<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Thanks, this is helpful! And Tim, thanks for confirming my thoughts.<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jul 8, 2025, at 11:14 AM, Kristi R-C <misswisc@aol.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><div><div class="ydp900db122yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">That is on the low side, IMHO. Indeed puts it at $65K-$80K </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Better yet, use this: <a href="https://livingwage.mit.edu/counties/11001" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;" class="enhancr_card_2205469601">Living Wage Calculator - Living Wage Calculation for District of Columbia, District of Columbia</a></div><div><br></div><div id="ydp861aa455enhancr_card_2205469601" class="ydp861aa455yahoo-link-enhancr-card ydp861aa455yahoo-link-enhancr-not-allow-cover ydp861aa455ymail-preserve-class ydp861aa455ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:YahooSans VF, YahooSans, OpenSans VF, OpenSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" data-url="https://livingwage.mit.edu/counties/11001" data-type="YENHANCER" data-size="MEDIUM" contenteditable="false"><a href="https://livingwage.mit.edu/counties/11001" style="text-decoration: none !important;" class="ydp861aa455yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table border="0" class="ydp861aa455card-wrapper ydp861aa455yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:400px"><tbody><tr><td width="400"><table border="0" class="ydp861aa455card ydp861aa455yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224, 228, 233);border-radius:2px"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" class="ydp861aa455card-info ydp861aa455yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-image: none; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: relative; z-index: 2; width: 100%; max-width: 400px; border-radius: 0px 0px 2px 2px; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(224, 228, 233);"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:16px 0 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;border-radius:0 0 0 2px"></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:12px 24px 16px 12px;width:99%;font-family:YahooSans VF, YahooSans, OpenSans VF, OpenSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;border-radius:0 0 2px 0"><h2 class="ydp861aa455card-title" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-family: YahooSans VF, YahooSans, OpenSans VF, OpenSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 34, 40); max-width: 314px;">Living Wage Calculator - Living Wage Calculation for District of ...</h2><p class="ydp861aa455card-description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(151, 158, 168);"></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Kristi RC</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, July 8, 2025, 08:33:19 AM CDT, John McAfee via Stagecraft <stagecraft@theatrical.net> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Hi all,<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I’ve gotten an offer for a TD position from a LORT theatre in the DC area. The salary offer is 67,000, which seems low to me and is 3,000 lower than the last time the position was advertised. The shop currently consists of two carpenters and a scenic artist, with no plans to hire an ATD or shop supervisor (which were previous positions). This means that I would be the only exempt staff member in scenic and though I could accrue comp time for weeks where I work over 40 hours, I don’t know that I’d practically be able to take it. Not staffing up indicates financial uncertainty (understandable in the current climate), but by saving the salaries of the other two positions, the extra slack would fall to the TD and there should be some compensatory acknowledgment of that.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">The upcoming season -could- be built successfully with a lean shop supplemented by overhire, but I expect a professional theater that builds scenery in-house to have a TD, ATD, shop supervisor, and at least three carpenters along with a painter (ideally at least a painter and a half).<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I’ve spent much of my career in higher ed, where I have been generally underpaid and deeply understaffed, so I wanted to get a temperature check for my assumptions as I go into negotiation/shop advocacy.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Happy to answer questions.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Thanks,<br></div><div dir="ltr">John<br></div><div dir="ltr">____________________________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr">For list information see <<a href="http://stagecraft.theprices.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://stagecraft.theprices.net/</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">Stagecraft mailing list<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:Stagecraft@theatrical.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stagecraft@theatrical.net</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://theatrical.net/mailman/listinfo/stagecraft_theatrical.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://theatrical.net/mailman/listinfo/stagecraft_theatrical.net</a><br></div></div>
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