Get Non Union Extra Talent Voucher - Media Services 2020-2025

You'll get a union voucher if you work a union background job, and your goal is to collect three union vouchers. If you're working a background job (or as an extra in a commercial), it's sometimes possible to be upgraded to principal—for instance, if you're directed to say a line of dialogue.

While ZipRecruiter is seeing hourly wages as high as $52.64 and as low as $7.69, the majority of Non Union Actor wages currently range between $16.83 (25th percentile) to $36.06 (75th percentile) across the United States.

A non-union actor is someone who is a performer and actively pursuing acting, but has not yet formally joined a union. From our experience here at Keywest, both union and non-union actors have advantages, and have their place within the corporate video world.

Most companies are either unions or nonunions, which determines how the company creates policies and working conditions. Unions are workplaces that decide on company policy together, while nonunions are workplaces where the company owner decides on company policy.

You may be confusing “vouchers” — which is what you fill out on set in order to get paid — with “waivers”, which the production will give you if they hire you as a non-union actor who has a skill or talent they were unable to fill with a union actor (juggler, let's say).

Talent vouchers provide a means for graduates, and those in the early stages of career development, to work on specific short projects with established businesses.