What do YOU consider "good money" for a stripper to be making?

This is a hard topic to nail down. A girl working in rural Ohio is not making the same as a girl working in metro Toronto.

I will throw out some stats that I know are true:

I know of a stripper who worked in Vegas and made $55k-$60k a year only working 3 weekends a month. She was in the top tier in the looks department. Some weekends she'd clear $5k other weekends she wouldn't even cover her expenses.

I know another stripper in Vegas who made $20k in 3 weeks but was working 5 days a week. She was in the middle of the pack in the looks department.

As for other girls around the country it varies, I've heard girls hoping to clear $200 to $1,000 for the night.

I also Knew a girl working in Toronto making $100k - $125k a year who was in the top 10 in the looks department of the entire club. I never knew how many days she typically worked in a week.

I once got to know a dancer who danced in Cleveland and made around $40k a year working typically 4 days a week. She was probably in the top 10 of the hottest girls in the entire club, which was a large one at that. That's one that didn't add up, I thought she would make a significant amount of money annually considering how attractive she was and that she had a friendly personality.

I think it varies greatly. For example the other day I was talking to this stripper. This was on a Thursday evening, she was telling me it was really slow, and she hadn't even sold a dance yet. She said the night before she made 800 bucks. In my head I was thinking no way 800 bucks is a normal night.

There's this girl I know who works Dayshift Monday through Thursday. She has a bunch of regulars, and she is ALWAYS doing VIPs. I would probably say she averages 500 on a slow day, and close to 1,000 on a busier day.

For night shift on the weekends an average of 700 bucks a night would impress me. For night shift on weekdays an average of 400 bucks would impress me. For dayshift 300 bucks a shift would impress me.

If we go to the yearly totals, 100K a year for a stripper would impress me.

I'd love to know what some of the strippers I see frequently make a month. I only say that because as I assume I'm getting to know the real them, the good, bad, and ugly starts to come out (baby daddy issues, rent, needing stripper clothes/shoes, children, state support).

I really wonder about their schedule too, because one Tues. I'll see a favorite and next couple of Tuesdays she's not there.

To answer though, I think on a weekday (mon-thurs) the strippers I see probably make $100-$300 before club fees. On a weekend probably $200 - $500 before club fees.

I may be way off the mark but a girl working say 48 hours a week should be able to pull in at least $3840 a week based on selling an average 4 dances an hour which should be easily achieved. If she's doing extras I couldn't put a figure on it.

Real take-home weekly average of 40 per hour is decent in most markets.

Locally, $1000 per shift she's sucking dick.

Ya depending on location some girls are lucky to clear $200 in a night, while in other locations $600 us a bad night.

I'd be impressed if a dancer cleared $150k a year...that's more than I make

JamesSD - I work at a club where extras aren't tolerated and dances are all done in the same area, none are actually private. No dick-sucking is happening. I haven't worked since last Saturday because I have important family in town, but last Saturday I worked from about 7:45pm-2am. I tipped out $125 all together. Counted my money when I got home. $1,110.

Now I'm not saying that's every single shift, but on a Saturday there is X amount of money that I expect make. Sometimes I make more, sometimes I make less. Saturdays are usually good though.

Some of the girls Escort (ITC extras or OTC p4p) so I'm guessing we'd only be trying to pin down averages for dancing and tips, right?

I spent $395 and $440 gross on a dancer and each time she said she made her goal for the night, and was hanging it up. No idea what she made from others. I know on the $440 night she was only with me as she came in to work 2 - 2 1/2 hours late. And of course, GOAL =/= NIGHTLY AVERAGE.

I though that was kinda low, but I'm not a female dancer nor married to one so don't know what they typically make.

Lately though, the enforced contact levels by the club are WAY down now, with lower dance prices. PLs are stacking dances like they used to, and dance prices also dropped, so the dancers are complaining / venting that they aren't making the same money anymore. At least at the club I go to. I will likely end up following them to their new club, if the quality of dancers drops at this one.

