I’m a Thai actor. I can’t speak for all actors, but I get paid ~250k baht per episode for a lakorn (TV drama). A typical lakorn has ~15 episodes. I usually do 1 per year. Add to that the salary I get from the TV network to stay with them.

    • @ThePyroPython@lemmy.world
      5•2 months ago

      Eh it’s the best I’ve had and honestly, it’s about average for a mid-level Electronics Engineer without becoming Senior Designer / Team Lead or Manager.

      Thing is that there’s not much of an industry here in the UK compared with the States. Also it’s not a direct one-to-one as if I were to move to the states they’d probably pay me about $80k because they’d want some value (saving on wage) for going through the extra effort of a H1B visa. On top of that there’s also whatever I’d be expected to pay for health insurance.

        • @killeronthecorner@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2•2 months ago

          This is true, but you asked if it’s comfortable for them, which is more a factor of average salary than the wage gap of a specific field. They are pretty much spot on average for northern areas.

          • @nave@lemmy.ca
            1•2 months ago

            Yeah but making average wages doesn’t necessarily mean they’re comfortable.

            • @killeronthecorner@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1•2 months ago

              I guess you meant “as an American [in the same field]”, whereas I took you to mean just as any American which is why I made the comparison.

              i.e. going by averages outside of the field, you’re about as comfortable here as an American would be, looking only at salary.