(Although with the rise of personal content subscription services like Onlyfans and JustforFans, some adult performers are starting to make five figures a month.)
As for the pay, it’s not nearly as good as you think it is unless you’re one of the top porn stars in the world. You also need to be able to perform with a dozen crew members watching.
That 27-minute clip you watched on Pornhub? That likely took an entire day to shoot-or at least multiple hours. Of course, you need to be well-endowed- like super well-endowed-but you also need to have the stamina to perform for hours under hot lights. And while that’s a large part of it, there’s a lot more to doing porn than just showing up-particularly for dudes. Chief among them is that it’s an easy gig: we love the idea of a job where all you have to do is show up, take off your clothes, and have sex all day. There are many, many misconceptions that people have about the adult industry. There’s a point in nearly every man’s life when he thinks to himself, I wonder if I could become a porn star.