Some would like to make more money selling HM/VHM dances, most want middle or low mileage and are happy to make what they used to make before low and air dancing was new norm. All of them want the 2007 Ohio strip club laws repealed. They have been having trouble since that and the recession with middle class and working class customers.

The other comment the dancers say is the custies who buy more than 1-2 dances we like me: white collar, white, technical or health care jobs, 30-45 yo. The older custies aren't spending because of health costs, and the blue collar customers still come in, but don't get dances beyond 1-2 anymore.

So I get lots of request now, or just general venting about needing "to make an extra $200 in three days" sort of SS out them. And it's from pretty much all of them. So I think many of them are struggling as dancers to make ends meet.

I agree it varies a lot on what the area you work at is like. At the clubs I most often worked at an average would be 100$ per night sometimes less sometimes more. (my goal was always to at least get 100$ even if it was dead I would try for at least that much. Which at the clubs I worked at regularly I usually made the most or at least was in the top 3.) A few clubs farther away from where I usually work I had heard it to be normal to make 600$ a night (which whenever I went the place was full of guys that didn't want to spend and way too many girls per guy ratio. Though I usually made more or about the same as the people I went with who talked the place up so much. Oh, and I didn't make any where near 600$ I made either about as much as I do at my regular clubs or less than I ever had.)

TL:DR - To answer your question, I would guess $400 on a week night and $600 on a good weekend night, and $800 on a great night.

All I can do is guess, but it's a fun exercise, Here's a dayshift estimate, for my particular area, which has been in a several-months-long slow period:

A good day would be 4 VIPs worth of dances (I am enough of a regular to know that, at least over the past few months, there are days where even that is not achievable). So, $400 gross, of which the club takes around $100, I'm guessing $30 in tip-outs (that seem reasonable?), and most of the girls can't afford to live in the city, so $25-ish for parking/gas/taxi/train. Net around $250/shift, unless she was not on the floor by 11:30 (at most, half the girls make it by 11:30 check-in), in which case, take out the $50 fine, to $200 net. There will definitely be days higher or lower than that, I've heard girls talk about leaving with under $100, but of course, heard girls talking about $600 or $700 days also. A few of the biggest money earners have a regular parade of well-managed regulars, I'm guessing those girls are doing far better than the average girls.

Alternatively, I know a stripper very well, who does night shifts in the highest-end clubs in Vegas, and she expects she'll usually pull down at least $1000/shift, and sometimes double or triple that.

Pretty big spread, from average dayshift girl in a slow dayshift city, to high-end nightshift girl in a city where nightshift is always hopping.

Ninas experience sounds accurate for being in a metro area.

The girl that I mentioned that made $20k in 3 weeks is in a non extras club as well, but it has a ton of people coming in and out and she has good game. There's probably a girl standing next to her right now much more attractive making half as much money because she doesn't know how to talk to her customers and captivate them.

At my club, it's super easy to make money on busy/weekend nights if you're hot. You don't even need to know how to talk to guys. There's so many guys, if you work the room you'll make money. I'm baffled when I hear during tip out that some girls can't pay the house. What were you doing all shift?

I have no idea what most strippers make. I imagine it varies widely by club, city, shift, the specific stripper, etc.

However, I think if a stripper averaged $500 per shift, working 5 shifts per week, and taking a 2 week vacation each year, that would be good money. That would work out to $125,000 per year. I would consider this very good money for a dancer who isn't doing extras.

^^^Nina what you said above is typical of what I was talking about that doesn't mean that the money is not there to be earned it means that they aren't earning it for whatever reason, that is my point.

I keep up with what my regulars make. Agee examples.

The highest consistent earner that I've ever known without extras was the DS. She earned $800-1,000 on week nights, and more than that if I or her other whale was there. Weekend nights she usually cleared $1,500, occasionally $2K.

DS II used to make about $500-800 on weekend nights, $200 - 400 on week day evenings.

DS III is new but is making about $200-400 per night, mostly weekends. Video girl makes about the same amount.

