SDC Broadway
Stage Directors & Choreographers Society Broadway agreement, offered for Broadway productions: minimum rates by job title, premiums, benefit contributions, dues, vacation and overtime for every rate set in force or scheduled.
Stage Directors & Choreographers Society, Broadway agreement. It is offered for Broadway productions.
On this union's rates, premiums are added to the rate: each one is its own pay line on top of the rate entered for the payee.
| Rate set | Status | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 → present | In force today | 41 |
SDC 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.
- SDC Broadway Associate Director (Dramatic) minimum: $1,000.00 per week (from Sep 1, 2026)
- SDC Broadway Associate Director or Choreographer (Musical) minimum: $1,200.00 per week (from Sep 1, 2026)
- SDC Broadway titles paid a negotiated fee and advance, with no minimum on file: Choreographer and Director (Musical) (see Fees, advances and royalties)
SDC Broadway 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.
- SDC Broadway Health — Weekly (League Health Fund) contribution: $319.00 per week for Associate Director (Dramatic) · Associate Director or Choreographer (Musical) · Choreographer · Co-Choreographer · Co-Director (Dramatic) · Co-Director (Musical) · Director (Dramatic) · Director (Musical) · Director/Choreographer (from Sep 1, 2026)
- SDC Broadway Pension — Weekly (League Pension Fund) contribution: $304.92 per week for Choreographer · Co-Choreographer · Co-Director (Dramatic) · Co-Director (Musical) · Director (Dramatic) · Director (Musical) · Director/Choreographer; $181.50 per week for Associate Director (Dramatic) · Associate Director or Choreographer (Musical) (from Sep 1, 2026)
In force: Sep 1, 2026 → present
In force on Oct 21, 2026. A payroll uses this rate set when its pay period ends on or after Sep 1, 2026.
41 rules.
SDC Broadway minimum rates from Sep 1, 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.
| Job title | Weekly minimum |
|---|---|
| Associate Director (Dramatic) | $1,000.00 per week |
| Associate Director or Choreographer (Musical) | $1,200.00 per week |
SDC Broadway benefit contributions from Sep 1, 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 — Daily (League Health Fund) | Associate Director (Dramatic) · Associate Director or Choreographer (Musical) | $53.17 per day | Recorded only: Greenroom does not bill it |
| Health — Initial (League Health Fund) | Choreographer · Co-Choreographer · Co-Director (Dramatic) · Co-Director (Musical) · Director (Dramatic) · Director (Musical) · Director/Choreographer | $3,043.00 per contract | Once per contract: an initiation, tracked on Union Obligations, not on a payroll |
| Health — Weekly (League Health Fund) | Associate Director (Dramatic) · Associate Director or Choreographer (Musical) · Choreographer · Co-Choreographer · Co-Director (Dramatic) · Co-Director (Musical) · Director (Dramatic) · Director (Musical) · Director/Choreographer | $319.00 per week | Every week |
| Pension — Daily (League Pension Fund) | Associate Director (Dramatic) · Associate Director or Choreographer (Musical) | $30.25 per day | Recorded only: Greenroom does not bill it |
| Pension — Initial (League Pension Fund) | Choreographer · Co-Choreographer · Co-Director (Dramatic) · Co-Director (Musical) · Director (Dramatic) · Director (Musical) · Director/Choreographer | $3,097.60 per contract | Once per contract: an initiation, tracked on Union Obligations, not on a payroll |
| Pension — Weekly (League Pension Fund) | Associate Director (Dramatic) · Associate Director or Choreographer (Musical) | $181.50 per week | Every week |
| Pension — Weekly (League Pension Fund) | Choreographer · Co-Choreographer · Co-Director (Dramatic) · Co-Director (Musical) · Director (Dramatic) · Director (Musical) · Director/Choreographer | $304.92 per week | Every week |
SDC Broadway dues and deductions from Sep 1, 2026
Withheld from the payee's pay on every payroll and remitted to the union.
| Deduction | Applies to | Rate | Tax treatment |
|---|---|---|---|
| SDC Dues (SDC dues) | All titles | 3% of gross | Post-tax |
SDC Broadway recorded policies from Sep 1, 2026
Policies the rate set records but Greenroom does not calculate. Union Studio shows the wording recorded with each one.
- Grey Zone / NOP bands
- Short-term choreography brackets
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.
SDC Broadway League Developmental
Stage Directors & Choreographers Society Broadway League Developmental 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.
SDC Off-Broadway Developmental
Stage Directors & Choreographers Society Off-Broadway Developmental 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.