How much a scene pays in Spain
There are no official rates, and anyone giving you a fixed figure online is making it up. What can be explained is how a fee is built, what gets taken off it, and how to set your minimum before anyone asks you for it.
Why nobody publishes rates
In adult film there is no collective agreement and no reference table. Every production negotiates separately, almost nobody says what they earn, and that opacity is not accidental: it always favours whoever holds more information, and that is rarely the person starting out.
The practical consequence is that two people can be paid very different amounts for the same work, on the same day, on the same set. The difference is rarely the body or the talent. It is whether they arrived knowing what to ask for.
What is actually being paid for
A fee does not pay for a few hours. It pays for four things at once, and pulling them apart is what lets you negotiate instead of accepting or refusing a number.
- The type of scene. The more specific or more demanding what gets filmed is, the more it pays, and that is also why your limits have an economic value and not only a personal one.
- The rights you assign. A scene for one paid platform is not the same as a worldwide, perpetual assignment for any medium. The broader the use, the more expensive.
- The actual time. Half a day and a full day are not the same, and neither is a scene that runs long with nothing agreed beforehand.
- The travel. A decent fee you then have to subtract a train ticket and a hotel night from stops being the same fee.
Anything not on that list and filmed anyway is unpaid work: photos for social media, vertical content, a second scene “while we are here”. It is agreed beforehand and paid separately, or it does not happen.
Gross, net and what reaches your account
If you invoice as self-employed, the figure you agree on is not the one you see at the bank, and it is worth knowing the route before you say yes.
VAT is added on top of the agreed base: you collect it with the invoice but it is not yours, and you hand it over to Hacienda in the quarterly return. An IRPF withholding may also be deducted, which the production company pays to Hacienda in your name and which is then set against what you owe in the annual return.
The usual withholding for professional activities is 15 %, and 7 % during the year you register and the two following ones. The heading you register under determines what applies in your case, and that is decided by a gestor looking at your situation, not by a web page.
Short rule: always ask whether the amount you are discussing is with or without VAT, and whether the withholding comes off separately. Two people who believe they agreed the same thing without clearing that up end up arguing on payment day.
How to set your minimum
Your minimum rate is the amount below which you would rather not work. It is not what you think you are worth or what you think they will offer: it is a boundary, and its only job is to spare you doing any maths in the heat of a conversation.
To set it, work backwards. Start from what you want left in your account, add what goes on tax, add the whole day the shoot takes up, add the travel and the medical tests. The number that comes out is your real minimum.
Write it down by type of scene, because they do not all cost you the same. And once it is written, do not lower it mid-conversation: if an offer does not reach it, you turn it down, and nothing happens. Turning down a booking takes nothing away from what you already have.
Rates on your IZZ profile
In our catalogue, each model can state what she charges by type of scene, or leave it blank if she would rather discuss it case by case. She sets that figure, not the agency.
Stating it saves everyone time: a production whose budget does not fit never writes, and the offers that do arrive are already in range. Leaving it blank makes sense when the scene and the rights vary a lot from one job to the next.
On our commission: the production company pays it, on top of your fee, and it never comes out of what you earn. You sign nothing with us for it: it is one of the terms the production company accepts to access the catalogue. Every proposal we send you shows the fee you receive, in full.
Frequently asked questions
Is it paid by the hour or by the scene?
By the scene. The length of the shoot is agreed beforehand, and a scene that runs beyond what was agreed is renegotiated, not given away.
Do you get paid on the day of the shoot?
It depends on the production company. What matters is that the payment deadline is written into the contract along with the amount. With no written deadline, there is nothing to claim.
Can I ask for more if the scene includes practices I had not accepted?
What you did not accept does not get filmed, whatever price is offered for it. If you want to add something new, it is negotiated beforehand and put in writing, never on set with the camera waiting.
Who pays for travel?
It is agreed booking by booking. In IZZ offers, the production company states whether it covers transport, transport and accommodation, or nothing, and you see that before you answer.