Typically people think that DJs are not very rich. Local club DJ usually get paid about $ 200-300 per night. Basically most of them have permanent work. So we can say that DJing is a part-time job or serious hobby. Ofcourse if you are talented person and will become more famous your earnings will increase. Let see who is the most successful DJ in our days. Here is the list by total net worth: Calvin Harris $110 millions Tiesto $105 millions Avicii $75 millions Daft Punk $70 millions Paul Oakenfold $65 millions David Guetta $60 & Paul van Dyk $60 millions Armin Van Buuren $55 & Steve Aoki $55 millions Deadmau5 $53 millions Afrojack $50 millions Kaskade $43 millions The World's Highest-Paid DJs in 2015: Calvin Harris $ 66 millions David Guetta $37 millions Tiesto $36 millions Skrillex & Steve Aoki $24 millions Avicii $19 millions Kaskade $18 millions Martin Garrix & Zedd $17 millions Afrojack $16 millions Deadmau5 & Diplo $15 millions
Diplo made one of my favorite songs ever, so I hope he rises the list. Pretty familiar with all of them, though.
My university is getting Steve Aoki for our spring concert. Seeing the money he rakes in I'm not sure how we pulled it off considering in 2013 we had OK Go as our headliner.
I know Skrillex gets some flack from people, but I still think it's awesome that he's had/having the success that he's had.
You know guys if you ask a person (not an EDM fan) which DJ he/she knows if think majority will tell Tiesto and David Guetta. Avicii and Calvin Harris raised up very hard recently. So this list looks logical. I think your university has huge budget or good negotiator. Anyway sometimes stars can perform for a low earnings or even for free.
We had Aoki in...2013 I think? He played with Kendrick and was doing a whole college tour. These are numbers that account for huge festivals and all those college shows. He tours relentlessly I think.