I had always heard that a dancer makes in the 6-figures if she hustles and is in a good club but I have my doubts. When asked most are not entirely forthcoming about their income exaggerating perhaps or crying poor me.
So my office buddies started looking at the problem at a white board making guesses. Of course we made some assumptions along the way.
Boring week!
The following table would seem to indicate that a dancer would have to net nearly $600 per night average to break into the 6-figure realm.
After tip-out we are going to guess that the average per night net is $300. (some nights slow, some quite lucrative). Many dancers seem to only work 4 nights per week so that is $1200 avg. We also guess dancers take quite a lot of time off for vacation, travel, sick, etc. and are working, we guessed, 45 weeks a year. That’s, before taxes, $54,000 per year. Quite respectable really especially considering it is primarily cash and will not be reported.
How much do we think dancers make? What other variables are there?
Avg. Nightly Net * 4 * 45 = Yearly Before Tax Income from Dancing
100 = $18000
200 = $36,000
300 = $54,000
400 = $72,000
500 = $90,000
600 = $108,000
700 = $126,000
800 = $144,000
900 = $162,000
1000 = $180,000



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), it comes down a ton. Add medical and you could see it cut in half if you are sick alot and I suspect it's easy to catch a lot of colds at an SC.
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