According to statistics there are 1M+ sex workers, escorts, massage girls, brothel workers.
I can pay a woman for sex with a stranger if making a porn film, but to pay a woman to have sex with a stranger in private is deemed prostitution, and therefore illegal?
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/magazine/should-prostitution-be-a-crime.html
Instead of cleaning-up the escort directory sites the trade has moved to “so called” dating sites and sugar daddy sites.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-prostitution-internet-exclusive-idUSKCN1RN13E
In an odd twist, the first bill, which takes a libertarian and free-market approach to sex work, is supported by leftwing groups including the Democratic Socialists of America.
Sex workers aren’t always a part of the conversation about police brutality, but they should be. Police regularly target, harass, and assault sex workers, such as escorts, massage parlor girls, trans women of color and call girls. The police usually get away with the abuse because women who are sex workers fear being arrested if they report the abuse.
Experts estimate 1 million to 2 million women working as; escorts, call girls and street prostitutes in the United States.
https://prostitution.procon.org/
What is an escort? It’s important to know that escorts aren't synonymous with prostitution. That’s one of the biggest misconceptions about this business. Escorts are hired for their time, not for sexual encounters.
https://summitdefense.com/blog/escorting-vs-prostitution
Click the link to find the most comprehensive list of brothels that are arranged by name within their location.