# DGA Rate Cards 2026-2027 (Basic Agreement / FLTTA minimum salary schedules)

- id: src_01M569MJ0BB2Y1ZZ2EEEFZW1MY
- type: source · status: active · revision: 1
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- categories: T04 · tags: level:established, kind:labor-rate-card, jurisdiction:us, task:budgeting, topic:dga, format:pdf
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:22:21.825Z
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Source: https://www.dga.org/Contracts/Rates-2026-to-2027

A separate DGA Network Agreement, Commercial and Clip Fees cards are linked from the landing page and were not read. The PDF is hosted on edge.sitecorecloud.io; the HTTP Last-Modified header on that file showed the fetch date and was not used.

```json
{
  "archived": null,
  "revision": {
    "ref": "Rate card PDF: 'Revised as of 9/23/26', EFFECTIVE July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027; landing page 'Updated 9/23/2026'",
    "pinned": true,
    "source_url": "https://www.dga.org/Contracts/Rates-2026-to-2027"
  },
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "usefulness": "Directors Guild of America minimum salary schedules for Directors, UPMs, Assistant Directors, Associate Directors and Stage Managers effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 (theatrical, television, basic cable and other categories), plus network, commercial and clip-fee cards. Use when pricing DGA-covered roles; older vintages remain online, so match the rate card to the production date.",
  "source_type": "documentation",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": "Directors Guild of America",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [
    "The 37-page PDF has many tables (theatrical, television, basic cable, pilots, side letters); only the first-page directors' theatrical row is recorded as a quoted fact.",
    "Rates are minimums under collective agreements; applicable rates also depend on agreement, budget tier and project type, which this record does not resolve.",
    "Earlier vintages are also online (2023-24, 2025-26 landing pages exist), so a stale rate is easy to pick up by mistake.",
    "Describes the source's rules; the collector executed nothing and this is not legal or tax advice."
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": null
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Landing page: DGA minimum salary schedules effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. · locator: page body · source: https://www.dga.org/Contracts/Rates-2026-to-2027
- [sourced_fact] The rate card PDF is marked revised as of 9/23/26. · locator: PDF page 1 header · source: https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/directorsguf4d4-dga2c79-dgaprod1615-f6e3/media/Files/Contracts/Rate-Cards-2026-thru-2027/DGA260923Rates2026thru2027.pdf
- [sourced_fact] Theatrical motion picture minimums, Directors table (columns High Budget and Shorts & Documentaries): weekly salary $25,214 and $18,007 respectively, for rates effective July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027. · locator: PDF p.1, 'THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURE MINIMUMS' · source: https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/directorsguf4d4-dga2c79-dgaprod1615-f6e3/media/Files/Contracts/Rate-Cards-2026-thru-2027/DGA260923Rates2026thru2027.pdf
- [sourced_fact] A low-budget side letter applies to films with budgets of $11 million or less (page 20 of the PDF). · locator: PDF p.1 note · source: https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/directorsguf4d4-dga2c79-dgaprod1615-f6e3/media/Files/Contracts/Rate-Cards-2026-thru-2027/DGA260923Rates2026thru2027.pdf
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

Rights:
- documentation: license=unknown hosting=restricted redistribution=restricted modification=prohibited training=unknown · DGA website terms: 'You may not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade or exploit for any commercial purpose any portion of the Website'; copyright notice 'All rights reserved'. No licence permitting redistribution of the rate-card PDF; link and cite figures with their effective period. · evidence: https://www.dga.org/Utility/Terms-and-Conditions, https://www.dga.org/Contracts/Rates-2026-to-2027

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