The Money Dancers Make
DougS
It's been asked and discussed on this board MANY times. We wonder how much the dancers are making, but other than observation, guesstimation and maybe exaggeration (by dancers), there wasn't a "solid" number in my mind.
I was with my #2 girl, this past week at my #1 club (HH). She's one of the hottest girls there (IMO), and can easily carry on a conversation. I don't remember what brought the topic up during our chat, but she gave me some solid numbers, that I assume are pretty realistic.
Here's what she told me, paraphrased as I don't remember word for word, but it was pretty close to this;
"If you take every girl in the place and average out what she is making, the majority of the girls will be very close... sure some weeks will be good... some weeks will be bad... but it evens out." She claims that $1,000 to $1,500 is pretty much the average that girls are making, though she said there will be $2k weeks, and there will be weeks under $1k.
I was with my #2 girl, this past week at my #1 club (HH). She's one of the hottest girls there (IMO), and can easily carry on a conversation. I don't remember what brought the topic up during our chat, but she gave me some solid numbers, that I assume are pretty realistic.
Here's what she told me, paraphrased as I don't remember word for word, but it was pretty close to this;
"If you take every girl in the place and average out what she is making, the majority of the girls will be very close... sure some weeks will be good... some weeks will be bad... but it evens out." She claims that $1,000 to $1,500 is pretty much the average that girls are making, though she said there will be $2k weeks, and there will be weeks under $1k.
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last comment2 lapdances per hour x $20 (Lap Dance Unit) x 8 hour shift x 4 shifts per week = $1280
Simplified example, of course, which doesn't account for tips, VIP/CR sessions, cash gifts from PLs, etc. (on the revenue side) and house fees, tip outs, fines, club cut of dances, etc. (on the expenses side).
But overall, Doug's girl's numbers don't look unreasonable.
Most dancers I've know (in my area at least) only worked 3-4 shifts per week. Only dancers that were working 5 days per week were newbies that didn't have many regulars yet.
Girlfriend, who is quite a veteran, very smart, and a skilled saleswoman, won't go to work if she doesn't think she can make $500. Her thing is getting guys to buy 3-4 dances instead of one, and doing this 3-4 times an hour.
She'll go to Vegas if she thinks she can make over $1000/night for a couple of nights.
Business is down everywhere. Unless there's a conference, trade show, sports game, or other event that brings in the guys, it's not worth it to her to go in. Lately most clubs are only good for a couple of hours a night, a couple of days a week - if that.
If we are going to start bringing up overpaid tax chaats how about hedge fund managers the worst of the worst. Rich fuckers who don't pay taxes piss me off not strippers. When was the last time a hedge fund manager earned their money or gave you a blow job?
Labour is a little bit more available in Alberta now. Fast food restaurants are now allowed to bring in foreign labour on fixed term contracts to staff their stores. Many stores are now staffed entirely with workers from the Philipines or El Salvador. At the height of Alberta's boom, Macdonald's, KFC, etc. would close at 7:00P.M. because of staffing problems!!
Of course, most dancers piss the money away; give it to drug-head BF/pimp, whatever.
The one time I was in a self-employed situation, we had to pay estimated quarterly taxes, i.e. we had to pay tax on money we hadn't earned yet, and if we earned more than we estimated, we were penalized with not only the taxes, but extra fees! I suspect the "independent contractor" nature of most strippers' employment operates much the same way.
I've known several dancers with day jobs they use to cover the mortgage, car, etc, and use the tax free cash for consumables, gas, food, entertainment, and most often, drugs.
P.S --bumrubber--love you avatar, Lynda Carter is the most perfect woman God ever created!!!