Money · 1 of 5
What dancers make
Median
$52,000
Lower tenth
$31,000
Top tenth
$109,000
The wage survey publishes hourly pay only for dancers: $24.80 an hour at the median, $14.88 at the bottom tenth and $52.30 at the top tenth. At 2,080 hours those come to about $52,000, $31,000 and $109,000. Almost no dancer is paid for 2,080 hours in a year, so treat the annual figures as a ceiling rather than a salary.