Is the fossil fuel recovery real, or a stepping stone to a fossil-free future? Fame in the adult entertainment industry is a fickle thing. Many performers leave the industry before anyone knows their name. Some experience a meteoric rise, only to fall in the course of a few months. Others prove eternal. Those two components can make a tremendous difference when it comes to what performers earn. But pay is hardly equal among porn stars.
Is it different across different countries?
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There's a well-worn porn cliche about the college student-turned-actress who decided to have sex in front of a camera in order to pay off her student loans. Like many cliches, it's rarely true — but it's worth wondering: How big are paychecks in the porn business, anyway? Money is a topic that's shrouded in mystery in the adult entertainment world. While it's widely presumed to be a multibillion dollar industry, there's no real firm accounting to back that up. Companies regularly inflate their numbers when speaking publicly and may deflate them at opportune times as well. The same is true of performers.
How much do porn stars get paid?
While consumers of porn enjoy watching it, they rarely consider the actresses and actors at the heart of the films. But why do people become porn performers? How much do they get paid and does this depend on what they do? Hay, who is British-born, co-founded the company in after performing as an adult actor himself. Overseeing and managing the pay of his clients is part of his job. The pay for adult performers is not set in stone, and usually vastly depends on what they are willing to do. The rates could go up or down by 10 to 20 per cent depending on who the performer is, their agent and other factors.
AT any given second, there are thought to be 28, people watching internet porn around the world. It's hard to generalise how much porn actors get paid, as there aren't many regulations, and there is a large discrepancy between those starting their careers, to established adult stars. And those behind the scenes aren't paid nearly as well as their Hollywood counterparts, despite the industry's multi-billion pound price tag.
