Forbes' latest list ranks the world's highest-paid DJs over the past year.

With the increasing popularity and resurgenceof electronic dance music, better known as EDM, DJ paydays have also seen a record high.

The top ten "Electronic Cash Kings," as Forbes calls them, earned anywhere from $7 million to $22 million in the past year alone.

As Forbes points out:

One need only look at the recent activities of the genre’s most prominent practitioners: Last year, Skrillex was one of the main attractions at Coachella; last month, Deadmau5 ended up on the cover of Rolling Stone; last week, Kaskade became the first electronic act to sell out the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The proof is in the hundred-dollar ticket prices, EDM is officially mainstream. And the top earners who hide behind computers with headphones on, all of whom are male, are reaping the benefits.

And unlike rock bands and pop stars who take home just one-third of gross ticket sales, DJ's production costs are often extremely minor as they simply require a USB stick, headphones and a laptop.

Forbes put together the following ranking after looking at recorded music sales, endorsements, merchandise sales, and sourcing Pollstar, RIAA, promoters, managers, lawyers, and some of the artists themselves.

10. Avicii—$7 Million

This 22-year-old Swede spins all over the world with his two essential tools:

 "a thumb drive and a good set of head phones."

He also picked up a Grammy nomination this year for Best Dance Single

 and was a featured performer at this year's Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago.

"Major festivals can pay [acts] $1,000–$2 million ...

 Music has gotten huge thanks to the internet," Lollapalooza co-founder

 and artists booker, Marc Geiger, told Bloomberg.

9. Afrojack—$9 Million

The former boyfriend of Paris Hilton, this Dutch DJ also moonlights as a

 music producer.

He was featured on Pitbull's number one hit single "Give Me Everything"

 and contributed to Beyoncé's single "Run the World (Girls)."

Afrojack also runs Wall Recordings, which has Dutchhouse DJs such as himself

 signed onto the label.

8. Kaskade—$10 Million

41-year-old Ryan Raddon, better known as Kaskade,

 performed 125 shows over the past year, according to Forbes.

The Illinois-born DJ rose to prominence alongside Deadmau5

 and Wolfgang Gartner during the revival of American progressive

 in late 2008–early 2009.

7. DJ Pauly D—$11 Million

 DJ Pauly D gets half his annual earnings from the 132 DJ gigs he played over the past

 year.

And the reality TV star has managed to parlay his fame into a lucrative DJ career,

commanding an average of $40,000 per club gig, private parties,

 and a stint opening for Britney Spears on her Femme Fatale tour.

Pauly D also launched a clothing line called Dirty Couture,

 a Pauly D Bronze Beats tanning lotion, plans for an SMS Audio headphone line

 with 50 Cent, a beverage called REMIX Pre-Game Cocktails in partnership with a Grey

 Goose cofounder, and a spinoff series titled "The Pauly D Project."

But with success comes the haters, including the competition. After Deadmau5

 said "there's nothing creative about" Pauly D's work, the MTV star tweeted:

“T-shirt $40. Jeans $100. Hair gel $12. Getting hated on by deadmau5: priceless.”

6. Deadmau5—$11.5 Million

 (pronounced "dead mouse") or the DJ who wears an enlarged Mickey Mouse head,

 is a 31-year-old electro-house music producer, DJ, and performer based in Toronto.

In 2009, he was the best-selling artist on Beatport

 with more than 30,000 digital downloads with his singles "Not Exactly,"

 "Faxing Berlin," and "Ghosts 'n' Stuff."

5. Steve Aoki—$12 Million

 he plays more gigs than most—performing over 200 days a year.

The 34-year-old American electro-house musician,

 record producer and founder of Dim Mak Records also co-owns

 a management company called DECKSTAR with the late DJ AM.

 The roster boasts artists such as Blink 182, Holy Ghost! and Rancid.

Not that Aoki needs the money, as he's the heir to the Benihana fortune.

 His father,founded the restaurant chain, was also a former Japanese wrestler.

4. David Guetta—$13.5 Million

 all over the world, including this year's Coachella.

After entering the pop music world with his album "Nothing but the Beat,"

 Guetta also got an endorsement deal with HP to showcase the TouchPad

 and appeared in a TV commercial, print and billboard advertising, and two videos.

The partnership was beneficial for webOS and the TouchPad, as Guetta’s videos

 are viewed an average of 100 million times on his YouTube channel.

Guetta has since collaborated with Nicki Minaj, Akon, Sia, Usher,

 Ludacris, Chris Brown, and Lil Wayne, among others.

3. Swedish House Mafia—$14 Million

 and tickets to their shows sell for hundreds of dollars.

SHM manager Amy Thomson told Billboard there was no giant sponsor

 underwriting the MSG event and major marketing campaign planned.

 The idea was simply to throw "the biggest private party on earth ... 

There's no TV, no above-the-line glossy magazines. 

All our advertising is just three dots, and if you don't know what they are,

 cool—don't come."

2. Skrillex—$15 Million

 he made "dubstep"—a genre of electronic dance music that originated in South London—popular worldwide.

“I’ve been listening to electronic music since I was 12,” Skrillex told Forbes.

 “Even when I played in rock bands, I’ve been making it … 

This is the first time it’s gotten so big.”

In December 2011, he was named MTV's Electronic Dance Music Artist of the Year.

As of February, Skrillex has been dating fellow artist and singer, Ellie Goulding, who performed at Prince William and Kate Middleton's Royal Wedding.

1. Tiësto—$22 Million

all over the world.

At age 43, he has his own label, Black Hole Recordings, and was the first DJ to ever

 play live on stage at the Olympics,

 spinning at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.