How Much Do Top Earning 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. 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."

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