How much is considered alot of money

[Unisykolist]

I make on average $110 per day (2.5 hours of pure work) Australian dollars.


What do you guys make and what is considered alot or a decent amount? (I think $110 for a kid like me is great! But forget that))

[scot]

the most that most people make is $75 / day. You're doing better than everyone.

From Michael Shermer's site

Would you rather earn $50,000 a year while other people make $25,000, or would you rather earn $100,000 a year while other people get $250,000? Assume for the moment that prices of goods and services will stay the same.

Surprisingly — stunningly, in fact — research shows that the majority of people select the first option; they would rather make twice as much as others even if that meant earning half as much as they could otherwise have. How irrational is that?

[jeep caillouet]

$$$$$$$$$

Scot how many dollars can a dog collect in an hour on a busy day?

[Isabella]

Hey, that is doing well for someone young and new

Generally, people don't share how much they make until they are friends with someone, and even then, you have to be pretty close. So it's not the world's most polite question to ask.

Income depends on a lot of things, too - are you doing cold street or a festival, are you at a busker festival that tends to be one-time audience members or a renaissance or community event where you have fans, are you also selling merchandise, etc.

So it's a little bit like asking how long it takes to write a book

There's a great theory on Gaping Void (www.gapingvoid.com) about Cash and Stuff. That is, when you're younger and newer, it's OK to make less Cash in exchange for Stuff (exposure, a chance to practice, good video footage, etc) but as you get older and more experienced, you need less Stuff and want more Cash. So as you keep performing and developing your act and character, it's not about shooting for a specific dollar amount, it's about increasing your Cash:Stuff ratio.

[Butterfly Man]

and when you get really old= cash/stash ratio

it's not about shooting for a specific dollar amount, it's about increasing your Cash:Stuff ratio

good advice ...

[Evan Young]

I don't think about income in terms of per hour or per day that much. I tend to think of things in terms of per week, month and year. Think, "am I able to: cover my bills feed myself, save for an emergency, have some fun, and invest a significant amount back into my company on top of that?"
My income goes up every year, and so does my overhead. As I get better and more qualified to work in "higher end" markets, I have to spend a lot more to be represented professionally in those markets, right down to the clothes I wear when I'm not performing.
Keep one eye on what you are doing now and make sure you are doing it well, and one eye on where you want to be tomorrow.

Very few variety performers break the six digit annual income mark.

if you are a kid now you might think about saving your money up toward some training. circus school!

[Evan Young]

and I know it must be frustrating that nobody has posted a direct answer to your question. In person I would tell you, but it's bad form to post things like that in public..... but six years into street performing my average is greater than yours. You have bigger hats to look forward to in the future as long as you keep working on your show.

[Mr.Taxi Trix]

I remember after the Goshen Fair, sitting at a vacant picnic table, stacking coins to count. I had received damn few bills, but had performed many shows. It was my first full day of street performing. The coins came to a total of $87. Enough to survive easily. A huge grin overtook me, and I remember saying "I'll never work again".

Good luck, and if you want more money, talk about money more. But keep it funny.

[jesus]

As someone many of us know would say (in an Australian accent):
"You don't wana know mate."

[Daniel Craig]

Well geoff...

Of course I don't wanna' know! What d'ya expect...?

[Butterfly Man]

you can't handle the truth

You want honesty? I'll give you honesty ... 75 bucks a day is squat ... as my grandmother would say, "it's a piss in a bucket!".

You want me to lug all my shit to my van and drive to some street corner and lug it out and find a place to park and set it up and tear it down and go get the van and lug it back and drive it home and put it away for a lousy seventy-five fucking dollars!?

Kiss my ass!

However, if you add a zero...

then I'm interested ...

...real interested.

[Rachel Peters]

And for future reference, never listen to scot unless he's giving website advice or talking about himself. Those are the only times he doesn't attempt a strange, unfunny form of sarcasm which maybe works in person, I don't know, but doesn't work when new forum members are asking for advice.

I agree with Isabella.
If it's worth it to you and meets your standard or living, go for it. Build on it.

[scot]

yeah, but I was trying to make him feel good. you were trying to make me feel bad.

[Rachel Peters]

no you weren't.
and i was trying to make you aware (in case you weren't) of this thing you do where you tell people the opposite of what you mean, which doesn't translate well into type, and does not make people feel good.

[Mr.Taxi Trix]

I was trying to make him feel that though the sands will doubtless shift again and the tides a new tale tell, there are some things on this planet, things like birdbaths, plungers, and style, that cannot be traded for an ox cart or a wind chime.

I hope it worked.