Assuming a bounty hunter takes on 100 to 150 cases per year, he or she stands to earn an average salary in the range of $50,000 to $80,000.This brings us to the second major factor in a bounty hunter’s earning power, namely the potential payout of each case.n order to understand how payouts are calculated, let’s have a brief review of what a bounty hunter does. When a person is arrested and bail is set at, say, $100,000, the accused may seek a bail bond company to pay the bail for them.