The other guy is black and he did a few scenes for CocoDorm, he said they’re obligated to do a solo scene, two 1on1 scenes and a threesome/group scene but they’re only paid $600 per scene regardless of the position. 1 was a white guy from college and he did like 3-4 scenes for CollegeDudes24/7 and I believe he said he made $800 for each scene, he did a solo jack off scene and 2-3 scenes where he was the top. Why can’t Queerty hire some real journos and do some real in-depth pieces once in a while?Ģ friends of mine have done porn. It isn’t an industry secret.įinally, Alvear doesn’t even bother to discuss the differences in pay among adult studios and across porn sub-genres. It’s sort of amazing that Alvear never heard about this.
And if they have desirable qualities, greater financial reward may follow. But when they do gay porn, they become an important factor, if not the most important factor, in influencing the consumer’s decision. Regardless of what they bring to the table, it is unlikely to influence the consumer’s decision to buy. Men in straight porn make very little because they are trivial factors to the consumers of that kind of porn. The reason that straight or straight-leaning men are tempted to go into gay porn is precisely because gay porn pays males better. Second, Alvear asserts “If the top male performer in straight porn makes $100,000 a year, what do the top gay performers make? The truth is probably not a whole lot more.” The truth is that Alvear knows nothing about this topic. In other words, Alvear is comparing apples and oranges. In some cases, it can comprise 3 or 4 wage earners, and in other cases, just 1.
That is typically 2 wage earners or 1 full time earner and 1 part-timer. Household income is the combined income of all earners in a given household. Michael Alvear needs to reconsider his career in economics.įirst, median household income is not the same thing as median salary. There may be many scenes within a porn video. A “scene” is one “story” or “unit of action” within a video. The answers are in line with what you’re about to read from industry insiders–About $500-$1,000 per performer per scene.
Related: Gay adult film performer blasts studio for paying bottoms less than topsįor example, last year I asked several gay porn producers how much it would cost to hire a couple of performers to do a companion video to my gay sex guide, How To Bottom Like A Porn Star.
Census doesn’t exactly measure salaries at porn studios so we’re left with anecdotes and the few porn officials who’ll talk to the media. The Problem With Getting At An Accurate Figure.Īlmost no one in the porn industry will go on record when it comes to what performers earn. is $51,000, that means you’re making a little bit over half of desk-job Americans. Considering the median household income in the U.S. If you’re lucky you’ll work 5 scenes a month. No matter how you do the math, $500-$1,000 doesn’t come to a whole lot of money. While some name-brand stars can earn up to $5,000 a scene, the vast majority make about $500 to $1,000 per scene, according to my own experiences and those of porn insiders quoted in the noted magazines below. Jay Dymel, aka Julian Pereza (image via Dominic Ford) What Do Gay Porn Stars Earn?