Average Wedding DJ: Average Pricing

Average Pricing

When considering hiring entertainment for a wedding reception, the ability to make an informed decision can often be influenced by Average Pricing. Due to the large majority of Wedding DJs being only part-time hobbyists instead of full-time professionals, it's pretty safe to say that the Average Pricing you will encounter will be indicative of Wedding DJs who don't take their business seriously enough to make it their full-time career. In fact, in a DJ Times survey, 81% of the DJs surveyed make less than $46,000 per year. When you then speak with a full-time professional, their price may seem high in comparison to the Average Pricing you have already encountered. At that point, you will have an important decision to make. Will a Wedding DJ who offers Average Pricing deliver anything more than average results? Will spending more on a full-time professional Wedding DJ be a better value?

If you ask an Average Wedding DJ what they do that makes their service worth so much more than cheap Wedding DJs, they will most likely give you a short list of things they do and services they offer that set them apart from the bottom end of the pricing scale. But if you then ask them what a high priced Wedding DJ will do that is so much better than what they currently offer, they will typically try to tell you that there is no difference. They will claim to offer the same level of service and performance as the high priced Wedding DJ, only at their discounted, average rate. The really interesting part is this answer will be entirely similar when it is asked of the cheap Wedding DJ in comparison to the average priced Wedding DJ. "We do the same thing...we're just cheaper".

All Wedding DJs do many of the same things, but how those things are done determines whether you are dealing with a professional Wedding Entertainment Director™ or an Average Wedding DJ, because "Average Is As Average Does". Pricing for Wedding DJs is tied directly to their skill and talent levels, because the top performers will always see increased demand thus allowing them to charge increasingly higher fees. But an Average Wedding DJ will not see as much increased demand and will thus be stuck in the range of Average Pricing.

Think for a moment about your wedding reception. What aspects of it are most important to you? Will it be having the world's most memorable wedding cake? Will it be a photo album filled with artistic images that make you look like a celebrity? Will it be creating an enjoyable celebration that your guests will remember for years to come? Your priorities will determine the kind of reception you will experience. If decorations are your highest priority, you will have a well-decorated reception. If great catering is your highest priority, your reception will be well-fed. But if having Unforgettable Reception Entertainment is your highest priority, then finding the best Wedding Entertainment Director™ money can buy will be your goal.