National Median
The average salary for movie directors is difficult to pinpoint because earnings greatly vary depending on the amount of motion pictures that a director's involved in and how well those films perform in the theater. According to ONet OnLine, directors earned a median annual income of $69,480 as of 2013.
Union Members
Directors can join the Directors Guild of America, which serves as a union and addresses pay for its members. Producers must compensate directors in the union with a minimum weekly pay of $17,604 for high budget movies or a minimum of $12,573 per week for short films and documentaries as of July 2014.
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