What is the highest salary a Broadway actor can get?

Bette Midler will star in a 2017 Broadway revival of the musical “Hello, Dolly!,” directed by Jerry Zaks and produced by Scott Rudin and will be Broadway highest paid stars – EVER! “Bette will be making a fortune. This will make her the highest paid Broadway star ever, and she is worth it,” sources tell NAUGHTY GOSSIP. read more

On Broadway, actors make a union-mandated minimum salary of $1,900 a week (though more than likely, the "Hamilton" actors make more). That amounts to a conservative estimate of $98,800. Lead actors can also expect to see a salary bump of $500 a week when a play is nominated for a Tony ("Hamilton" got 16 nods for Broadway's highest honors). read more

However, Actors' Equity Association negotiates a minimum weekly salary (currently at $1,605). This is the minimum for any Actor — whether the person is making his or her debut, working in the chorus or is the leading Actor. read more

Joachim stated, “An actor in a Broadway show produced under a League contract (this includes a majority of commercial productions) has a base salary of $1703 per week under current Actors Equity contracts (note that this value is subject to change)”. read more