My club is downtown so we get busy on weekends, during home games for many of our sports teams, etc. Unless there is a home day game, day shifts can be terribly slow. But I rarely work a day shift if there's not anything going on downtown...

A dancer I know well tells me she needs to average $300 per day, six days a week. That's about right for her to support her and her unemployed boyfriend's living expenses and heroin habits. She's a day girl, so there's no way she can average that in the club. She supplements her club income by taking customers home after her shift.

I'm guessing that roughly half her income (~$45000/year) comes from the club and half from OTC activities.

Where I live it's bikini. Just went to pasties. Most of the time, even on fri/sat, most of the girls are struggling to get more than 1 or 2 dances an hour. But a few are busy all the time.

I used a very simple calculation - including rent, healthcare, car payment, gas, utilities, cell service, car insurance, investments/savings, food and clothing - and my estimate is that you need to earn over $80,000 yearly or about $7000 a month to get by in my local area.

Not sure if that's what is normally brought home - but that's my estimate of what's needed.

Funny link Rech. I didn't know there was an actual Golden G-String Competition.

To cashman what is your local area because I live in a nice home in a gated community in South Palm Beach county and I can do very well on a lot less than that

My own experience is that strippers are very inaccurate when they talk about how much money they make. Most of the time they are extrapolating and multiplying up from their best week, best night, best hour. They are talking about what they could make, if it were always that way.

And we see this in the fictional hooker in "Leaving Las Vegas", and also in "Klute".

The money has a huge symbolic meaning for them. And the more you can see that they squander it, the more you know that the money is mostly symbolic.

Some girls in the local Sunnyvale no touching clubs have had to settle for $150 cleared per shift, and be happy with that.

We had some posts from Portland of dives where most of the custies come there for food and to hang out, and most just want free groping, and where even though the highest levels of mileage are being offered at very low prices, there is not much demand. So after all fees and expenses, the job is paying far less than minimum wage.

But I would say that the typical range is from around $50k per year for part timers, up to around $200k per year for the dedicated. And of course we know that most don't report their income and there are no payrole taxes. So as long as they don't get caught, they are doing quite well.

Usually AAMP girls try for $15k per month. That works out from 25 days on per month, 6 sessions per day, and their $100 cut of the $160 total fee for the hour.

But these girls are here for 6 months max and they don't know anyone, and the boss runs most of it. So to me they seem like mercenaries. Most women don't like to live this way for very long.

SJG

It's a cash businesses & it's also not a fixed salary meaning earnings can be up & down so it's hard to peg - I'd guesstimate an avg dancer in an avg club could make $50k/60k per yr and a good dancer maybe $100k per yr.

@twentyfive - I was using the northern New Jersey area - not far from New York City. I used $2000 a month for rent - and I added $1000 for savings/retirement/Ira investing as well.

I used my own logic - thinking that a dancer should save as much as possible while she's in her peak earning years -

$2-3K per week consistantly would impress me.

We have 3 different kind of clubs here though. Our favorite club (well, mrs sea's fave club) is the night time party club. The hottest girls work here on night shift but it is NO extras at all. There is just no way it can happen unless you can cum in under 2 minutes. All LD's are done in one room with open booths and the clip board guy walks by every song. I'm sure some do OTC. Day shift is all about the average girls working regulars and sitting spending time with them. Night shift is the hot party girls pushing dances and a dream. Mrs sea likes to keep the illusion but I know for a fact the hottest ones have homes, bf's and/or husbands and kids. At this place soon as the dance is over they get your cash and run to find the next victim to fleece. I can see the hot ones who hustle making the $2-3K/week

My fave club is the one with the actual private rooms. The dancers are nowhere near as hot but c'mon; private rooms with doors? How could this not be everyones favorite place? Prices are cheaper and based on our experience there I can easily see anything happening ITC. This is a slower paced atmosphere. Probably lucky to clear $500-1K/week

Then you've got all the rest of the clubs. Slow paced, average looking dancers who have to cultivate regulars and we're sure there's plenty of ITC/OTC to be had at these places but none have been couple friendly so far. Lucky to clear $400-500/week.

