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As someone who has actually done porn, I can confirm this. It optimistically works out to more like 200 an hour (for women), or at least that's how it was about
by araneae 16y ago
As someone who has actually done porn, I can confirm this. It optimistically works out to more like 200 an hour (for women), or at least that's how it was about 5 years ago. Obviously rates varied based on how rich the company was, but you couldn't be picky because work was spotty. I once only got paid $200 for an hour of caning which left my butt bruised for two weeks.
The worst part is that it's a lot of work to find constant work unless you have a really good manager or you're famous. Sure, the hours are short, but I found that having stable hours and not having to live shoot pay check to shoot pay check is preferable, even if it's a considerably lower hourly wage.
(Much like contract programming work!)
- kno 16y agoPlease dont take this the wrong way, I'm curious to know, what motivates someone to do porn? was it money or fantasy?
- araneae 16y agoA little bit of both.
- yummyfajitas 16y agoWhile Jarin's estimate was a bit high, that's still a fantastically good hourly wage. The average Goldman Sach's employee makes $520k/year. Guesstimating that they have a 60 hour work week and 4 weeks vacation (fairly typical for the big banks), that's about $180/hour.
- mediaman 16y agoLike contracting, there is a lot of non-paid work: finding the next job, doing back-office stuff, paying a manager, etc. This is why individual contractors charging $100-200 an hour are not actually making $250-500k a year.
- krakensden 16y agoRight, but they get paid continuously, porn stars only get paid when they have a gig- there is no way they're making as much once you consider the hours spent trying to get work.
- biot 16y agoIf you have enough stamina to have sex 60 hours a week, chances are you already have a midget riding you and caning your butt while you run around in circles chasing a mechanical rabbit.