http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/12/us/in-depth-report-details-economics-of-sex-trade.html?ref=todayspaper

"The study focused on the business side, rather than on consumers, and researchers conducted more than 250 interviews with law enforcement officers, lawyers, pimps, sex traffickers, prostitutes and child pornographers, many of whom were in jail. Those interviews provide a wealth of data on pricing, market structures and the sex workers’ motivations."

Not only a small sample size per city/category, the ones in jail tend to be the less discreet/less professional ie. lower paid types.  Correct me if I'm wrong.  I mean, I know I'm generalizing and anyone can get caught, but...

I feel for any woman subject to the mercy of a pimp and getting turned out at whatever rate the pimp sets. But the MSM as usual presumes the worst about P4P--that providers are all being exploited by some predator.  And yes we all know that happens.   But clearly the researchers didn't bother talking to any independent ladies and as we all know averages can be totally misleading.   I imagine 150 is about right if you only see BP girls and street walkers but that wouldn't get you a hand shake with most of the ladies I see reviewed here.

figuring out a "going rate", they could have come up with more empirical evidence using a combination of TER, Eros, and Backpage, aggregating hundreds of points across different cities and these 3 sites.

There is way too much upselling going on with BP girls. So much so that I've sworn off BP girls that do not have pages in TER that have solid reviews. I'd much rather pay more and know there won't be a "buzz kill" for lack of a better term.

Been both ways (and more, over seas) had the 600hr$ hooker and have a few of the 150$ (200$ with tip) and my 150$ girls get alot, alot more of my business. 4 5 times a month seeing them

...insomuch as, as Chauncey pointed out, the difference between a pimped out woman and an independent companion really don't belong in the same category. It's like conducting a survey on how much people spend on eating out by making the rounds of various chicken and hamburger fast-food chains.

Also many of the bp hourly rates are 160 to 200 an hour.  You might see a few in the 120 to 150 range if you're into babes. If you want Greek they upsell for extra to 200 or more an hour.

or more eloquently "Fuck that". I've got better ways to spend my time. I'm not looking for a bargain. I'm looking to get my world rocked. I'm certainly not looking for a woman who looks nothing like her photos, is uninspired and can't wait for me to O so she can leave. I'd much rather enjoy the impression that she wants me to be there for 2-3 hours and then, goodnight darling.

Called and money oriented and lunatic and even an idiot by those who is ok with those low rate prostitute. And johns by the way. Sooo yes rate is a guarantee of STD free woman and the best services which can not be classifies as "menu" "hourly". It is why I just practice safe sex with safe gentlemen from 1000. Thank you for nice essay which actually is a help for me for expression of who I am . I just feel a lot of pain to be so badly mistreated when it comes about money as I always say money amount is just a tool to locate safe men clients same as gentlemen looking for women you willing to relax totally so and we women have to be selective  
Kisses  
Lust and Lavishes  
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I won't be seeing a BP girl, there are some awesome TER women there and Balt., last thing I'll look forward to is getting upsold for anything I want. No Rod, you can have them, the BP ladies need you guys

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Do they think they can tame the sex industry?

Small pool of data.
Limited market analysis.
BP/Streetwalkers/Pimps as primary data points.  
Flawed methodology.  

Note that the NYT article pays most attention to pimps and SW's.  That's the lower end of the hobby spectrum, where danger from criminals, ROB's, pimps, and LE potentially lurks in every shadow.  Caveat Emptor in spades!  

That's debatable, and I would probably side with the majority. Given the responses to this thread.

Hmmm, safe sex???? BBFS is safe? ow and on top greek? how much more safe can it be bahahahaha

...it may be to support the social perspective that prostitution victimizes both women and men, thereby sanctioning strict enforcement of vice laws and calling for a crackdown on P4P in all forms.

They limit the sample size to come to the conclusion they want to push.

Where she mentions BBFS. Show me, please.

Go on NYC regional and look up her statement's, i think it's few weeks old or a month, funny part she after stating it attempted to start to advertise as a pornstar lol failed!!! ow well, guessing real porn ladies objected for her to start advertise as a porn girl

That makes sense if you consider how many of those girls are BP or CL, where prices are much lower than TER girls.
Still, I found the whole survey kind of silly and their method of getting data very spotty.

That's just one example.

I doubt the UI is here to help you, or anyone else.

Assuming you see a TER lady every month,  you could easily drop $5k/year or MUCH more.   That is not supportable if you make an average income.  The conclusion that I would draw is that TER members who actively purse the "hobby" have a MUCH higher income than average.  Actually, you would think that there is a luxury branding opportunity for somebody in terms of high end sports cars - the TER limited edition Porsche ?!..... but I digress....  

I do not have desire to be a porno star for common observation.  
I just by my skills and character is a porno star and what I do is better then porno stars that all  
Real men know that what a strange men are here I guess you never been with real women not a hookers not porno stars by profession but real ones who doing it all privately and better then a pro by the way now I put this my skill to pro but that doesnot mean I need become part of crowd

OMG, I'm still crying historically bahahahaha "what I do is better then porno stars that all "