WGA West Exec Director David Young Is Now The Industry’s Highest-Paid Labor Leader

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David Young, executive director of the WGA West, is now Hollywood’s highest-paid union leader, earning a salary of $723,500 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, according to financial document…

West, is now Hollywood’s highest-paid union leader, earning a salary of $723,500 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, according to financial documents the guild filed Thursday with the U.S. Department of Labor.

For many years, the DGA’s national executive director had been Hollywood’s highest-paid labor official; White had been the second highest, and Young had been third. Before his retirement in 2017, DGA national executive director Jay Roth earned $813,638. Russ Hollander, who succeeded him, earned $665,044 last year, according to the DGA’s latest report, filed on March 28, which now makes him the industry’s third-highest paid union official.

 

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