View Full Version : How much a night makes it worth stripping to you?
TiffanyRae
01-09-2011, 03:21 PM
..Although this is extremely uplifting it isnt accurate. Depending on ur location u can have a bad nite several nites in a row. Here's an example--Lets say u have 5 bookings a week which means u work 5 days a week for apprx 2 hours whichis the avg time of a shift--Well U could avg 30-55-85-50-25--Thats 245 for a weeks worth of work..Around here u may think since the shifts r so short y not do multiple shifts..U can do that but the problem is when u overbook people get tired of seeing u..so its a less is more type of thing that sometimes makes u the most money around here. I know girl who said that 2-3 of her shifts last week ended in $0. Sadly, it all depends on the luck of the draw and the time of the booking..That makes things even more competitive.
the clubs i worked at, there is no set schedule, girls come and go as they please. usually there are at least 5girls to 1 guy, minimum. most times there are more, 10girls to 1 guy. even if its slow, i talk to and make eye contact with everyone. if your a stripper, dancing in a club and your making less than $100 a night, then this job is not for you. less than $100 a night is not worth the time or energy.
funkymamagia
01-10-2011, 06:37 PM
My first post!
One of the benefits of dancing when I did do this (many years ago) was ripped abs. Of course there's always the beer and cig smell in the hair the next day:-) There are benefits to camming, potential for more money it seems. As an example I used to dance in Jersey (I'm 42) and made 17 an hour plus tips, avg: $200-$250 a shift (6 hours) a night back in 1988! Depends on where though, L.A, NYC high end clubs the girls probably do $300+. but the economic downturn means less$. The internet means more eyeballs, customers earning potential.;)
Elusive21
01-11-2011, 02:02 PM
^ I'm aiming for about a $50 per hour profit as a base in the next few weeks ( reflected from actual " in club " hours , not counting driving ) . I feel like this is a very doable goal amount. I was trying to get myself up in the " $500 a night " dancer category but at $400 for 8 hours ..... it's not bad. I'm trying to not feel dissapointed with dancing. I'm trying to do it more "gently" and lowering expectations after my little break is one way to ease back in. Or I guess that it's actually $450 a night I want to walk with .... $400 a night after gas and hotel money. I still think there is something special and shiny about a $500 nightly profit average though. It feels substantial. If I can walk with 1k after expenses for two days I'm pretty happy. If it takes me three days .... still happy but then I have to be out of town longer.
same here - for right now at least.
XAnastasiaX
01-14-2011, 06:12 PM
The way the ecnomy is 300-600 is a decent night. I wouldn't complain considering the national average of unemployment is up to 10% and the rate in vegas is 15%. I am happy if I take home at least 300 and usually work about 5 or 6 hours.
melb_oz_n00b
01-15-2011, 10:43 PM
I honestly think those low wage jobs are so much more degrading. I'll trade getting yelled at and cleaning up puke for getting naked anytime.
THIS. Waitressing for $12/hour (sounds okay but Australia hasn't got a tipping culture) was far more degrading. If I were ashamed of getting naked and stroking old men's chest hair and telling him how manly and sexy he is, it would maybe be more degrading. But I'm not ashamed. I genuinely enjoy what I do. Physically, after an 8 hour shift, it's about on par. But you're on a high from the money and attention, so it's all good.
Money-wise, I have no idea yet. Just started. But from my first night, my goal was to break even on house fee, any fines, and anything I bought just for stripping that i wouldn't otherwise have bought. I managed that plus $130. That seemed great after being on sickness welfare for months. The best reward, though, was actually doing something for my money. Our welfare system is pretty cushy, but it gets emotionally degrading after being on it for nearly a year.
femmesalome
01-24-2011, 02:05 PM
I've been making 10k a month working fulltime, I work really hard though sometimes doing double shifts and making shit considering the long hours I had to put in. I try to focus on my efforts meaning making sure I consistently show up for work and keeping a positive attitude. assigning a high number stresses me out. and I find that my daily earnings are not consistent and can sometime be discouraging especially if I had a shitty night. and then I wouldn't want to show up for work the next day. It averages out at the end of the week and at the end of the month. my average so far is from 4-500, which I'm really happy with. I'm kinda jealous from what some of the ladies here are making.
