The term “decent pay” depends on where you live and what your definition of decent pay is. Some people who are fashion designers, models or other workers in the fashion industry will need more pay if they live in cities where there is a higher cost of living. Others may live in cities where they have lower costs of living and they may not need to be paid as much.
However, overall, people probably don’t get paid enough in the fashion industry because it is so cutthroat. Models usually make very little in the beginning until they make it big and many of them do not make it big. The same can be said for fashion designers. Only the top designers make money.