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Originally Posted by Coach
I’m guessing it’s more like $3-4k/week. $3k/month? How do you think people live? They still have to live in NYC. You seem to have a pretty skewed view of their overall lives. SNL is notoriously a pretty terrible work environment. Certainly not easy breezy fun writing and eating food. Despite it seeming like a fun place, it’s probably the hardest place to work in show business. Just consider their schedule alone much less having to try and make something moderately funny every week live. It’s an insane undertaking.
It’s definitely a stepping stone and that’s why they’re able to pay even that low, but they still have to pay enough for people to survive in New York.
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How do you think seniors' couples live on a $3,000 monthly pension in NYC? They do somehow. People adapt. If your $3-4K/wk amount is correct, then it's more like $110,000-$150,000/yr even assuming they don't get paid anything for 2-3 month of the summer break. Again, consider the work outcome of what they actually produce for that pay amount.
As far as "skewed view of their overall lives", I suggest reading Jay Mohr's "Gasping for Airtime" book. They do all of that and then some. Add constant bickering, fighting for Lorne's and senior writers' attention etc. Point was made that the cast is paid peanuts, which is undfair and we should feel sorry for them. They are not, it is not and we should not.