Payout rates from the MSO/Cable companies vary by area and by company. in other words Comcast may pay X amount of $$ in New Jersey, but only pay Y amount of $$$ in another state. Then one must factor in what cut the prime is grabbing for themselves, and then you have the pimp pretending to be primes cutting another chunk off for themselves simply for introducing you.
Some primes actually have a real business structure with offices, dispatchers, managers, trainers, etc. that needs to be paid for.
While others simply hand out routes in the MSO's parking lot and make you wait till they get paid, and still devour an obscene amount of the payout for awakening from their drug induced stupor in the morning and convincing some get high buddy to run the show while they lay in bed scratching their nards.