Stage MoneyPay GapFY 2025
17.7x: NYC Ballet's Pay Gap Is the Widest in 190 Arts Orgs
By Stage Door Society8 min readPatron
An AGMA apprentice dancer at NEW YORK CITY BALLET INC earns $44,200 a year. Executive Director KATHERINE BROWN earned $780,182 in fiscal year 2025, a ratio of 17.7 to 1. Across 190 performing arts organizations, only two had enough union contract data to calculate a verified gap, making NEW YORK CITY BALLET INC the documented leader in the field.
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