Walt Disney Animation Studios Pay: What Coordinators, Artists and Staff Make (2026)

Official minimum Disney Animation coordinators: at least

$32.00/hr

#5 of 8 studios on coordinator pay floors

Production coordinator floor, union contract in effect now.

Minimum hourly pay under each studio's union contract

Official minimum

Best-paid role on contract

$67.50/hr

Production Manager (exempt on-call)

Official minimum

Lowest contract floor

$32.00/hr

Production Coordinator

Posted range

Live job postings with pay

Director, Production & Planning

Self-reported

What people here report

$139,680/yr

median of 16 entries (2022–2024)

Self-reported

Union vs non-union animators

+$45,790/yr

union avg $129,040/yr (n=20) vs $83,249/yr (n=99), all studios

What this means for you

Coordinating at Disney Animation? The contract floor is $32.00/hr. The top studio floor is $33.00/hr (Netflix). Use that as your anchor.
Ask which union contract and step you'd be hired under. That decides your legal minimum.

See all numbers

Classification	Hourly	Weekly	In effect	Source
Production Manager (exempt on-call) (Walt Disney Animation Studios (The Secret Lab))	—	$2,699.84/wk	11/2/25-10/31/26	PDF
Production Supervisor (exempt on-call) (Walt Disney Animation Studios (The Secret Lab))	—	$1,900.08/wk	11/2/25-10/31/26	PDF
Production Coordinator (Walt Disney Animation Studios (The Secret Lab))	$32.00/hr	$1,280.00/wk	11/2/25-10/31/26	PDF

Title	Location	Range	Captured	Link
Director, Production & Planning	Burbank, CA, USA	$131,500/yr – $170,000/yr	2026-10-15	Posting

Role	n	Average	Median	Years	Flag
Animator	10	$145,203/yr	$139,360/yr	2022
Storyboard Artist	3	$151,800/yr	$149,000/yr	2022
Other/unclassified	1	$124,800/yr	$124,800/yr	2024	low sample
Layout	1	$208,000/yr	$208,000/yr	2022	low sample
Production Coordinator	1	$49,920/yr	$49,920/yr	2022	low sample