How Much Does It Cost To Book Your Favorite DJs? [Updated]

At Burning Man, the music is free. That’s because someone else paid to gift that to you. What would it cost to get these DJs to your party normally? The answers are astonishing, even if DJs are under-represented in the list. Where is Davvincii?

From Priceonomics:

Bonus: here are the highest paid DJ’s in the world for 2013, according to Forbes.

1. Calvin Harris – $46 million,
2. Tiesto –  $32 million.
3. David Guetta – $30 million
4. Swedish House Mafia – $25 million
5. DeadMau5 – $21 million
6. Avicii – $20 million
7. Afrojack – $18 million
8. Armin Van Buren – $17 million
9. Skrillex – $16 million
10. Kaskade – $16 million
11. Steve Aoki – $14 million
12. Pauly D – $13 million
13. Diplo $13 million

Our estimates include earnings from live shows, endorsements, merchandise sales, recorded music sales, external business ventures and, in the case of DJ Pauly D, television (we included him on this list because, like his fellow Electronic Cash Kings, he makes at least half his cash from DJ gigs). Sources include Songkick, Pollstar, RIAA, promoters, managers, lawyers and some of the artists themselves. Earnings totals were calculated over a 12-month period from June 1, 2012 to June 1, 2013.