See also: How to hustle like a stripper (in your career) Still, she said, high-demand performers can routinely pull in six-figure salaries because they have enough clout to negotiate ownership rights and can rebroadcast footage elsewhere. There also are the “outliers who are happy to accept lower rates,’’ Darling said. She said the money hasn’t increased, partly because studios say they’re making less profit now, since content is often pirated by streaming sites that show it for free. To make any kind of decent money, porn performers have to work a lot - or do super kinky scenes.Įla Darling, an eight-year veteran of the porn industry and past president of the Adult Performer Advocacy Committee, said actresses are paid between $500 to $700 to have sex with another girl and up to $1,000 to get down with a guy.īut the rate can double or triple if a performer is willing to have multiple partners or participate in anal sex or “anything extreme,” she said.
Meanwhile, the pay hasn’t gone up in years.
