What's your line of work and how's the pay like?
What's your line of work and how's the pay like?
I’m a Thai actor. I can’t speak for all actors, but I get paid ~250k baht per episode for a lakorn (TV drama). A typical lakorn has ~15 episodes. I usually do 1 per year. Add to that the salary I get from the TV network to stay with them.
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I tend to watch some Thai series (mostly on Netflix), so I find these numbers interesting.
I think that this salary is considered to be quite high for Thai standards, but knowing the prices, does not allow for lavish luxuries like expensive sports cars.
How long do those 15 episodes take to film generally?
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6 months is a good average. The rate I get per episode is considered top level in the industry. Unfortunately the majority of Thai actors don’t get paid much and have to hustle on the side. Either way the real money is made through other things such as endorsements, ads, attending events, releasing your own stuff / business, etc. For example you can get paid 500k baht just to attend an event. Acting itself is more like the avenue to keep your notoriety high for these other activities.
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Khob khun krap for the detailed answer.
To answer the original question in this post:
I work in finance in the space industry and make less in 12 months than you do in 6. Around 80-90k /year.
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This guy is obviously borderline famous in Thailand, but all anyone here wants to know about is his money situation! Ahh Americans.
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It’s literally how he started the conversation. It’s what he asked to talk about. smh
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True
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