What is a prima ballerina salary?

While there isn’t specific data for ballerinas, dancers of all types have an average salary of $48,234 per year . Lead ballerinas and those who work for larger companies might make more money than other ballerinas, since these companies typically charge more for tickets and have more sponsors and donors.

Who is the highest paid dancer?

1 Mikhail Baryshnikov. 2 Rudolf Nureyev. 3 Benjamin Millepied. 4 Nina Ananiashvili. 5 Olga Smirnova. 6 Polina Semionova. 7 Anthony Dowell. 8 Gillian Murphy.