Editing Screen Actors Guild (section)

=== Initiation fee and membership dues ===
Members joining the Los Angeles, New York, or Miami SAG locals were assessed an initial fee to join the Guild of $3,000. At the time of initiation, the first minimum semi-annual membership dues payment of $58 must have also been paid, bringing the total amount due upon initiation into the Guild to $3,058.<ref>[http://www.sag.org/sagWebApp/Content/Public/joinsag_HowTo.htm#top] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016064057/http://www.sag.org/sagWebApp/Content/Public/joinsag_HowTo.htm#top|date=October 16, 2007}}</ref> All other SAG locals still assessed initiation fees at the previous rate. Members from other locales who worked in Los Angeles, New York, or Miami after joining were charged the difference between the fee they paid their local and the higher rate in those markets.

Membership dues were calculated and due semi-annually, and were based upon the member's earnings from SAG productions. The minimum annual dues amount was $116, with an additional 1.85% of the performer's income up to $200,000. Income from $200,000 to $500,000 was assessed at 0.5%, and income from $500,000 to $1 million was assessed at 0.25%. For the calculation of dues, there was a total earnings cap at $1 million. Therefore, the maximum dues payable in any one calendar year by any single member was limited to $6,566.

SAG members who became delinquent in their dues without formally requesting a [[leave of absence]] from the Guild were assessed late [[Late fee|penalties]], and risked being ejected from the Guild and could be forced to pay the initiation fee again to regain their membership.