All of the above guesstimates are pre-OTC that may occur.

Like others have said though it comes down to the strippers who have game and actually work the room non-stop. The ones who just sit there on their phones or do the walk-by "wanna dance" to every single person aren't going to be raking in the dough.

Yes that sounds reasonable in the NY metro area I grew up there and was in business there until 1989 when I moved here full time after I sold that business. I have been down here full time since then and I own a business here that I started while I was still living in NY metro area, eventually you will probably want to come down here to southern Florida and the money you saved will go a lot farther here.

^^^That above was a reply to Cashman.

@san_jose_guy “My own experience is that strippers…”

now why do you bother to write 40,000 word essays that you know no one is going to read when your opening sentence is a bald faced lie. you have no experience with strippers and not even the most gullible person here could ever be convinced otherwise.

@twentyfive - I agree - Florida is a great location as your money goes much farther - and it's a nice year round climate as well.

Variables getting glossed over:

1. Taxes

Not sure if a lot of these earnings figures are pre-tax or after-tax. Makes quite a difference (if doing things right).

1. Health Insurance

Guessing dancers have to get this on the site. Most people with regular full-time jobs have this covered by their salary. One never knows when they might hit, but medical expenses can be very, very costly.

1. Retirement

Most people with regular jobs are going to have some sort of employer matching/double matching on their 401K or retirement. Have to think about life in your 60s and beyond.

1. Stripper life

By this I mean at what point does even the hottest stripper start to lose it in terms of their looks, which correlates to their earning potential? Early 30's? That's great, but there is a lot of years to life beyond 30.

^ the question was about how much they make not how much fhey keep.

^ if an engineer says he makes $100k/yr he means his gross not what's he's left w/ after taxes & such.

O.K. What does "keep" really mean?

If one doesn't pay for things like healthcare and retirement with their jobs, I supposed they are "keeping" more than someone who is those things. Not sure that is necessarily a good thing if one really thinks about it. Just pointing out a lot of variables to consider.

But guessing in the stripper world, most consider make vs. keep to be the same thing. When in reality it is not, at all....

I'll keep it simple. I think I good stripper should be able to at least average $300 a shift. So it depends on how many days a week she works.

Nina,my regular daytime milf,who i have known ITC, and OTC for almost 3 years,works 3 days a week and and averages between 600.and 800.a day without doing extras. Every once in a while she can pull in 1000.She has worked at the same club for about 8 years,has a good following,is very focused and driven when at work,its not playtime,and is the best salesperson i have ever seen.

Fuck, it seems I do much better than most.

I always get girls griping about not making tip out! I think most are averaging less than $150 per night after tip out 5 nights per week in non extras clubs that is why there is such turn over. I think the higher numbers are reserved for the high end clubs and extras clubs. The girls that make money are not the ones that sit at the bar and text they are the ones that chat up the customers and get dances purchased etc. I know everyone brags about $30 bjs but those are in the lowest end clubs and are unusual.(beside who wants one from 'that' girl.

@Papi: yep... when you're well into the 28% bracket or higher it hurts the take home ;)

@OP: The only real numbers I can reference is xATF told me she would need $700 a week at a different job to be work leaving stripping. That's only ~$36k/yr.

W-e-e-l-l-l-, it depends on several things, but mainly how many shifts/week she works, and what area of the country she lives in. (NYC, LA, or SF vs. "Flyover Country.") For one particular club, between actual visits, and surfing their live cam website, I've surmised that there are some dancers who work 5, or even more shifts per week, and some that cherry pick the weekend nights. On actual visits, some 5 shifters are perennial wallflowers. I'm guessing they're lucky to average clearing 150 per night. Some real hustlers may average 300 on a slack night and high 3, or even 4 figures on weekend.

Those are my (wild if I'm wrong, educated if I'm right) guesses. As a parting shot, I'd say a weekend cherry picker who works 30 weekends/yr. (Fri and Sat. night only) and makes over 6 figures after tipouts is doing pretty damn good for herself.

