I’ve addressed inflation in previous posts, but just wanted to touch on it again in light of the current economic climate. True contractors get to charge whatever they want for their services. Some lawyers would argue that even with pricing flexibility, dancers are still inherently employees because they are integral to the business operation. As misclassified employees with no union, clubs normally require the dancer to charge around $20 per song, give or take, depending on the club. Normally clubs take $5-$10 per song out of their set prices, give or take, depending on the club. Sometimes when clubs try to look more like they’re not misclassifying, they will allow a dancer to charge whatever she wants. That is rare though. Most dancers do not fight back to change the stagnant pricing. They just keep getting more poor as nationwide inflation occurs and they’re still charging the same amount of money for dances that was charged three decades ago. It is very pathetic.