$$ for national commericials

anyone know how much the main actor could make in a series of national commercials?

There are a lot of factors, but up to a few grand plus some residuals.

It varies a lot, depending on how often they're played,and for how long. If it's a series of commercials, you can make a LOT of money (the "Can you hear me now?" guy is banking).

lets say ten commercials played pretty much constantly over the course of a year

Oh, I missed the word "series". Yeah, if the actor becomes a commodity like Jared or that talking gecko (how do they get him to do that?!) I'll bet that "Where's the Beef?" woman was set for life.

Considering that she died less than a year after her first commercial, I'd be hard pressed to argue that point...

See? I know a lot of stuff.

no one has actual numbers?

Over 100 Grand, for sure. Not sure about the actual numbers though. . .I expect it's probably higher.

What kind of company are we talking? Microsoft or HeadOn?

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Applied directly to the forehead!

HeadOn!
Applied directly to the forehead!

HeadOn!
Applied directly to the forehead!

maybe more like this

Very rough but informed guess is in the neighborhood of $200K depending on the compensation you negotiate, your experience as on camera talent, and union status.

Oh also, a lot of times the media plan doesn't end up running as intended, pre production of the spots. So what you earn will depend greatly on how many times the spots actually do run.

Go to the AFTRA Web site to get the rates.

tey dont have rates there

Sorry, my fuck up. Here's the right link.

thank yoiu for the link but these are minimums