BunniHops
01-24-2011, 02:33 PM
This thread has made me feel like absolute shit. I don't know if it's the city I work in or what, but it is VERY rare for me to even come close to 500 dollars. The most I ever made in San Diego was 600 or so on a Friday night and I probably worked 8 hours. I average about 100-200 a night, but I don't really consider my job stressful or painful and I don't go home crying... I enjoy the time I spend at my club. I love conversing with the girls, all my managers/bouncers/DJs are respectful and have never insinuated wanting to fuck me or anything of the sort. I would much prefer making 150 bucks just for shaking my ass for 5 hours than making 150 bucks waiting tables or folding clothes. I'm still in college, and I don't really consider this a career. I suppose if this was 100% my livelihood though, I would be angrier if I didn't make at least 300 a shift.
I am a really attractive girl with a very womanly figure and I hustle as much as I can. I suppose I could always hustle more, but my club just isn't very busy most of the time. I am usually content with 200, very happy with 300, and I'd be more than elated with 500. Even the top earners at my club only touch 500 every so often. I am stressed out because it seems like you girls consider my money to be a pittance. I mean, HOW can I make 300 a night!?! Any tips? 300/a night, if I worked 5 days a week, is 72,000 a year, which to me is pretty comfortable. I just want to excel more than I do, but I don't know if it has to do with me or just environmental factors :(
femmesalome
01-24-2011, 02:55 PM
bunnihops it's the city you work in, you shouldn't feel bad100-200 is still good money, I work at a high contact ass club which I'm not used to and it's super stressful for me. I'm rubbing and grinding on gross annoying guys just for a regular dance otherwise I won't make any money b/c all the other dancers are giving really high contact dances. I'm doing the when in rome and try my best to adapt while staying within my limit. It feels degrading sometime, but a gir'sl gotta do what a girl's gotta do, all you can do is just give it your best shot! and be proud of yourself, even though it's sometime hard to do so, especially when you're comparing yourself with others. some hardcore dancers that work with me makes 3 times as much for probably half the time. If you work in a busy club, try to ask as many guys for lap dances as possible. If you work in a club with few customers, you gotta chat them up and try to keep them for as long as possible, being sexy and slutty always help =). I grind on them a little more towards the end of the song which help me get more dances.
BunniHops
01-24-2011, 03:03 PM
bunnihops you shouldn't feel bad100-200 is still good money, I work at a high contact ass club which I'm not used to and it's super stressful for me. I'm rubbing and grinding on gross annoying guys just for a regular dance otherwise I won't make any money b/c all the other dancers are giving really high contact dance. I'm doing the when in rome and try my best to adapt. It feels degrading sometime, but a gir'sl gotta do what a girl's gotta do, all you can do is just give it your best! and be proud of yourself, even though it's sometime hard to do so, especially when you're comparing yourself with others. some hardcore dancers that work with me makes 3 times as much for probably half the time.
Do you happen to work in LA? Yeah our dances aren't high contact. I usually expect a 15-25 dollar tip per song if someone wants to touch my butt and very light touching of boobs. We wear both top and bottom during dances, so it limits the guy's ability to get too grabby. And I do have to say that most of the customers are pretty decent. It's rare that I get violated or annoyed. But yes there are girls who make far more than me every night, but I think it's because they have to because they have children, husbands, mortgages to support. Most of the girls I work with are also considerably older than me and have been hustling for YEARS, so they have skills down pat. I have been a stripper since late June of 2010, but in actuality spent only 3 months or so working. I still have a lot to learn, but I also still have a lot to earn! Lol!
femmesalome
01-24-2011, 03:21 PM
I don't work in LA, so you're working in a bikini bar? I can see how it's hard to sell dances, I used to work in a low contact club, with my clothes off, and made 200-300 but there are also some really, really good nights which balanced everything out. so you are doing pretty good in your situation. When I first started dancing, I would not let anyone touched me, and then I just got jaded lol. hell, i feel safer making a somewhat consistent amount rather than the iffy hit or miss kinda deal. I'm still studying how some of the girls at my clubs are making so much. Just try to pick up some hustling skills from the girls at your clubs.
