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How Much Do Top Musicians Make Compared To Other Jobs?

While it's well known that the music industry's top earning bring in a solid chunk of change, we here take a look at how the income of this demographic (e.g.. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2018/02/how-much-do-top-earning-musicians-make-compared-to-other-jobs.html]

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While it's well known that the music industry's top earning bring in a solid chunk of change, we here take a look at how the income of this demographic (e.g. music's top 1%) compares with the income of the average employee in an alternative field.

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In this latest piece from MusicThinkTank, Ryan Harrell explores how much the top musicians make when compared with other, average jobs."…Analysis revealed that top musician incomes dwarf even well-paid professions such as software developers. Diddy, for instance, made a software developer’s annual income in just under 7 hours. Even the lowest grossing musician on the list – The Chainsmokers – made a software developer’s annual income in under a day."[Continue Reading]