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http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43784251 BBC article on #SexWork #UK. I'm trying to work the numbers out.
The property owner says he make £60,000 per year ( before tax).
The price is £70 per half hour ( split £25 for owner, £45 for worker)
The shop supports 15-20 workers
So that is 60,000/25 = 2400 (1/2 hour) sessions a year
Total Income for workers = £ 2400*45 = £108000
Max mean income for worker = 108000/15 = £7200, or approx £140 per week.
That's a long way off the "I'm making £900 a week" the worker in the article says.
The only person making a living is the pimp ?-
To be fair, the quote was "with the earning potential of up to £900 a week" it still looks like the numbers don't stack up, and the only person taking the big money is the landlord.
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Well I guess that assumes the distribution of work across the workers is even.
Assuming that 80% of the workers take 20% of the work, and 20% do 80%
108000*0.8/(15*0.2) gives 3 workers making £ 28,800 per year
(working on approx 8 jobs a week every week),
The other 12 workers making £1800 per year (about 26 jobs per year)-
If the workers were able to legally run their shop, they wouldn't need a landlord to take 35% of the turnover, they could just add a minimum wage SIA worker for security instead.
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