Pay Benchmarking checks any performing-arts offer against real market medians and the applicable union scale — by role, genre, region, and pay period — and gives you a plain verdict. Walk into the negotiation knowing the number.
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Enter a fee and see where it lands against real compensation medians for that role, genre, and region — the 25th, median, and 75th percentile.
The same offer is compared to the applicable union minimum, so you know if you're being offered below scale — not just below market.
Principal, soloist, comprimario, corps, chorister, ensemble, swing, cover — benchmarked separately, because the market treats them differently.
Opera in one market and musical theatre in another are different economies. The benchmark respects both.
Below scale, below market, in range, or strong — a clear read you can bring into a negotiation, with the sample size behind it.
Compare on the unit you're actually paid on, so the number you check is the number that matters.
Illustrative layout only. The real tool draws medians from aggregated compensation data and live union rate cards — no figures are invented.
Pay Benchmarking is a Maestro tool — the same tier that unlocks casting trends and grant comparison. It reads from aggregated market compensation and live union rate cards, so the verdict is grounded, not guessed.
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