Cast Member Pay

[G00fyDad]

I used to live in Jacksonville! But yeah, the cost of living here isn't exactly cheap. And we all know how sucky gas prices are these days... Costs me $50 to fill a tank and I fill it about once a week. People don't work at Disney to be rich, they work there cause they enjoy making people happy!

That'd be the reason I would work there. There was a time before going into criminal justice that I considered getting an engineering degree and trying for a job at Disney Imagineering. I'm good with that kind of thing, but I didn;t hold out too much hope for landing that job and that job would have been my sole reason for going that route.

 

[coilback]

Techs get paid decently, especially if you are doing pyro on that particular shift (you get an extra $1 per hour when working pyro), so something like the Wishes crew gives you some decent pay.

 

[Bloopers]

That'd be the reason I would work there. There was a time before going into criminal justice that I considered getting an engineering degree and trying for a job at Disney Imagineering. I'm good with that kind of thing, but I didn;t hold out too much hope for landing that job and that job would have been my sole reason for going that route.

It would be wonderful to land a professional job at Disney! But yeah, it's not easy to get one. That's funny, criminal justice was my major at one point. What's your job right now?

I changed my majors so many times. Biology --> Criminal Justice --> Psychology --> Healthcare Administration

Always wondered what all the Disney fanatics on this board does for a living, LOL.

 

[HatboxGhost]

the warden type person that caught the poachers at the end of the safari with a fake gun (that later became a Walkie talkie)

Didnt Spielberg do that to E.T. to make it more PC?

 

[Kobe!!]

Bloopers, I can tell you are a CP even without you saying you are one. lol

 

[SkipperButler]

Typically, yes, they do get paid better. I think it said on the website that the starting rate for look-alike roles is 12.40/hr. I say 'typically' because my friend works at "The Great Movie" ride and she gets paid the same hourly rate (7.83/hr more or less) for the acting roles implemented on that ride too.

GMR isn't a "performance role" like face characters. It's considered a spieling attraction just like Jungle Cruise and gets the same hourly rate as other attractions.

 

[Bloopers]

GMR isn't a "performance role" like face characters. It's considered a spieling attraction just like Jungle Cruise and gets the same hourly rate as other attractions.

Ohh, I didn't know what a spieling attraction was. GMR cast members should be considered performance roles, IMO.

 

[Bloopers]

Bloopers, I can tell you are a CP even without you saying you are one. lol

I'm actually not I go to school in Orlando but I work at Disney part time. Wouldn't have to drive so far if I was a CP, lol.

 

[Bob Saget]

How do CM's live on such wages down there with the cost of living so high? I'm assuming the easy answer would be roommates. But still, Central Fla is notorious for having some of the most outrageous rents in America (just behind NYC & NJ). Yet up there...wages at least attempt to keep constant with cost of living (in most cases). But in central Fla, it is mostly service industry, and workers get paid crumbs.

 

[stevehousse]

Really interested in knowing how much a restaurant manager makes down at Disney...

 

[spiritofNorway]

These are about the rates CM's get:
Merchandise 7.83
Attractions: 8.13
F&B: 8.25 non tip/4 something tipped position (but they make the best money in WDW)
Managers: 4-600 per week

Characters make around 10.

The rates for hourly CM's havent been raised for about 3 years.

 

[litaljohn]

Didnt Spielberg do that to E.T. to make it more PC?

haha indeed he did . can't wait until that Jurassic park 3d release. I'm betting at the end the raptors hug it out and apologize for the misunderstanding

 

[matt9112]

do they have in house HVAC guys or is it contracted? =)

 

[DVC4bestvacations]

I didn't think that they paid worth a crap. Seems like I remember a bus driver once saying that they only made $9.00/hr.

After doing a search on bing I found starting pay for bus drivers is $10.70 Rates for other jobs was not clear.

 

[Poofiesdream]

My daughter in law is a cast member and makes min wage. Not near enough for all the stuff the guests put her threw!

 

[G00fyDad]

After doing a search on bing I found starting pay for bus drivers is $10.70 Rates for other jobs was not clear.

From 1975??

 

[G00fyDad]

It would be wonderful to land a professional job at Disney! But yeah, it's not easy to get one. That's funny, criminal justice was my major at one point. What's your job right now?

I changed my majors so many times. Biology --> Criminal Justice --> Psychology --> Healthcare Administration

Always wondered what all the Disney fanatics on this board does for a living, LOL.

Patrol officer. I am finishing my bachelors in the next year and a half and then I am going to work for Louisville Metro Probation in Kentucky.

 

[DfromATX]

I get paid 7.83 an hr. (College program students get paid a few cents less since min. wage increased this year, LOL...) Each shift is 6 hours. Takes me 40 minutes to get there WITHOUT traffic. Leave 1.5 hours before work. After taxes, about 40 bucks a day. And they talk about overtime pay blah blah blah, but to get overtime seems to be such a feat.

You're welcome.

May I ask why you work there, especially since it takes you so long to get there? Is it for the experience? My son (a HS junior) makes minimum wage at a pizza place ($7.25 per hour) but he can walk to it. Seems like a lot of hard work, not to mention what you have to put up with everyday... which is much appreciated by our family... we have experienced nothing but the best customer service in our trips to WDW, so thank you!

 

[DVC4bestvacations]

From 1975??

No Currently

 

[G00fyDad]

No Currently

Ohhhh. Sorry, I am still half asleep. We were discussing pay from the early days here last night and my mind was still stuck on 1975.