AEA Off-Broadway

Actors' Equity Association, Off-Broadway agreement. It is offered for Off-Broadway 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.

AEA Off-Broadway 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 and each scheduled change to it.

• AEA Off-Broadway Actor minimum: Cat 1 $859.00 · Cat 2 $867.00 · Cat 3 $948.00 · Cat 4 $988.00 · Cat 5 $1,101.00 · Cat A $868.00 · Cat AA $893.00 · Cat AA+ $1,072.00 · Cat B $1,006.00 · Cat BB $1,129.00 · Cat C $1,153.00 · Cat CC $1,290.00 · Cat D $1,342.00 · Cat DD $1,609.00 · Cat E $1,496.00 · Cat EE $1,929.00 per week (from Jul 27, 2026; changes on Jul 26, 2027)
• AEA Off-Broadway ASM minimum: Cat 1 $939.00 · Cat 2 $947.00 · Cat 3 $1,037.00 · Cat 4 $1,080.00 · Cat 5 $1,206.00 · Cat A $955.00 · Cat AA $976.00 · Cat AA+ $1,179.00 · Cat B $1,107.00 · Cat BB $1,241.00 · Cat C $1,269.00 · Cat CC $1,417.00 · Cat D $1,475.00 · Cat DD $1,769.00 · Cat E $1,647.00 · Cat EE $2,121.00 per week (from Jul 27, 2026; changes on Jul 26, 2027)
• AEA Off-Broadway SM minimum: Cat 1 $1,021.00 · Cat 2 $1,028.00 · Cat 3 $1,127.00 · Cat 4 $1,173.00 · Cat 5 $1,310.00 · Cat A $1,042.00 · Cat AA $1,060.00 · Cat AA+ $1,289.00 · Cat B $1,207.00 · Cat BB $1,354.00 · Cat C $1,384.00 · Cat CC $1,546.00 · Cat D $1,610.00 · Cat DD $1,930.00 · Cat E $1,796.00 · Cat EE $2,314.00 per week (from Jul 27, 2026; changes on Jul 26, 2027)

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 Off-Broadway contributions

What the employer pays each fund on top of pay, in the rate set in force on Oct 21, 2026 and each scheduled change to it. Each fund's other rates, and how every rate is charged, are in the benefit contributions tables below.

• AEA Off-Broadway Health Fund (Equity-League Health Fund) contribution: $190.00 per week (from Jul 27, 2026)
• AEA Off-Broadway Pension (Equity-League Pension Fund) contribution: 8% of gross (from Jul 27, 2026)

In force: Jul 27, 2026 → Jul 25, 2027

In force on Oct 21, 2026. A payroll uses this rate set when its pay period ends between Jul 27, 2026 and Jul 25, 2027.

58 rules.

AEA Off-Broadway minimum rates from Jul 27, 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.

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 Off-Broadway premiums and increments from Jul 27, 2026

Premiums added to a payee's pay, and how each one reaches a payroll.

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.

AEA Off-Broadway benefit contributions from Jul 27, 2026

Contributions the employer pays to the union's funds on top of pay. They are not deducted from the payee.

AEA Off-Broadway dues and deductions from Jul 27, 2026

Withheld from the payee's pay on every payroll and remitted to the union.

AEA Off-Broadway recorded policies from Jul 27, 2026

Policies the rate set records but Greenroom does not calculate. Union Studio shows the wording recorded with each one.

• Bereavement Leave
• Personal Days
• Sick Leave
• Vacation

Scheduled: Jul 26, 2027 onward

Takes effect Jul 26, 2027. A payroll uses it when its pay period ends on or after Jul 26, 2027, whatever the date it is run.

58 rules.

AEA Off-Broadway changes on Jul 26, 2027

Compared with the rate set before it (Jul 27, 2026 → Jul 25, 2027), 48 rules change and 10 carry over unchanged. 48 of the 48 minimums change; the new figures are in the minimums table below.

AEA Off-Broadway minimum rates from Jul 26, 2027

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.

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 Off-Broadway premiums and increments from Jul 26, 2027

Premiums added to a payee's pay, and how each one reaches a payroll.

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.

AEA Off-Broadway benefit contributions from Jul 26, 2027

Contributions the employer pays to the union's funds on top of pay. They are not deducted from the payee.

AEA Off-Broadway dues and deductions from Jul 26, 2027

Withheld from the payee's pay on every payroll and remitted to the union.

AEA Off-Broadway recorded policies from Jul 26, 2027

Policies the rate set records but Greenroom does not calculate. Union Studio shows the wording recorded with each one.

• Bereavement Leave
• Personal Days
• Sick Leave
• Vacation

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

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Rates as exported from Greenroom on Oct 21, 2026.