important recours aux contrats à durée déterminée et perception d’indemnités chômage en complément des salaires. Une typologie des salariés, articulée autour du volume de travail et du montant des salaires horaires, permet de caractériser six types principaux, des professionnels les plus impliqués, qui exercent au moins les trois quarts de leur activité dans le spectacle vivant (35%) ou dans l’audiovisuel (37%), aux salariés épisodiques (11% dans l’audiovisuel et 17% dans le spectacle vivant). In 2008, 440,000 of France’s 23 million salaried workers did at least an hour’s work in the entertainment sector (audiovisual and live performance). Work volumes and pay levels are highly concentrated in the hands of a minority of these salaried workers, with 5% of salaried entertainment workers accounting for 30% of total income revenues. Salaried workers in the entertainment sector are typically flexible and multiskilled, which results in job fragmentation: there is significant reliance on open-ended contacts and benefits payments to top up salaries. Examining workers in terms of their volume of work and hourly rates gives a clear breakdown of 6 main types of worker, from the more committed professionals who spend at least three quarters of their working life in live entertainment (35%) or in audiovisual (37%), to casual workers (11% in audiovisual and 17% in live entertainment). |