The dollars I personally give her. Anything else is dirty money lol

I honestly do think it depends a lot on the market. In NYC dancers can obviously make more than $1000 on a weekend night dancing clean. Vegas too.

My market sucks for dancers. The lack of nude lap dances and proximity to Tijuana keeps prices in check.

I certainly have no idea, but it appears the numbers are all over the board. It's easy to recognize the girls who are intent on working and serious about making money. Way too many just going through the motions and using the atmosphere to drink and party.

One dancer I ran into a few years ago was the hottest girl on the day shift at her club. She told me she was in college, and her discussion led me to believe she was in fact enrolled at the local university. She said her daily goal was $400 after tip out. Not sure how many shifts she worked each week, but at four a week every month that adds up. And as most likely do, I doubt she was paying taxes on all of it. Or any of it.

I would consider 1500 to 2000 per week as good money for what you have to do. You are in sales and and a salesman that makes 80 -100 K is doing ok in middle America. If you are talking CA , NY, NJ where the cost of living is higher then you have to double that.

Amount worked is all over the map so I'd break it down to by the hour. I'd say 80-100 per hour, working 3 shifts, 5 hours is typical. I'm talking ITC w no extras.

$50 to $100 each weekday day. $500 to $3K each fri/sat.

Interesting, s88, that a dancer might make so little during the week. I suspect that is very close to reality.

My ATF averages $800 to $1000 per week, day shift, three days per week. She also has a cleaning business on the side and has lately started work as a one care nurse three nights per week. Per shift, she is probably the top earner in er club.

I have no idea. At my #1 club, I wouldn't be surprised if the top dancers made $1000 a night. One of my CF's admitted she had already made $1000 before meeting me that day. In comparison, at my old favorite club, I would be surprised if they made $500, not counting the possibility of extras and OTC.

In central texas (Austin, San Antonio), dancers who live on their own (head of household) average $4000 a month. Work 5 day shifts a week. Offer full contact lap dances. No BJ, FS.

Dancers who live with an earning boy friend or with parents/family - about $1500 a month working 3 day shits a week. These dancers are young 18-22. They like to dress up, get naked, like to drink, smoke and party - so really don't mind the supplemental shopping income coming from partying all day. They go out on parties with young customers, bikers - and post pics on facebook the next day. Young and carefree.

A dancer in NY - showed me her bank statement. Consistent weekly deposits of $4K to $6K. I got a hard on just scrolling her account. She said she was the top earner. That kind of income is unheard of in the warm southern states with millions of beautiful women.

Rich, entrepreneurial dancers turn me on. But normally I don't rock their boat. So nothing happens. But that's life!

Two things to keep in mind:

1. Not sure everyone above was taking into account house fees, tip-outs, and penalty fees...
2. I'm doubtful the girls pay much taxes, so if they can pull off $75k/year (say), it might be like the equivalent of a regular person making $100k or more

I'd seen journalistic articles mention ranges for dancers. $43K, $60K, and $73K, and $100-120K/yr. All of those ranges seem plausible.

and it's not just dancers cheating on taxes. I know a number of independent contractors (computer programmers, general contractors/construction) who also pay little or no taxes too keep more $$ for themselves or their families.

"some strippers may be so bad, they might actually lose money."

A girl I used to be friends with back when I worked at the 8 mile clubs would often lose money when we worked at 8 mile clubs. I didn't understand how it was possible for her to make so little. But she was very off-putting and needed work in the looks department and had no sex appeal so maybe that's why. Now on some nights at these 8 mile clubs I would only make $500 or so, and she would make like (literally) $8 or so. And that's all while owing the house and the DJ. Neither of us were extras girls and it was sometimes difficult to make money but Wtf? Why strip when you are making $8?

@NinaBambina How aggressive does your friend give out her number? OTC $ never goes through a USA SC, but I do have a POS receipt for "classic sex", "still water", and "Coca Cola Light" as the charges from foreign SC I keep as good memories.

