In Europe, a first scene with a small production pays between €200 and €400. An actress with experience, between €500 and €1,000. Big studios pay more, and American ones pay nearly double what European ones do.
That's what's normal. Knowing it helps you place an offer, and helps you be suspicious when someone offers far more.
The figures below are the ones that have actually been published. No studio publishes a rate card, so what exists is actresses, producers and agents talking in interviews. Each figure comes with its year, and that's worth bearing in mind as you read: a 2016 figure is worth about 25% more today.
Spain
| Figure | Who says so | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First scene, amateur | €200 at FAKings | Alba Teen, actress | 2018 |
| First scene, amateur | "Between €250, the absolute minimum, and €400" at Cumlouder; €250–300 plus travel for a couple at FAKings | Daniel Casado (Cumlouder) and Arnaldo Chamorro (FAKings), in Vice | 2016 |
| With experience | "A scene, which is usually a day's work, is €300, and I think that's very little" | Amarna Miller, actress | 2015 |
| Studio | "Between €500 and €1,000 per shooting day", depending on experience and visibility | Erika Lust | 2016 |
France
| Figure | Who says so | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amateur | "A scene pays between €200 and €300" | Éric Morain, lawyer | 2020 |
| Amateur | Actresses €250–350, actors €50–150 | Robin D'Angelo, journalist who spent a year inside amateur porn | 2019–2022 |
| Studio | Actresses €800–1,500 per scene, actors €500 at most | Grégory Dorcel, managing director of Marc Dorcel | 2009 |
Germany
| Figure | Who says so | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First scene | €400 for a standard boy/girl scene, €100 more for anal | Cornelis Clement, agency scout, in Vice | 2015 |
| First scene | Around €300 | Warda.at, press round-up | 2024 |
| Studio | Standard sex €400, threesome €500, gangbang €800 | Rate card of a German production company published by Bild | 2019 |
| With experience | €500–750 per scene; more than €1,000 "is the exception" | Warda.at | 2024 |
Netherlands
| Figure | Who says so | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First scene | €500 at Kim Holland Productions | Romy Indy, actress, in two interviews | 2020 and 2024 |
| With experience | €600 on average; €750–1,000 per film | Romy Indy; BNNVARA documentary | 2020–2023 |
Czech Republic
| Figure | Who says so | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First scene | €250–300 per shoot in Prague | Paul Batterbury, photographer, in VSquare | 2025 |
| With experience | €600 for a standard scene | Silvia and Eveline Dellai, actresses | 2017 |
| Agency | Around €800 per model per scene billed to the producer, commission included: the actress gets a share | VSquare | 2025 |
Hungary is similar: Kiara Lord said in 2024 that "an ordinary girl, in an ordinary scene" is paid 120,000–150,000 forints, around €300–375, and an established actress around €1,250.
For the United Kingdom there is no recent published figure. The actress Kaz B summed it up in 2015: "there is a lot less money than in the United States."
United States
| Figure | Who says so | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First scene, independent production | $525 for a casting scene, around six hours on site | A participant, in a public account | 2014 |
| First scene, agency | $800–1,000; "big studios pay more, indie shoots pay less" | Guides for newcomers and producers | 2026 |
| With experience | "Minimum boy/girl is a thousand dollars" | Mark Spiegler, agent | 2019 |
| With experience | $1,200 per scene | Ariana Marie (2019), Lana Rhoades (2024), actresses | 2019–2024 |
When someone offers far more
The highest figures circulating online don't come from any interview: they come from adverts and private messages, and they were almost never paid. The pattern is always the same. An amount far above the tables here, pressure to hurry, and nothing clear about where the video will be published. If someone offers you three times the normal rate, the question isn't how much, it's why. I go into it in How can you tell a legitimate offer from a scam.
What you can insist on
The amount is only one part of the agreement. Before you accept a scene, it has to be in writing what gets filmed, where it's published, under what name, and how it stops. That's in What should an adult filming contract contain?.
All figures come from public sources, press and interviews, with their author and their year. They are not a recommended rate, nor what any particular producer pays. This article does not constitute legal advice.
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