> Once in a while, I come across something like this and wonder, what is it like to be that rich to casually drop 1,200 an hour, for anything, let alone on escorts.
Median income is $100,000/yr. My impression (from HN) is this isn't abnormal for non-entry-level tech workers in the US.
Keep in mind my rate was 1200, but $100k was the median reported income for all clients who responded to my survey. I suspect the median income for clients who saw me would be much higher!
Compliments on a well communicated, insightful, and data driven look into a opaque industry that I've been curious about for a while!
I'm curious what you think about the relative price comparison to hostess work in LA outlined above. Either you're charging too little, or.. there's some.. interesting implied conclusions about the low relative cost (from the worker's perspective) for sex work! Or there's not enough information liquidity in the market? Or...
I Am Not An Economist, but... I can't shake the feeling there's a mispricing somewhere. Possibly a juicy topic for a paper, blog post, or Planet Money episode.
Also, that gonewild post is genius. Thanks for the laughs.
Edit: I didn't realize this person was pointing out a typo.
Disagree. High end work of all sorts isn't the sort of thing you punch in and out of. Both have a high opportunity cost, in that in both cases you'll find it hard to work a similarly compensated second job. Also remember this is only "billable hours".
Edit: I just realized you've completely missed my point. I was replying to a comment the clients (i.e. not the sex workers) are crazy rich. I was presenting an argument for why they aren't.
Median income is $100,000/yr. My impression (from HN) is this isn't abnormal for non-entry-level tech workers in the US.
Edit: It's just about the median software engineer salary in the US. https://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/software-develope...
Edit2: This previous read "100,000/hr". A transcription mistake.