Just in: NY Phil players win $205k pay deal
OrchestrasThe interim management of the NY Philharmonic has offered the musicians a 30 percent pay raise, taking the basic minimum wage in the strings to $205,000 a year. Players in other sections automatically earn more. The musicians will vote today on whether to accept the deal, which will be phased in over three years.
‘This is a restorative settlement that brings our musicians to the level of their peer orchestras,’ acting CEO Deborah Borda told the parish paper.
‘Our members deserved this raise,’ said Local 802’s Sara Cutler, who said yesterday that players could not afford to pay their bills on a mere $153k a year.
That’s a massive pay increase.
And well deserved! Congrats my friends and colleagues!
So, different base pay based on section? Then what exactly is base pay if it differs?
I really hope they’ll be able to manage now.
Still only a fraction of what the executive time pocket