*Jade*Love
01-24-2011, 05:09 PM
This thread has made me feel like absolute shit. I don't know if it's the city I work in or what, but it is VERY rare for me to even come close to 500 dollars. The most I ever made in San Diego was 600 or so on a Friday night and I probably worked 8 hours. I average about 100-200 a night, but I don't really consider my job stressful or painful and I don't go home crying... I enjoy the time I spend at my club. I love conversing with the girls, all my managers/bouncers/DJs are respectful and have never insinuated wanting to fuck me or anything of the sort. I would much prefer making 150 bucks just for shaking my ass for 5 hours than making 150 bucks waiting tables or folding clothes. I'm still in college, and I don't really consider this a career. I suppose if this was 100% my livelihood though, I would be angrier if I didn't make at least 300 a shift.
I am a really attractive girl with a very womanly figure and I hustle as much as I can. I suppose I could always hustle more, but my club just isn't very busy most of the time. I am usually content with 200, very happy with 300, and I'd be more than elated with 500. Even the top earners at my club only touch 500 every so often. I am stressed out because it seems like you girls consider my money to be a pittance. I mean, HOW can I make 300 a night!?! Any tips? 300/a night, if I worked 5 days a week, is 72,000 a year, which to me is pretty comfortable. I just want to excel more than I do, but I don't know if it has to do with me or just environmental factors :(
It's definitely our area. I hate California. I came back last week after taking a few weeks off and OMG it was so slow. Worst I've ever seen it. I don't even wanna go back this weekend because it was so rough.. lol.
BunniHops
01-24-2011, 05:29 PM
It's definitely our area. I hate California. I came back last week after taking a few weeks off and OMG it was so slow. Worst I've ever seen it. I don't even wanna go back this weekend because it was so rough.. lol.
Yeah, umm, 200 dollars on a FRIDAY!!!! That's not acceptable. I was hoping that your club was better but it seems like you're saying there's not even hope over that way! Should I just be a bartender?! >:(
charlie61
01-31-2011, 09:41 AM
Have you looked into waitressing? I have a male friend who gets $150+ at a Chili's being a waiter plus his hourly rate and I also have another male friend who makes $200+ in tips at Lascari's being at waiter. Someone also told me that at the really nice restaurants waiter's/waitresses make $600 in tips per night. There is also lingerie/ swimsuit modeling that pays at least $300-400 for a couple hours.
Personally, if I weren't raking in large sums of money I would not be stripping. I'd switch to waitressing or modeling where I'd be making the money I deserve. If I lived in an area where there was no customers or money in any of the strip clubs, I'd find an alternative because less than $300 is not okay for a job in the sex industry.
Although, comparing waitressing to stripping isn't really fair. I mean, as a waitress you basically must suck up to all of your customers no matter how obnoxious they are, whereas strippers have the autonomy to walk away from annoying customers. Waitressing also doesn't have the kickass scheduling bennies that stripping does. And the list goes on. It just depends on how you want to make your money.
charlie61
01-31-2011, 10:12 AM
Yeah I see where you're coming from with stripping being the best route for someone needing to set their own hours. What I wrote was my personal opinion. I'd be incredibly pissed if I was stripping onstage and putting up with all the bullshit that goes on w/ customers for a small paycheck. I'd find waitressing at a nice restaurant less stressful since there's a set gratuity fee. Even though you have to put up with kissing customers asses waitressing, at least there won't be a fraction of the bullshit that we see happen at the club.
Very true. And after stripping for 4 years, my tolerance for SC customers is so low that I'm right there with you on that!
