With Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour officially drawing the curtains on December 8th after 21 months of global performances, estimates suggest that on average, the star raked in $17,321,063 per show.
But just how far removed are these figures from what most of us could ever hope to earn?
Using the average salary of each state, we looked at how long would it take the average US resident to accumulate the equivalent earnings from a single Eras Tour show.
Key Findings:
- South Carolina’s residents would have to work for 319.28 years on average to earn what Taylor Swift does in One Eras show – the ninth longest out of all US states.
- It is estimated that neighbors in North Carolina could reach the same figure 30 years sooner.
- Ticket data reveals the average employee in South Carolina would have needed to work for 9.16 hours to secure a spot at one of Swift’s shows.
- It would take Americans 283.47 years on average to accumulate what Taylor Swift makes in a single show, totalling 4.8 lifetimes based on the average working life span of 48 years in the US.
Where it would take the longest to earn what Taylor does per show
| Rank | State | Average annual salary ($) | No. of years to earn 1 Eras Tour show | Lifetimes needed to earn 1 Eras Tour show |
| 1 | Mississippi | 47,570 | 364.12 | 7.59 |
| 2 | Arkansas | 51,250 | 337.97 | 7.04 |
| 3 | West Virginia | 52,200 | 331.82 | 6.91 |
| 4 | South Dakota | 53,230 | 325.40 | 6.78 |
| 5 | Alabama | 53,400 | 324.36 | 6.76 |
| 6 | Louisiana | 53,440 | 324.12 | 6.75 |
| 7 | Oklahoma | 53,450 | 324.06 | 6.75 |
| 8 | Kentucky | 54,030 | 320.58 | 6.68 |
| 9 | South Carolina | 54,250 | 319.28 | 6.65 |
| 10 | Idaho | 55,640 | 311.31 | 6.49 |
South Carolina ranks ninth out of the states where employees would have to work the longest to earn the gross revenue of a single Eras Tour show. Estimates suggest it could take 6.65 lifetimes, or 319.28 years to rack up the revenue of a single show. Interestingly, employees need approximately 30 years longer, or 0.61 lifetimes more to be in line with neighbors in North Carolina (289.98 years).