Personally, I'm content to go home with $200 on a weekday night, after tip outs and fees. My best Saturday night I made almost $600 AFTER giving over 300 back to the club in fees. I was quite happy- though I'm told for my area & appearance, this shouldn't be a rare amount.... I don't do extras. Maybe that's why. Sigh.

I would consider myself making $500 every day 5 days a week/52 weeks a year "good money" so I have some left over for the bitches.

Ass and titties, ass and titties, bitches N hoes!

There is a wide range of hustle, salesmanship, and hours worked.

There is one dancer I know who works 8+ hours a day, seemingly 7 days a week, never stops working the floor, and has a long list of regulars who know she delivers in VIP. Incidentally, she is from a third world country and will be in the top 1% if she returns home.

There are other dancers who pop in 1 or 2 days a week for a few hours to supplement their income from other jobs.

There are dancers all along that spectrum.

I expect the weekly income ranges from $300 to $7,000 depending on where they are on the spectrum.

@mjx I recently had a dancer tell me she needed to take home 800 per week to meet expenses. That's 3200/month take home, which isn't bad. But, she would also complain about nights making less than 50, so getting to 800 wasn't always easy.

Plus, she'd use any excuse in the book as a reason to not to go work, so it wasn't always a lack of customers that explained not making enough.

Enough where is happy to come back to the club and not hassle me for a tip because she makes more than enough without me

i don't know, but seeing as my CF has 2 kids and only works 3 times a week, i'm assuming she makes good money.

you should clear a grand a nite.

nina making bank in cleveland pretty soon wont need be lawyer no more

Nowadays. After tipout and house fees good night would be around $600. But that's not consistent. If she's clearing over $200 a night that's good.

But a smart girl picks her best nights at different clubs.

It's too unstable now. I know girls with $3000 nights then barely making anything the next 4 weeks. Or owing money some nights then making a bag on the weekend.

Is dancing her only job? Or is it her side job for extra money?

My former ATF told me one veteran dance was making $120,000 per year. But she worked a lot of hours and shifts. Many girls get into dancing so they can make good money in 3-4 days but she went for the brass ring.

She was there every day, seven days per week. Friday and Saturday nites she would do double shifts.

I would guess easily 80 hours per week

Strippers are entertainers. Like singers. How do you figure what a singer makes? Average between Beyonces income and what somebody make singing for change in a subway station?

I would consider a dancer making $50,000 to be making decent money. In my view - consistency is one of the components that would make that level of earning more impressive.

I have no idea. Not my business and I don't care how much money anyone makes but me.

A very open dancer I've seen more than a few times told me she probably averages about $500 a night. I have no idea how often she works, but I'd guess somewhere between 4 and 6 days a week and maybe 6 hours minimum each night.

That's impressive enough to me considering she just turned 22 a couple months ago. On another note,

I don't know but GO RUSSIA! 🇷🇺

^ Tinfoil hat a bit crooked today

Nina you've talked about this sort of thing. Its just like everything else. People do what they do and they get what they get. There are no shoulds.

SJG

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Someone mentioned DS and DS II and III Whats that mean?

This is not directly related to the original question, but if a stripper sits at my table and the first thing she does is start bragging about how much money she makes, it's a big turnoff. It's analogous to saying, "my boyfriend has a 9" dick -- would you like to fuck?" I don't want to know or feel like I'm competing with high rollers.

$100,000 a year

I know only one that takes home $200,000 (plus) a year and one that shoulda, woulda, could have but clearly didn't! I know many that have earned $100,000 but don't take home a dime due to lifestyle choices.

3 Tiers of earners (locally) and my "guestimate" puts it at averages of $60K, $100K, & $160K. Taxable income "guestimate" $20K, $40K, & $80K!

In my area, $300 would be a good night, $500 a great night. My CF is dayshift and told me she tries to make at least $200 each afternoon/evening, but on bad days is lucky to break $100. So, if she works 4 days a week, around $40K per year.

$15.00 an hour?