Surprise
01-31-2011, 11:26 AM
Have you looked into waitressing? I have a male friend who gets $150+ at a Chili's being a waiter plus his hourly rate and I also have another male friend who makes $200+ in tips at Lascari's being at waiter. Someone also told me that at the really nice restaurants waiter's/waitresses make $600 in tips per night.
my ex boyfriend has worked in high end restaurants all his life. dallas, vancouver, etc. he averages about $200/shift, on the weekends he MIGHT make $300 (more servers means more people to divide the pool with). Don't get me wrong, he has nights where he "banks" ($1500 on new years a few years ago), but those are few and far between. anyone who makes $600 in tips every night is lying to you.
plus there's the whole "you need x amount of experience in fine dining to even get hired" thing...
BunniHops
01-31-2011, 02:04 PM
Thanks for your advice. I've considered other routes, yes, and eventually will probably go to bartending school. However, I just changed clubs, where 300 dollars is the low end of average. I just started yesterday and I anticipate doing very well there. So I assume my 50 dollar nights are OVER! Unless of course I just sit in the back and text, lol.
miabella
02-01-2011, 12:04 AM
my ex boyfriend has worked in high end restaurants all his life. dallas, vancouver, etc. he averages about $200/shift, on the weekends he MIGHT make $300 (more servers means more people to divide the pool with). Don't get me wrong, he has nights where he "banks" ($1500 on new years a few years ago), but those are few and far between. anyone who makes $600 in tips every night is lying to you.
plus there's the whole "you need x amount of experience in fine dining to even get hired" thing...
It's a lot like stripping actually. There is a lot of regional variation and there are certainly regions where fine dining or even regular waitstaff at sufficiently busy joints make 500 or more per 4-5 hour shift regularly. But there are also regions where waitstaff average 100-200 no matter what and might even face long shifts. Long shifts for waiters vary wildly from restaurant to restaurant, but it's not any more usual for a waiter to work 8-10 hours than it is for a stripper in many spots.
Plus, like stripping, hustle matters more than a little in securing consistent high earnings.
*Jade*Love
02-01-2011, 01:30 AM
Thanks for your advice. I've considered other routes, yes, and eventually will probably go to bartending school. However, I just changed clubs, where 300 dollars is the low end of average. I just started yesterday and I anticipate doing very well there. So I assume my 50 dollar nights are OVER! Unless of course I just sit in the back and text, lol.
Yay!!! So I'll prob see you this week then! My uncle is a bartender down here and he makes a pretty good living, I need to ask him more about it because I'm very interested in doing it as a side job. It's not as good as it used to be but I remember him telling me on busy nights it was easy to take home $500 in tips
BunniHops
02-01-2011, 02:37 AM
Yay!!! So I'll prob see you this week then! My uncle is a bartender down here and he makes a pretty good living, I need to ask him more about it because I'm very interested in doing it as a side job. It's not as good as it used to be but I remember him telling me on busy nights it was easy to take home $500 in tips
Yeah! I'll definitely see you. }:D
And bartending can potentially be very fruitful if it's at a busy club/bar. It's just sort of a statistical probability... If you serve 100 drinks and most people don't want to break a 20 for a 12 dollar drink, you'll do well! Or at least get a couple bucks out of it if the guy thinks you're cute. But it's location, much like strip clubs. If you work at a dead dive where only drunks come in, you'll probably not do too well.
miabella
02-02-2011, 12:27 AM
Interestingly, not necessarily. I used to live near a couple total dives mostly full of drunks, and (again kinda like stripping), the bartenders with regs had the regs hook them up with huge tips (one bartender had a female reg who gave him 20$ as a tip PER DRINK and she came in like 4x a week).
I was absolutely FLOORED. but the bartenders i knew were like 'that's how dives work. you suck it up a couple months and then you get the regs and the sweet tips'.
