00:00today we're learning about movie stunt performers earning 1100 a day according to the screen actors
00:04guild 2025 official contract stunt performer pay consists of base daily rate plus hazard supplements
00:10film and television base rates differ slightly but generally run between 1093 to 1198 dollars per day
00:16hazard supplements vary significantly high fall supplements run 500 to 1000 dollars anything
00:21over six meters command significantly more essentially bidding until someone agrees to
00:24jump fire burn supplements range one thousand to five thousand dollars per take depending on burn
00:28coverage area vehicle stunts run lower at 500 to three thousand dollars per take but vehicle
00:33specialty work fast tracks newcomers directly to senior specialist status pushing annual salary
00:37from 40 to 50 000 up to 120 to 200 000 per year if those sound too dangerous body doubling
00:43is another
00:43option but training intensity is equally brutal performing a gunshot reaction where the body
00:48instantly loses control and crashes to the ground requires overcoming multiple psychological barriers
00:53human instinct when falling is hands out suppressing that reflex while acting like the central nervous
00:57system was instantly severed is extremely difficult you must also master technique to avoid actual
01:01injury since costumes provide zero head protection sometimes stunts must be performed with no protective
01:06gear at all most newcomers quit within the first three months those who find enjoyment and keep
01:11improving generally achieve strong results reaching top tier lead actor double stunt coordinator or
01:16action director means annual income of at least two hundred thousand dollars all of the above applies to
01:21union members non-union newcomers take whatever jobs come earning far less with no
01:24stability and zero protection
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