USA 829 Broadway
United Scenic Artists Local 829 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.
United Scenic Artists Local 829, 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, 2025 → present | In force today | 6 |
USA 829 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.
- USA 829 Broadway Assistants minimum: AWC Plays $1,968.00 per week (from Sep 1, 2025)
- USA 829 Broadway Designer minimum: AWC Musicals $790.00 · AWC Plays $511.00 per week (from Sep 1, 2025); paid a negotiated fee and advance (see Fees, advances and royalties)
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.
USA 829 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.
- USA 829 Broadway IATSE NBF (IATSE NBF — USA) contribution: 12% of gross (from Sep 1, 2025)
- USA 829 Broadway USA Pension (Local 829 Pension Fund) contribution: 10% of gross (from Sep 1, 2025)
In force: Sep 1, 2025 → present
In force on Oct 21, 2026. A payroll uses this rate set when its pay period ends on or after Sep 1, 2025.
6 rules.
USA 829 Broadway minimum rates from Sep 1, 2025
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 | Tier | Weekly minimum |
|---|---|---|
| Assistants | AWC Plays | $1,968.00 per week |
| Designer | AWC Musicals | $790.00 per week |
| Designer | AWC Plays | $511.00 per week |
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.
USA 829 Broadway benefit contributions from Sep 1, 2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IATSE NBF (IATSE NBF — USA) | All titles | 12% of gross | Every payroll |
| USA Pension (Local 829 Pension Fund) | All titles | 10% of gross | Every payroll |
USA 829 Broadway dues and deductions from Sep 1, 2025
Withheld from the payee's pay on every payroll and remitted to the union.
| Deduction | Applies to | Rate | Tax treatment |
|---|---|---|---|
| USA 829 Dues (USA 829 dues) | All titles | 2% 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 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.
USA 829 Project Only Agreement
United Scenic Artists Local 829 Project Only 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.