Rates of Pay
This page is designed to help artists and their employers to determine
fair pay for artists’ labour.
AUE objects to fee-based 'opportunities' and the normalisation of this
practice within the arts sector. Fee-based opportunities further disadvantage
freelance and precarious workers and exacerbate inequality.
Download PDF Guide to Rates of Pay
Artists working in social practice may find it difficult to categorise long projects. For example, the cost of ten days' work could be paid by community partners over a period of 6 months. Artists who work in this way must still be careful to charge for their work properly.
£194.93
a day
½ £107.21
per ½ day
£255.85
a day
½ £140.72
per ½ day
£316.76
a day
½ £174.22
per ½ day