Who Is This Jeff Dunham Guy (And Why Is Anyone Paying Him $200,000 Per Gig)?

In our second installment of “Who Earns What?,” we look at several lower-cost concert alternatives (at least compared to Rascal Flatts and Kiss).

Contract documents obtained by Buster detail the performance fees banked by six performers touring this summer, including Hootie, alt rockers Weezer, Christian recording artist Jeremy Camp, and Jeff Dunham, the terribly unfunny puppeteer.

The numbers:

Jeff Dunham        $200,000 *

Weezer                $150,000 *

Heart                   $100,000 *

Darius Rucker     $100,000 *

Devo                     $70,000 *

Jeremy Camp        $35,000

* Represents a minimum guaranteed fee. This figure can increase based on gross box office sales, a percentage of which goes to the artist once receipts exceed a contractually stipulated amount.