provisions For Electronic Multi-Tracking

The following rates and conditions, including those for theme music, may not be used in the production of variety programs and award shows.

Sequencing required by the Producer prior to a scoring session in order to prepare for the performance constitutes musical services rendered by the musician who performs such services.

At the time a musician is initially engaged, s/he shall be advised whether the multi-tracking rate or the "real time" rate applies to the session.

The minimum call is 3 hours.

If music recorded under this provision is for a daytime serial, the amount of finished music that may be recorded shall be 1 minute for each hour of the session.

NOTE: All other provisions of the agreement (e.g., premium pay, meal periods, hold hour, etc.) apply unless otherwise specified.

Electronic Multi-Tracking Wage Scales (4% Vacation Pay Included)
	Scale per hour
If only one musician employed under multi-tracking rates	262.05
More than one	229.31
At the Producer's election, a musician who is employed to play an electronic musical device(s) is paid at the above rates which include all doubles and over-dubs.

Austin Federation of Musicians

Location: 8711 Burnet Rd., Suite A-15, Austin, TX 78757

(512) 440-1414; FAX: (512) 440-1414 Concert Line: (512) 442-BAND