WME is joining fellow major talent agencies in responding to the #PayUpHollywood movement by increasing assistant pay, as well as introducing a few new benefits for the group.
WME and Endeavor Content are raising minimum assistant pay in Los Angeles, Nashville and New York from $15 an hour to $18 an hour, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
After an assistant's first-year anniversary, that pay will be raised to $20 an hour. The agencies are additionally planning on increasing the minimum salary to $20 an hour by August 2021.
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