“In addition to the various career challenges faced by most professional performers, female performers over the age of 40 face the added challenge of drastically fewer employment opportunities.” In fact, males age 40 and older worked 70% more covered jobs than females age 40 and older. After age 40, the disparity becomes even more pronounced. From that point forward, the employment opportunities for female performers diverge from those for males. “When all 2020 freelance jobs for SAG-AFTRA members are examined in the aggregate, the results show that the number of jobs worked by males and females track roughly the same until age 34. Residuals continued to flow, offering a meaningful income stream for some, but not all members.”īut as hard as 2020 was on all members, the report found that it was even harder on females aged 40 and over.

The size of our working membership fell by 39%.

“The evaporation of work opportunities in early 2020 eliminated a key income stream for a broad swath of our membership. Heading into 2020, the union was firing on all cylinders, reaching record high levels of earnings, employment and membership size,” the report says. “Data from 2020 illustrates the severe damage the Covid-19 pandemic inflicted on SAG-AFTRA and our members. The industry-wide shutdown last year took a major toll on the guild and its members. While it’s still too early to conclude that this rebound will be sustained for several years, the most recent data points to the tremendous success of the Return-to-Work protocols and offers many reasons for optimism for the future.” “Fierce competition among streaming platforms is generating demand for original content and advertising, which is translating to exceptionally high demand for SAG-AFTRA talent. Much of this, the report says, was fueled by employment on streaming shows and the success of the industry’s return-to-work protocols that allowed production to resume during the pandemic. How Unions Saved Hollywood During The Pandemic And What's In Store For 2022

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