Being a porn star might not be the kind of job you'd like to write home to your parents or your granny about, but it turns out it could actually be a pretty lucrative means of paying the bills - if you're into that kind of thing. The Independent recently spoke to Derek Hay - former porn star and founder of LA Direct Models, which represents a number of the leading adult performers in the industry - to find out whether money in the bank is the real incentive for these professional sex-havers. According to Derek, the money varies from porn star to porn star depending on their status, who their agent is and various other factors, but there is basic rate of pay to be expected. So how do the male salaries compare? Interestingly, porn is one of the only industries where female earnings are, on average, far higher than their male counterparts.


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How Much Do Pornstars Get Paid Per Scene?
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. This pay could go up or down by per cent depending on who the actor is and whether they are well known, he added. However, jobs in the porn industry are not as lucrative as people might expect, even for performers at the top of their game. Derek said it was a "universally known" fact that women are paid "a lot more" than men - but blokes get the opportunity to do more jobs.
Male performers
Given my extensive experience advising adult models, newbies to the porn business are constantly asking me about the numbers. No, not bust sizes or penis lengths, but the financial numbers — people want to know how much money pornstars typically make. Maybe you think you might even want to become one? I mean, it comes with fame, sex, and lots of money, right?
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. However, for some scenes this pay cheque can increase significantly, more so if it involves a sexual act the performer has not done before as the studio will raise their pay in order to incentivise the actress. And what is premium rate?