Well, the average attorney makes $300 - $400 per hour and I would much rather get fucked by a stripper, so...

^ you mad cuz you don't even make $15 an hour schmuck?

It's almost impossible to guess an average...I'd guess $0-$400 on a weekday and probably $500-$1200 on a Friday/Saturday...depending on the shift.

Many members don't realize the "house cuts" that take place. Especially if it's an extras club. The house isn't going to take on the risk of allowing sex in their club...essentially violating soliciting laws and risking their business and liquor license UNLESS they are making some of that money.

So, if you're talking a non-extras environment...like a DeJaVu in a college town...with young, hot girls dancing and mainly younger guys with smaller bankrolls...I'd guess the girls can clear $200 weekdays and $600 on the weekend.

If you're talking an extras environment...now it almost becomes a "how much do you WANT to make" question. These clubs you make virtually nothing on the stage...and lap dances are just an "open" to extras for most of the dancers...so you're not making much on lap dances. BUT, you're clearing a big share of $80-$400 each time you want to take dick. Now, how many times can a dancer take dick during a shift? I have no idea. Guys are usually one and done...but if I was a male stripper and could "recover" quickly...I'd be banging bitches 2 per hour. But female dancers...I dunno. Can you take dick twice per hour for 6 hours?

The real question is...what are the "house takes"? I've been to clubs where the dancer is "in the hole" about $350 when she starts her shift. She needs to sell 10 drinks or she has to pay $10/drink not sold. She has to pay $50 per customer to go back in the VIP area. And she has a "stage rental" of $120-$250 that she has to cover...depending on the day/shift. So, back in Cali (SoCal), there were MANY times I went to a club during the week, there were 1-3 customers in the place, and most of the dancers essentially lost money that night. But, they had to work so many day shifts if they wanted to work Friday/Saturday where they could make decent money.

And, to Nina's point, some dancers just don't care. I've seen MULTIPLE dancers sitting at tables with their pimps or boyfriends...and they would only go on stage and then right back to the boyfriend/pimp. This is not a good formula for making money in any strip club. Other girls, do the same type of thing with "regulars"...and they clear $400-$600 a night because their regular makes sure they are covered (i.e. pays their drink minimums, stage rental, and spends time in the VIP with them).

The biggest issue for dancers is how to manage what they make. Some truly professional dancers...look at it as a legitimate career, make their money, pay their bills, don't do drugs or OTC stuff...and I bet they can make a decent living ($90,000/year). Granted, they have to pay $23,000 in taxes, $3500 for health insurance, and hopefully are putting at least $4,500/year away for retirement. So that drops the take home annual income to probably $59,000/year. Not a bad living in most areas. Not a great living in expensive areas. But, a tough way to earn $59,000/year.

Now, if you're talking a more typical dancer/escort...drug problems, legal issues, etc...working in an extras club that takes their cuts? Most dancers I've met in these environments either are constantly broke or they have massive swings from clearing $1200/week to actually losing money. And, thats where OTC comes into play...so they can make money for bills/drugs/etc...

I was just at a club two days ago and the hottest stripper there, with amazing personality, claimed she hadn't made any money during heady shift. Granted, it was a Wednesday day shift...but still. 'Could' she have made more? I think so. But, she seemed to like to just dance on the stage to her favorite songs and waste time hanging out behind the bar or disappear into the back. Also, given strippers tend to lie, she may have made $400 that shift and was just hustling me.

===> "I know many that have earned $100,000 but don't take home a dime due to lifestyle choices."

This 100%. In fact some of my all time favorite OTC girls fell in this category. Fast money spends fast. Some of these girls have a lot of obligations, like kids, BAF SOs, parents to support, etc. They may make great money on the weekends and during big events, but it's gone a few days later.

OTC with these girls was often about them bridging the gap until the next big payday. In a couple of cases literally with girls who also had vanilla day jobs but ran out of money just a few days shy of payday.

I have no idea and I hope they are making what they need.

