Subscriber Account active since. The name Mark Spiegler, a top talent agent in a different billion dollar entertainment industry, may not ring as many bells. Spiegler's boutique firm, Spiegler Girls, represents a small group of elite women and is regarded as one of the industry's top agencies in the Hollywood of porn: The San Fernando Valley. But while many aspects of the business are changing — from the just-passed L. County measure requiring condom use in adult movies to shrinking profits — 40 million to 50 million people in the U. According to Dan Miller, executive managing editor of industry trade magazine XBIZ, there are about "in-demand" women called "models" who work regularly, shooting between and scenes per year. According to Spiegler, there is a relatively straightforward scale for performances by an in-demand actress:. According to THR, "guy-on-guy pornography has a separate pay scale; most agents in the mainstream straight porn world, including Spiegler, do not represent gay men. But for each gig Spiegler books for his girls, he takes 10 to 15 percent, receiving the larger percentage if he also handles transportation for the client.
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When it comes to the average actor's salary, though, the figure is harder to pin down. On one hand, the explosion of free porn sites has squeezed profits ; on the other, social media has allowed performers to build a following, produce content and go out on their own. To understand how much porn stars are really making, I got in touch with four Italian adult actors who've had very different careers — some have worked in the US, others in Europe, while one has been working since the s, which was supposedly the golden age of porn. VICE: Do you think people have the wrong idea about how much porn stars really make? Valentina Nappi: Think about it: how many people pay to watch porn online? Thinking porn actors are rich is absurd. Perhaps this misconception has to do with visibility: we're probably the least-paid public figures if you consider how popular we are. I have 1. Can you tell me how compensation works in the US? These days, you're paid per scene.
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There's a well-worn porn cliche about the college student-turned-actress who decided to have sex in front of a camera in order to pay off her student loans. Like many cliches, it's rarely true — but it's worth wondering: How big are paychecks in the porn business, anyway? Money is a topic that's shrouded in mystery in the adult entertainment world. While it's widely presumed to be a multibillion dollar industry, there's no real firm accounting to back that up. Companies regularly inflate their numbers when speaking publicly and may deflate them at opportune times as well. The same is true of performers. While that report breaks down average salaries among several careers, there is no data about adult performers. So to determine who makes what, CNBC spoke with a number of individuals who work in all aspects of the adult world to get a sense of what sort of money trades hands. While there's no way to say with absolute certainty that the figures are correct, they were supported by enough people to at least seem roughly right. Women are, of course, the main attraction in mainstream porn — and, as you might expect, the amounts paid to actresses span a wide range.
