Originally Posted by Platapus (Post 2877051)

That's the problem. People are judging an entire industry based on the top salaries of the select few.



Most actors do not earn the mega salaries.



https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes272011.htm


Film actors earn an hourly mean wage of $38.92 per hour.


This is paid only for the time they are working. Actors do not work 2,080 hours a year.



Actors depend on the residual payments from past performances. With streaming, one of the things they are complaining about is the lack of residuals as the industry is still using old methods of calculating.


I get it, a lot of people resent the top paid actors. I get it. I don't care for them either. But there are a lot more people who are not earning that much.


We should not let our emotions about the top earners be applied to the many actors who have done us no wrong.



Here are the numbers for writers, in case anyone is interested in facts


https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes273043.htm