On July 31st, 2018 at 9:59AM Forbes released the world's highest paid DJ list of 2018. In less than 5 minutes they made us want to quit selling t-shirts and jump into the DJ game. Combined the top 15 DJs earned $315.5 million. 

1. Calvin Harris - $48 million 
2. The Chainsmokers - $45.5 million
3. Tiesto - $33 million
4. Steve Aoki - $28 million
5. Marshmello - $23 million
6. Zedd - $22 million
7. Diplo - $20 million
8. David Guetta - $15 million
9. Kaskade - $13.5 million
10. Martin Garrix - $13 million
11. Axwell Ingrosso - $11.5 million
12. Kygo - $11.5 million
13. DJ Snake - $11 million 
14. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike - $10.5 Million
15. Afrojack - $10 million

Forbes gather this list using their pretax earnings. They still have to pay taxes, lawyers,  agents, and managers. Steve Aoki probably gives a good amount away due to cake neck-breaking settlements.