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The minimum wga wage is about $7k/week [0] so if someone is making $70k/year that means they are working only 10 weeks per year. So there’s lots of free time th

• gamblor956 3y ago
  No, you're misreading the article. The rate for a writer-producer is $7.4k/week. That is for a writer that also does producing duties. Most writers are not also employed in production capacities. Staff writers make a lot less, and seasons are a lot shorter than they used to be, so there is a lot more downtime between gigs (since few writers have the clout to work on multiple shows at the same time).