Casting Calls in Florida: Miami & Orlando Auditions 2026

Casting calls in Florida have to be understood through one fact: Florida has no statewide film incentive. The programme expired on 30 June 2016 and has never been renewed, and productions that would once have filmed here now film in Georgia, where the credit is uncapped. Union background work pays $231 per 8 hours in 2026, and Florida's minimum wage rose to $15.00 an hour on 30 September 2026.

That sounds like bad news and it partly is, but it misses what Florida actually offers. The work here is generated by Florida's own industries rather than by tax credits: commercials and corporate production, tourism and hospitality, Spanish-language television in Miami, and a theme park economy in Orlando that hires performers continuously. None of that depends on an incentive, and none of it went away in 2016.

This guide covers Miami, Orlando, Tampa and Jacksonville auditions, what the work pays, the rules for child performers, and how to tell a real Florida casting call from a fake one.

Why the missing incentive matters, and where it does not

Florida's statewide film and entertainment incentive lapsed in 2016 and successive attempts to revive it have failed. The practical effect is that large scripted features and streaming series, which choose locations largely on credits, overwhelmingly go elsewhere in the Southeast.

Local government has started filling the gap. Orange County launched a five-year initiative in 2026 offering up to a 20% rebate on qualifying spend within the county, backed by $25 million over five years. It is small next to Georgia's uncapped credit, but it is aimed squarely at the Orlando area and is worth watching if you are based there.

What the incentive gap does not affect: commercials, corporate and branded content, tourism and hospitality campaigns, Spanish-language television, theme park and live performance, cruise line entertainment, and the enormous volume of print and promotional work in South Florida. That is where Florida casting calls actually come from.

Miami: Spanish-language television and commercials

Miami is one of the largest Spanish-language media markets in the United States, serving audiences across the country and much of Latin America. For a bilingual performer this is among the strongest markets in the country, and the advantage is structural rather than occasional.

• Be specific about your Spanish. Casting frequently specifies a regional variety — Cuban, Colombian, Mexican, Argentine, neutral Latin American — rather than Spanish in general.
• State your actual fluency honestly. Reading a scripted line convincingly is a different skill from conversational fluency, and both are castable if described accurately.
• South Florida also carries heavy print, promotional, fashion and commercial volume, much of which casts from profiles rather than agency submissions.

Orlando, theme parks and live performance

Orlando is unlike any other market on this site. Its entertainment economy hires performers continuously rather than project by project: character work, stage shows, parades, atmosphere and improvisation, stunt and aerial work, and seasonal events that recruit in large numbers.

For a performer, that means something rare — the possibility of steady, repeating work in performance rather than a series of disconnected bookings. It also rewards a different skill set from screen casting: movement, stamina, improvisation, singing, dance and the ability to hold a character for hours.

Tampa and Jacksonville

Both are commercial and corporate markets rather than production hubs, and both are genuinely separate from Miami and Orlando in the work they generate. Florida preempts local minimum wages, so the $15.00 state rate applies statewide. If you can reach more than one of Florida's four markets, register for all of them.

What does casting work in Florida pay?

Union scale, effective 1 July 2026

On a SAG-AFTRA production, background work pays $231 for an 8-hour day, special ability background $241, and stand-ins and photo doubles $270. A day performer earns $1,283. Overtime, meal penalties, night premiums and wardrobe allowances are paid on top, and the production contributes 20.5% towards pension and health.

Florida is a right-to-work state, so union membership can never be a condition of being hired. SAG-AFTRA's Miami Local serves Florida.

Non-union rates and the $15 floor

Non-union work is negotiated per job and must meet Florida's minimum wage of $15.00 an hour, which took effect on 30 September 2026 as the final step of the constitutional amendment approved by voters in 2020. That is the highest minimum wage in the Southeast, and unlike in Georgia or Texas it meaningfully raises the floor under a non-union day rate.

Theme park and live performance roles are typically hourly and ongoing rather than day-rate, and should be assessed as jobs rather than as bookings.

Child performers in Florida

Florida is not one of the four states that require a child performer trust account. SAG-AFTRA lists only California, New York, Louisiana and New Mexico as trust-account states.

General youth employment rules still apply and vary by age and by schooling arrangements, so confirm what a production expects before your child is booked. Because state protection for performers is limited, ask in writing about working hours, schooling on set, who supervises your child between setups, and when and how payment is made. On a SAG-AFTRA production the union's young performer provisions apply regardless of state law.

Orlando's theme park and live performance work employs a large number of young performers, and the terms there are closer to ordinary youth employment than to a film booking — which is worth understanding before you sign anything.

How to spot a fake Miami casting call

South Florida's modelling and promotional market is huge, and it attracts a correspondingly large number of fake agencies and bogus open calls. The tests are the same everywhere.

1. You are asked to pay to audition, to be submitted, or to be registered for a named production.
2. A paid role is offered before any audition, from a photograph and a message.
3. Money arrives first and you are told to deposit it and forward part onward. This is fraud without exception.
4. The audition is at a private address or hotel room rather than an office, studio or secure self-tape platform.
5. A named photographer is required before you can be considered, often with a package price attached.

Official sources: US Department of Labor state minimum wage table · SAG-AFTRA Miami Local · MPA: Florida production incentives

Casting calls in nearby states: Georgia · South Carolina · Louisiana · North Carolina

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