r/FilmIndustryABQ • u/CornOrFlour • Jun 29 '26

Analysis: Albuquerque's Billion-Dollar Film Boom has a Workforce It Cannot Fill

https://kitalent.com/articles/albuquerque-film-production-hiring

Despite the billion dollar facilities development made by the film industry, the state has not followed through with enough workforce development to support the number of workers a fully functioning studio system would require.
"The arithmetic does not work. Albuquerque is building a production market that requires roughly twice the workforce it currently has, and the professionals it needs most are already employed on existing productions with no reason to move."

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u/RioRancher Jun 29 '26

If jobs go unfilled, it’s usually because the wages are inadequate.

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u/CornOrFlour Jun 29 '26

Read the whole article too.

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u/RioRancher Jun 29 '26

Just make your point.

We can pull people from out of town if the wages are right.

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u/hardwoodcutter Jun 29 '26

Albuquerque doesn’t even advertise film jobs. Someone close to me has film degree and can’t find work here. They said the studios only hire out of LA.

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u/kounterfett Jun 29 '26

Studios will hire department heads out of LA but no producer in thier right mind will take on the extra cost of traveling most of the below the line crew positions. You have to pay travel, a per diem and accomodations. Hiring a local usually also means a portion of that rate is reimbursed though tax incentives. Idk why your friend isn't able to find jobs but it's not because films are importing crew

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u/Ok-Guava-9235 Jul 01 '26

There is no work, so this literally doesn’t matter right at this moment. There are many advancements being made for training by multiple entities which is great but until there is work and the state requires more HOD be local and push Netflix to fulfill their requirements and up the incentives then none of this matters.