Earl,

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Much of your total income will depend upon a couple factors. First and foremost, the area where you live will have a big impact on how much you can charge. The deep south, especially the southern, coastal states, FL, LA, MS, TX are notoriously low paying. It can be a real struggle there to get more than $75 to $100 per hour, but it can be done. The highest paying areas are the mid-Atlantic states, parts of New England, and California. Nearly everyone I know in these areas pulls down $125 to $150 per hour for the senior circuit and $500 to $600 for private parties of 3 hours or more.

You didn't mention Arkansas but I think I will find if hard to go over the 75 100 per hur rate around here!



As you can see, if you are healthy and energetic enough to go balls to the wall, 7 days a week, which was my schedule, you can easily average 10 jobs a week, which at $125 per hour, translate into $1,250 a week, or $65,000 a year, and that's if you didn't do any of the more lucrative jobs. Now, if you can't make it on $50,000 to $65,000 a year, put your wife and girlfriend to work, both of them! And, if one of them happens to be a good singer, duos command a better paycheck - something to think about.

,Well, 10 jobs a week at 10o comes to 1000 a week or 50,000 a yesr an that is real good money here!

Gary