The question was what do you consider a good income for a stripper. Not what you think they make. I think a good income is enough to keep the good ones working and the not so good to quit.

100K annually in most states that don't include NY, California, CT etc.

You have to factor in how expensive it is to be a stripper.

The makeup hair nails outfits etc cost s lot over the year. Factor in bills. It's not as lucrative as you think

What is BAF SOs?

^ Broke As Fuck Significant Other

"I know many that have earned $100,000 but don't take home a dime due to lifestyle choices."

Agree with RD. I paid a stripper $450 for OTC once and the next day she texted me that she had went shopping and got her nails done and spent the rest of the day at the beach. I guarantee she blew the entire $450 in an afternoon. So, she was texting me to see if we could "hang out" again.

"You have to factor in how expensive it is to be a stripper. "

Stripper outfits, stripper boots, a couple wigs, and a box of condoms?

It's not normal to be so obsessed with how strangers spend their money and to put them down for it.

^Rapist

Why do the strippers or partners support the BAF SO Isnt that basically a cycle then, customers pay the stripper for pussy, she pays her SO for dick

It's more of a myth. Tricks tell themselves that to feel better and superior to the men strippers and hoes choose.

They say it to put the girls down but they're out there paying yhe girls so....

But iys like they're saying they have to pay girls who would rather be with bums for free 🤡

Ohhhh, there are so many variables, and a lot of lazy girls. Too hard to say what is average. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Answering the actual question as to what a good income for a stripper is, I would suggest no different from anyone else who works. A good income is the one that you are satisfied with earning. Not everyone looks at money the same way.

Icee i mean like if a stripper is paying to take care of a unemployed boyfriend or husband why would they do that. They just really love them or they got big dick that they wanna pay for?

Sirachabob. That's often just a pejorative stereotype. Women of any profession take care of men sometimes. Sometimes for valid reasons sometimes not.

In the case of strippers it's either a boyfriend pimp or hoe hustler a lot of times.

Guys on here always talk shit about stripper boyfriends. But forget that if what they said was true. The girls still prefer those guys and they're stuck paying

A simpler way to refer to the stripper boyfriend is loser. No one pays for sex. They pay for the privilege of sex without attachment, or as the old saying goes I don't pay her for sex, I pay her to leave.

"Someone mentioned DS and DS II and III Whats that mean?"

Sirachabob: DS = Dream Stripper! per JohnSmith69 and the wayback TUSCL

Icee i meant why would anyone pay to support another guy. Is it simply paying for big dick or something beyond big dick cuz cant they use tinder for hookups

Hey Icee can you post your dm here i cant read it

How do the guys accept the strippers or escorts as gfs? Do they not know what happens? Or they dont care if their girl does stuff with other men?

Skibum youre lying. This site proves just how attached men get to hookers. Hence yhe resentment towards their significant others.

Sirachabob I can't see my dm. I went over the limit today. Its easy to support someone you love and have a bond with. That has nothing to do with a girl being a stripper.

Most strippers aren't hoes. And even if they are. A relationship is about trust. And emotional monogamy understanding boundaries. I don't think it's a big deal

Iceefag you’re the personification of a cuck Ain’t no damn way any decent woman stripper or not could ever find you attractive.

So love is not about money or big dick or looks attraction? It’s something else? Cuz a hot stripper can likely easily get hot guys on tinder to hookup for free. She can also get money easily. So really a hot stripper has no need for a guy unless maybe she wants t raise a family or something. And that is likely the hardest to obtain as a stripper I’d imagine. Hot guys, wealthy guys are easy to get as a hot stripper or escort. A guy who’ll let them strip or escort and stay committed to them is harder to find. The wealthy or hot guys may just want to use them for sex but not actually commit to them?

Locally, it depends on the club. At the 7th Street clubs, a good night is $500-1,000, and a lot of girls go home with less than that after tipping out. At PT's downtown, a slow night is worth a net of $1,200 plus. Lexington is apparently somewhere between those two.

Nina, there is no such thing as good money. Everyone does what they do and they get what they get.

SJG