The rate book
Free to read, no account, no paywall. Published by the crew themselves and updated as they do. This page is the whole point of Keylight.
Hair & makeupArt, HMU & wardrobe
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Set decoratorArt, HMU & wardrobe
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Art directorArt, HMU & wardrobe
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Production designerArt, HMU & wardrobe
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Wardrobe stylistArt, HMU & wardrobe
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.1st ACCamera
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.2nd ACCamera
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Camera operatorCamera
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.DITCamera
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Dolly gripG&E
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Key gripG&E
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Best boy electricG&E
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.GafferG&E
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.EditorPost
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.ColoristPost
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Script supervisorProduction
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Location managerProduction
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Production managerProduction
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.ProducerProduction
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Boom operatorSound
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Sound mixerSound
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.How these numbers are made
Self-published
Every range comes from the person who charges it, not from scraped listings or a survey of what producers wish they paid.
Verified crew only
A rate counts toward a median only after the person has been vouched for or their credits checked. Unverified profiles never move the numbers.
Nothing under fifteen
We don't publish a median until a position has at least fifteen ranges. A small sample is worse than no number, because people act on it.
Like for like
Non-union commercial work, kit billed separately. Mixing day rates with project fees or union scale would make all of it meaningless.
What isn't here. Union work runs on published IATSE rate cards already — duplicating those badly helps nobody. Photography carries usage licensing that a day rate can't express, so those are quoted separately. Design and post are often project fees, which don't belong in a day-rate median at all.