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.
Stage Directors & Choreographers Society, Off-Broadway Developmental agreement. It is offered for Development 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 | 3 |
SDC Off-Broadway Developmental minimums
The job titles a payee on this agreement can hold. None has a minimum on file in the rate set in force on Oct 21, 2026.
- SDC Off-Broadway Developmental titles with no minimum on file: Assistant Choreographer, Assistant Director, Associate Choreographer, Associate Director and Director
- SDC Off-Broadway Developmental titles paid a negotiated fee and advance, with no minimum on file: Choreographer and Director/Choreographer (see Fees, advances and royalties)
SDC Off-Broadway Developmental 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 Off-Broadway Developmental Health (per day) (League Health Fund) contribution: $25.00 per day, up to $175.00 per contract (from Sep 1, 2026). Per paid day on a daily-paid engagement.
- SDC Off-Broadway Developmental Pension (per day) (League Pension Fund) contribution: $25.00 per day, up to $175.00 per contract (from Sep 1, 2026). Per paid day on a daily-paid engagement.
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.
3 rules.
SDC Off-Broadway Developmental 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 (per day) (League Health Fund) | All titles | $25.00 per day, up to $175.00 per contract | Per paid day on a daily-paid engagement |
| Pension (per day) (League Pension Fund) | All titles | $25.00 per day, up to $175.00 per contract | Per paid day on a daily-paid engagement |
SDC Off-Broadway Developmental 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 |
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
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.
SDC Off-Broadway
Stage Directors & Choreographers Society Off-Broadway agreement, offered for Off-Broadway productions: minimum rates by job title, premiums, benefit contributions, dues, vacation and overtime for every rate set in force or scheduled.