What a day actually costs.
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.
Art Department CoordinatorArt, HMU & wardrobe
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Art DirectorArt, HMU & wardrobe
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Costume DesignerArt, HMU & wardrobe
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Hair & MakeupArt, HMU & wardrobe
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Hair & Makeup AssistantArt, HMU & wardrobe
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Production DesignerArt, HMU & wardrobe
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Prop MasterArt, HMU & wardrobe
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Set CostumerArt, HMU & wardrobe
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Set DecoratorArt, HMU & wardrobe
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Set DresserArt, HMU & wardrobe
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Wardrobe AssistantArt, 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.DPCamera
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Steadicam OperatorCamera
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Best Boy ElectricG&E
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Best Boy GripG&E
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Dolly GripG&E
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.GafferG&E
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Generator OperatorG&E
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Key GripG&E
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Rigging GafferG&E
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Set Lighting TechG&E
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Assistant EditorPost
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.ColoristPost
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.EditorPost
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Motion DesignerPost
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Sound DesignerPost
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.1st ADProduction
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.2nd ADProduction
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Art Department PAProduction
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Basecamp or Truck PAProduction
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Camera PAProduction
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.DirectorProduction
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Key Set PAProduction
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Line ProducerProduction
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Location AssistantProduction
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Location ManagerProduction
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Locations PAProduction
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Office PAProduction
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.ProducerProduction
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Producer's AssistantProduction
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Production AccountantProduction
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Production AssistantProduction
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Production CoordinatorProduction
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Production ManagerProduction
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Production SupervisorProduction
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Script SupervisorProduction
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Set PAProduction
Still collecting — nothing publishes below 15 ranges.Unit Production ManagerProduction
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.Sound UtilitySound
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.
Crew: add your range — it always counts toward the median, whether or not you choose to show it on your own profile.