AEA Broadway League Development
Actors' Equity Association Broadway League Development agreement, offered for Development productions: minimum rates by job title, premiums, benefit contributions, dues, vacation and overtime for every rate set in force or scheduled.
Actors' Equity Association, Broadway League Development agreement. It is offered for Development productions.
On this union's rates, premiums are part of the rate: the weekly rate entered for a payee already includes their contractual premiums, and the payee's Pay box reads Premiums are part of this rate.
| Rate set | Status | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 2026 → present | In force today | 16 |
AEA Broadway League Development minimums
Each job title a payee on this agreement can hold, with its weekly minimum in the rate set in force on Oct 21, 2026.
- AEA Broadway League Development Actor minimum: Tier 1 $635.00 · Tier 2 $1,055.00 · Tier 3 $1,425.00 per week (from Feb 9, 2026)
- AEA Broadway League Development Assistant Stage Manager minimum: Tier 1 $715.00 · Tier 2 $1,161.00 · Tier 3 $1,568.00 per week (from Feb 9, 2026)
- AEA Broadway League Development Stage Manager minimum: Tier 1 $790.00 · Tier 2 $1,266.00 · Tier 3 $1,710.00 per week (from Feb 9, 2026)
Where a minimum is given by tier, a payee's minimum is the figure for the tier their engagement carries: the production kind, level or category marked on their contract.
AEA Broadway League Development contributions
What the employer pays each fund on top of pay, in the rate set in force on Oct 21, 2026. Each fund's other rates, and how every rate is charged, are in the benefit contributions tables below.
- AEA Broadway League Development Health (Equity-League Health Fund) contribution: $181.00 per week (from Feb 9, 2026)
- AEA Broadway League Development Pension (Equity-League Pension Fund) contribution: 8% of gross (from Feb 9, 2026)
In force: Feb 9, 2026 → present
In force on Oct 21, 2026. A payroll uses this rate set when its pay period ends on or after Feb 9, 2026.
16 rules.
AEA Broadway League Development minimum rates from Feb 9, 2026
The weekly minimum for each job title. A weekly-paid payee whose covered pay falls below their title's minimum gets a warning on the payroll.
| Tier | Actor (per week) | Assistant Stage Manager (per week) | Stage Manager (per week) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 | $635.00 | $715.00 | $790.00 |
| Tier 2 | $1,055.00 | $1,161.00 | $1,266.00 |
| Tier 3 | $1,425.00 | $1,568.00 | $1,710.00 |
A payee's minimum is the row for their job title and the tier their engagement carries: the production kind, level or category marked on their contract. A row with no tier answers any tier.
AEA Broadway League Development benefit contributions from Feb 9, 2026
Contributions the employer pays to the union's funds on top of pay. They are not deducted from the payee.
| Contribution | Applies to | Rate | How it is charged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health (Equity-League Health Fund) | All titles | $181.00 per week | Every week |
| Pension (Equity-League Pension Fund) | All titles | 8% of gross | Every payroll |
AEA Broadway League Development dues and deductions from Feb 9, 2026
Withheld from the payee's pay on every payroll and remitted to the union.
| Deduction | Applies to | Rate | Tax treatment |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEA Dues (AEA dues) | All titles | 2.5% of gross | Post-tax |
AEA Broadway League Development overtime from Feb 9, 2026
Overtime added under This week's activity on the run: the rate times the count entered.
| Overtime | Applies to | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Overtime Policy | All titles | $46.00 per hour |
AEA Broadway League Development media fees from Feb 9, 2026
Media fees, offered on the run like a premium.
Weekly premiums. Offered under Assignments on the run, and on the payee's record. Saved to the payee, a premium repeats every week until it is end-dated.
| Media fee | Applies to | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Media fee | Every title but Actor | 2% of weekly minimum |
| Media fee | Actor only | 2% of the AEA Production Actor minimum |
AEA Broadway League Development recorded policies from Feb 9, 2026
Policies the rate set records but Greenroom does not calculate. Union Studio shows the wording recorded with each one.
- 1 performance per 4 weeks, capped
Related
- Union Studio Versions and Publishing: how a rate set is versioned, and which one a pay period uses
- Union Rate Reference: the document each rate comes from
- Payroll Calculations: what a payroll shows when its rate set hasn't yet been checked against the agreement, or steps mid-period
- Union rates: every agreement in this rate book
Rates as exported from Greenroom on Oct 21, 2026.
Union rates
Greenroom's union rate book: the minimums, premiums, benefit contributions, dues and overtime rates of every union agreement Greenroom prices, for every rate set in force or scheduled.
AEA Off-Broadway League Development
Actors' Equity Association Off-Broadway League Development agreement, offered for Development productions: minimum rates by job title, premiums, benefit contributions, dues, vacation and overtime for every rate set in force or scheduled.