It’s 2010. You could go the old school, boring ass route of become a doctor or a lawyer to make big bank. But if you’re overly faked-n-baked, have fake nails and wear three or more pounds of makeup daily you can just get on a MTV reality show and live the high life! Enter Snooki – a pint-sized firecracker who now earns $10,000 for an appearance!

After getting punched in the face on camera, Snooki went from the cheapest Jersey Shore get ($2000) to the priciest ($10,000 at last count). As for the Situation, you’d think being outed as a stripper would increase his asking fee, but he and Pauly D have been cruising at $7500 since December. I only found one data point for J-Woww ($5000) and though Vinny and Ronnie started at the same place ($3500), Ronnie’s fee dropped $500 in January, and he also wasn’t enough to hold a hosting gig on his own—a joint appearance with Sweetheart drew a combined $3000.

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