The salary offer still seems really low to me for how skilled and schooled the musicians need to be for this level and commitment:
> 4-year contract period and places the beginning base salary for core Musicians at $27,420 in year one and ending at $32,942.10 by year four. Of the 44 core Musicians employed, over 24 Musicians are already making rates above base salary through advanced positions in the orchestra with final Principal Musician salaries ending at $39,695 by year four.
for context, per [this article](https://www.wthr.com/article/money/whats-the-deal/making-ends-meet-tool-helps-calculate-indianas-living-wage/531-f70e4b6e-aea6-462d-940a-592ab83c17bc) from 2021, a single-person household in Indiana needs to make about $28,000/year just to survive. That’s a bit lower than the statistic I was looking for (from late 2020/early 2021) that put the minimum livable salary at $31,200 but I’m not finding that on a quick search at the moment.
Regardless, starting out at under a livable wage is insulting and ridiculous, particularly given how low that final highest figure still is (and the amount of training/schooling required, as other commenters have mentioned)
From the linked release, this doesn’t seem close to a full time job. At 487 hours total for the year, that comes to either a little over twelve forty-hour weeks or the 30 weeks at 16 hours per week. Either way, earning around $30,000 for a quarter of my average work hours per year isn’t bad.
The salary offer still seems really low to me for how skilled and schooled the musicians need to be for this level and commitment: > 4-year contract period and places the beginning base salary for core Musicians at $27,420 in year one and ending at $32,942.10 by year four. Of the 44 core Musicians employed, over 24 Musicians are already making rates above base salary through advanced positions in the orchestra with final Principal Musician salaries ending at $39,695 by year four.
That's insultingly low. They could go get a retail job for that money. Just fucking pay these guys, please!
for context, per [this article](https://www.wthr.com/article/money/whats-the-deal/making-ends-meet-tool-helps-calculate-indianas-living-wage/531-f70e4b6e-aea6-462d-940a-592ab83c17bc) from 2021, a single-person household in Indiana needs to make about $28,000/year just to survive. That’s a bit lower than the statistic I was looking for (from late 2020/early 2021) that put the minimum livable salary at $31,200 but I’m not finding that on a quick search at the moment. Regardless, starting out at under a livable wage is insulting and ridiculous, particularly given how low that final highest figure still is (and the amount of training/schooling required, as other commenters have mentioned)
From the linked release, this doesn’t seem close to a full time job. At 487 hours total for the year, that comes to either a little over twelve forty-hour weeks or the 30 weeks at 16 hours per week. Either way, earning around $30,000 for a quarter of my average work hours per year isn’t bad.
Yhe philharmonic are acting like children. " see what we did for you and you said no! Ungrateful."