Adelaide mentioned, “Typically talking, [Screen Actors Guild] minimal for a sequence common on a community present is $20,000 per episode. Say I did 78 episodes on Reign; that pares out to $1.56 million for 4 years of labor. So, assuming that I’ve made $5 million in my whole profession since I began working at 16, right here is how that breaks down.”
She mentioned that her supervisor will get 10%, her lawyer will get 5%, and her enterprise supervisor additionally will get 5%. She additionally famous that, as a non-American citizen working within the US, she paid 30% in taxes.Â
“So I lose 60% proper off the bat, which leaves me with about $2.2 million over the past 14 years,” she defined. “Which, should you common it out, comes right down to $178,000-ish a yr, which might be nice, a great wage. Besides I’ve to pay hire in main cities, typically two cities without delay.”
Then Adelaide described some extra prices that her job requires. She mentioned her publicist and social media workforce prices about $2,000 to $3,000 month-to-month. Per look, she spends $700 to $1,500 on a stylist and $1,000 on her hair and make-up workforce.
“Simply to be clear up, each actor I do know saves as a lot as humanly doable as a result of most of us go for months or typically years at a time between jobs. And we do get residuals, however… So, I am nice, however my financial savings will not final without end, are you aware what I imply?” she concluded.