WGA West Exec Director David Young Is Now The Industrys Highest-Paid Labor Leader

David Young, executive director of the WGA West, is now Hollywoods highest-paid union leader, earning a salary of $723,500 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, according to financial documents the guild filed Thursday with the U.S. Department of Labor.

For now, that puts him slightly ahead of David White, SAG-AFTRAs national executive director, who made $703,706 through April 30, 2018. SAG-AFTRA, however, wont file its 2019 report until the end of July – and White will be back in first place if he receives a 3% raise.

For many years, the DGAs national executive director had been Hollywoods highest-paid labor official; White had been the second highest, and Young had been third. Before his retirement in 2017, DGA national executive director Jay Roth earned $813,638. Russ Hollander, who succeeded him, earned $665,044 last year, according to the DGAs latest report, filed on March 28, which now makes him the industrys third-highest paid union official.

On average, each of the WGA Wests 10,559 active members pays Young $68.52 a year. On average, each of the DGAs 15,581 active members pays Hollander $42.69 a year. On average, each of SAG-AFTRAs 160,868 active members pays White $4.37 a year.

Lowell Peterson, executive director of the WGA East, made $375,901 through March 31, 2018. On average, each of his 4,765 members in good standing pays him $78.89 a year. The guild is expected to file its 2019 in the next few days.

Young made $1.1 million in the prior year, but that included a “significant” one-time Read More – Source

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