I think the assumption is that because providers charge 200+/hr, that they are really raking it in every month. I do very well I think, but I also know that my income could stop/drop at anytime, so I save 70% or more of the money I make. I don't splurge on cars, clothes etc, and I always feel relatively poor lol.  
I'm curious to know how much you guys think we're making every month? It'll be interesting to see if the assumption, and our reality, match.

it is the spending.  Always remember.

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I could take a WAG at it, but there are just way to many factors to consider that influence the answer to your question..  

Some make $300/week, others can make millions per week.  

There are many women on this board who likely don't even gross more than a couple of grand a month, much less pocket the "big bucks" and then there are some women in this industry who net in the mid six digits, but they are few and far between.

Why all the inflation? If a girl inflates her rates to be "exclusive" and can only pull 3-5 appointments a month at that rate, why bitch about being poor? I don't get it.  

say a lady charges 350 an hour  

I don't know if I'm typical or not. I usually average 10-12k a month, sometimes more, I haven't made less than that in a pretty long while. I'm comfortable but I don't live lavishly at all, I can actually be a bit of a miser lol. I don't worry about my bills, most are paid automatically and I always have more than enough to cover them.

in love with my very first hooker.

That would mean that you live on $3-4,000 a month, and are putting close to a hundred grand away each year, which would make you one smart young (or old, or in between) lady.

Wow, impressive. Sounds nice. LOL!

Maybe 5 providers at a time.  All in it for different reasons.  

I have heard more than once from gents that a lot of ladies don't commonly practice this. I can only speak for myself, and I know that in the beginning I made awesome money and I spent most of it thinking that the awesome money would never stop. But, I also invest a LOT of the money that I make back into my business. And, in the beginning some of my investments were not worth it.  

Most of us realize that there are many expenses that go into it and you know what those are much better than I do. We also realize that whether you earn $300/$400/$500 per hour, or whatever it is, you are not making that 24/7.

If it were my own, I would have net a lot more due to availability of the place, and also ability to hold multi hour dates there.

but a matter of your saving habits and how you invest your money. I once heard that there are two great misconceptions in this hobby #1 is the clients think that the providers are raking it in : making hundreds of dollars an hour (charging more then some attorneys). #2 is the providers think that the clients are rich : spending hundreds of dollars an hour to be with a provider. Guess what both are dead wrong. Having said that, what I find interesting/sad depending on your view is : That a young beautiful woman would visit the USA as a tourist and spend money in a nice hotel for 1 or 2 weeks and sign up with an agency ( say she charges 400/hr ). They have to give the agency as much as 40% or more and at the end of their stay they hope that they have made some money. I am not talking about just the asian women, women from all over the world ( european countries, Russia, Australia, all over). This is why I think guys who short-change or try to cheat the providers out of their money really have no class what so ever. At the end of the day, like gambler said " you are only in your prime for so many years ". Which got me thinking " what would be the longest career a provider can have?"

I can't imagine that most providers are struggling to keep food on their tables, there would be a drastic drop in our mean rates if that were true. At least I'd think so.
I don't have enough providers friends to guess what the average income is, but based on what I can tell.. most are doing well enough to live comfortably each month, even if they are living from client to client.

I would guess that there is a segment of our world who would think living client to client is by definition not living comfortably, as peace of mind is as important as the dollars and the stress of worrying can burn a hole straight through all but the strongest.  Of course I'm not a provider but in my business if I was living client to client i would be living on Maalox.  

A close friend said she'd quit providing if she found a civilian job paying over $120k. Another friend said she'd doubled with a Top Rated provider who, just before a hobby orgy, claimed to be making $400k. Finally, a third Top Tier provider talked about having $10k weeks sometimes. I've also looked into an arrangement with someone. I was only considering a few nights a week a couple times a month but the payout made me realize she was accustomed to earning way over $70k a year. My annual hobby budget has been $25k-$30k and for a semi-exclusive arrangement involving several nights a week regularly plus a couple of fully paid vacations, I would consider a $40k-$50k payout stream to be reasonable if the chem is extremely high and the sex is consistency at a 9.5 performance level. But this is kept-woman money so I'm unlikely to be convinced to do it.

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Nor do I think my income is any of yours. As long as my envelope is correct, and you live up to your reviews, it's just a happy little sport we engage in. Every provider that I've ever seen makes more money per hour than I do, but I get paid for 40 hours every week. If a provider works 40 hours every week, well then that's great for her, I suspect not many do.

...that somehow did things right.  I visited a provider for a while at her two incall locations in LA and they were both million-dollar properties at least. And she has a nice car, very expensive furniture, lots of designer clothes and lingerie, and a very fab lifestyle.

Honestly, not any of my business so I don't clutter my mind by thinking about things, which are not by business.

Yes, 3-4k is about what I live on each month. I have a normal car, an apartment and incall in a mid-income area and I don't have many expenses outside of the norm,  except for what I spend on advertising and condoms.

What a gal grosses is not particularly important...but what she is netting after paying her direct costs.  And in many cases that "net" income is around 65% of the gross.  Ironically that percentage seems to apply to nearly all gross rates I've seen...however gals working for agencies may see that net be somewhat less...depending on the agency she's with.

And condoms  ... lots of condoms
 

That was one of my points, most Americans live a hand to mouth existence and I would suspect that ladies alin this business are not any different.  There's a lot of angst involved in living that way, one is always a small illness away from a disaster.

... let's see... 9+ is considered a 10 in the TER rating scale since TER doesn't have a 9+ category.  

As I have always wondered; I also feel it is none of my business. As with any business, I am sure there are those who are good at running it and some that are bad. To assume $$$ x 8hrs a day would be a ridiculous assumption.  I think the amount made is determined by how much risk she wants to assume by the amount she wants to work. A purely capitalist venture. At the end of the day I assume they are making more than me. I think for some hobbist that is a hard pill to swallow.

Here, here! Overhead costs, people!

...there is a difference between gross pay and net pay. She earns $400 an hour. (gross) Out of that come expenses whatever those may be for her. What's left is net. But she earned $400 an hour.

And if she files, there goes another third of the taxable income.

I'm guessing for the stars out there it's a lot more but in most cases my gut tells me not as much as we think. Am I right or no? I hope I'm wrong.

...is the total before anything is subtracted.  

Do you pay for the marketing of your company out of your paycheck? Do you pay for the facility fees? Supplies? Out of your paycheck? No. Not out of the check you take home. If you do, you send the company a reimbursement form for that.  

Gross is when you kiss your 90 year old grandmother and she slips you the tongue. THAT is gross. lol

...What I'm saying is the definition of makes is the total. The client put $400 on her bedside table for one hour of activity. She makes $400 an hour. Makes whether corporation or individual is the total before any subtractions. What they take home (get to keep or is their profit) comes after all the subtractions. Earnings, revenue, overhead, profit all of those are accounting terms (or terms for purposes of taxation).

that based on an average 5/6 appts per week at $200-$300 comes to somewhere between 50K and 90K TAX FREE.  Yes, there are expenses but should be no more than 20% of revenue overall I would guess.  So, that's my take and maybe I'm way off base.