The craziest bartender situation I saw was a bartender at a diner that sold liquor. He gave away drinks (totally illegal), but people tipped him like crazy and he made 500-800 per 5-6 hour shift. It was nuts! last i heard dude was STILL working there making that crazy cash money.
the second craziest was at a bar run by a very angry russian woman. she would curse and spit at the customers and they would STILL tip her 25-50% per drink! it's insane.
femmesalome
02-02-2011, 01:30 AM
holly cow 200,300,600 waitressing /bartending.. where? name and address of the place please? are they hiring, will they hire me? I'm moving and switching profession. bye yall..
no seriously I would do it if you can make that much consistently.
miabella
02-02-2011, 01:48 AM
where i live presently (seattle area), it is pretty typical, but we still have strippers anyway. they usually make much less though, unless they travel.
and yes, the shifts are not 8-12 hours, but more like 4-6. 100 is a bad night and 200-300 is pretty normal for non-hustlers with more on weekends and/or specialty nights like 2$ drinks or 2$ appetizers. and hustlers rake it in of course, but don't they in any job?
SupaByoch
02-02-2011, 02:09 AM
K, let me put my numbers in better context. When I said $200 minimum, I meant for a very short shift, NO club bullshit whatsoever (ie, I can come and go literally whenever I please, go on stage when and if I please, play whatever I want on stage, wear whatever I want at work, low contact, etc etc etc), and the money is made easily with extremely low sales effort. But in 15 years dancing in more clubs than I can count, I worked in exactly ONE like that. haha
In the average club, I better be able to average $500/night cash out profit or I'll hit the road. But that was only a decent average. I didn't consider anything less than $1k to be a "good night".
TiffanyRae
02-03-2011, 11:38 AM
that's how I feel! when I have a "bad" night and I'm sitting in the dressing room thinking "UGHHH I ONLY MADE 100 DOLLARS" I step back and think "what did I have to do for this 100 dollars? dance? wow...ok nevermind then!"
yeah the job is emotionally draining but only slightly more so than having a "real" job.
I used to work at starbucks and I would go home crying my eyes out because the customers were so mean and I was working SO HARD for 8 dollars an hour. if I had a dollar for every time I heard "I SAID NO FOAM ON MY LATTE THIS HAS FOAM ON IT MAKE IT AGAIN" I would have enough money to retire at 20 years old! "SOY MILK I WANTED SOY MILK" even when I would take their order and write it on the cup and they NEVER SAID soy milk. the customers were always yelling at me, my boss was always yelling at me, my shift supervisors were always yelling at me, there was ALWAYS work to do from making drinks, cleaning up spills, running back and forth from the back room getting syrups, cups, dishes, coffee beans, etc, cleaning dirty toilets, cleaning espresso machines, cleaning EVERYTHING from floor to ceiling. you HAD to be nice to the customers. I had hot coffee THROWN at me from an uptight business woman on her cell phone. I've been called a stupid b*tch for 2% milk instead of nonfat. I got written up for the dumbest shit ever CONSTANTLY (wearing sneakers, punching in 3 minutes late, forgetting a regular's drink). I never got a raise in over a year of working there. I never made more than 30 dollars a week in tips. my boss would "forget" to let me take breaks and my shift supervisors would take hour long breaks whenever they felt like it. we had these stupid sales goals to meet and all of the baristas had to try and sell certain products and if we made our goals the manager got a bonus, not us, even though WE were doing all the work!
I busted my ASS and I was getting paid 8 bucks an hour.that's 250 a week. not even enough to live off. I could go on FOREVER about that job.
I get burnt out dancing but nowhere NEAR as burnt out as I was as a barista.
do I feel like I should be making more money to take my clothes off? hell yeah I do and I have my nights where I complain but really 100 bucks a night tax free is NOTHING to complain about.
i feel u girl. i work at Pier 1 Imports now, best job ever, no stress, super fun & easy (not like starbucks, sry bout that :( but i only make $200 every 2 weeks. i can make that in a 3-4hr shift on a bad night at the club, is this job worth it? but yes. i keep it becuase it is easy and fun and its good to have a job history if u want to get a new car or move into a new house or apt. when i have nights where i only make $100, i just think, "this is half of my 2week paycheck"
i said this previously in this post, if you work 5 nights a week, $100 a night, that $500 a week, 2k a month. its definatly worth it. and girls we never make only $100 a night 5 nights in a row, we bank!