Do Pro gamers make enough money to live off of?

How much do Pro gamers make compared to the a regular job. Well the highest paid pro gamer at the moment, who lives in the United States, makes about 400,000 dollars a year but that's not mainly from him and his team winning tournaments and bringing in prize money. This money mostly coming from salaries, sponsors and money from things like streaming and doing other small things. There are other ways for making money from gaming to, Reginald a League of Legends player who switched from playing to managing his team, TSM not only does he make money off his team, but he is a smart investor and he runs a business based off his team selling merchandise. He has not gone public with his money but it's speculated that he is a millionaire and one of the ways he has done this is by making his team super popular, he has them stream on Twitch and they do things with fans and he advertises plus getting a lot of sponsors for his team.

This are the higher end Pros that are famous and make a lot more money than the average Pro. On average the lesser known and average skill level teams make about 85,000 to 100,000 which is still pretty good but that is average so half the players make less than that. But another time you have to take into notice is that most teams live in player house’s that are owned by the team and the players do not have to pay for housing expenses. Traveling is also not an issue because usually the sponsor's or the people holding the tournament pay for the travel and hotel costs. The average american makes about 50,000 thousand dollars, so the average Pro player makes more than most and it is a dependable job to support yourself. But compared to other professional athletes, most gamers do not make nearly as much money. Plus its no easy ride to just become a Pro gamer and the time required to practice and to get  good enough does take a lot of time and talent. This does not leave a lot of time to get another job so they have to rely a lot on gaming. There is also a age period just like other sports where after about 30 your reaction time is just too slow to be able to compete with the younger Pros. So, yes the average Pro gamer does make enough money to live off on and it is comparable to other having a full time job.