Non-Union 1st A.D.s make whatever you can negotiate and what your experience level is, but usually, it runs about $300-$700 a day for a non-union movie and about $500-$1,000 a day for a non-union commercial. I’ve worked for as low as $150 or $200 a day. If you want to get into the Director’s Guild and use non-union days to do it, the money isn’t as important. It’s more important to get the days and the credit.
Union shows depend; the lower budget new media shows are negotiable and usually pay about $400 a day, plus you may be able to get a kit rental of $25-50 a week and a few other deal points. Union Low-Budget movies depend on the budget of the movie but you make between minimum wage on an ultra-low budget movie up to about $500 a day.
A full union show pays about $5,000 a week for a feature or television show. Union commercials pay about $1,200-$1,500 a day depending on the size of the commercial.