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EDITORIAL
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The following is a breakdown of the salary situation :
AUGUST 1948
Writers employed by Major Studios making
Less than $300 17%1
\ 34% $300 to $499 17%J
$500 to $999 20%1
\ 40% $1,000 to $1,499 20%J
$1,500 to $1,999 6%1
I $2,000 to $2.499 b%\ 21%
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$2,500 and over 9%J
Flat Deal 5%
Less than $300 25%1
i 39 5%
$300 to $499 14.5%J
$500 to $999 35%1
\ 50% $1,000 to $1,499 .-.15%J
$1,500 to $1.999 4.5%1
I $2,000 to $2.499 3.5% !> 10.5%
I $2,500 and over 2.5%J
Significant facts which show up, in addition to the well-known decrease in employment, are the drop in number of writers on term contract (a 53% decrease since June, 1945) and the larger percentage of employed writers in the upper brackets. In the summer of 1944, 89.5% of the writers were employed at less than $1,500 per week, while now, 74% of those employed are in this category. If you use $1,000 as the dividing line, 74.5% of the writers employed in the summer of 1944 were making less than $1,000 per week, while in 1948 54% are in this classification, and 46% are making $1,000 or more. This fact does not support the rumor that writers are being forced to accept employment for less money. It would appear that writers have tended to remain at the same salary or to receive an increase rather than to be employed at a reduction in weekly salary.
Evidently the decrease in employment has hit particularly the lower and middle brackets.
The ten flat deals reported in August of 1948 ranged from $2,250 to $15,000 (there were two for this sum and one for $10,000). Apparently there has been no increase in flat deals or in contracts guaranteeing a minimum number of weeks.
16 The Screen Writer, September, 194