StaceyPowers Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 Top esports players obviously earn a lot of money, but I have read that a typical salary for those in the mid tier is more like $50,000-$75,000. Considering the sheer amount of time, work and stress that goes into the job, that actually sounds low to me. How do you feel about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane99 Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 No idea. I figure there are varying tournaments out there, some that pay really good and some that pay a few hundred dollars or less. It depends on the players and the places hosting the tournament. I imagine you have to have a long history of being in esports or gaming tournaments to make the most money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForwardSlashDownPoke Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 13 hours ago, StaceyPowers said: Top esports players obviously earn a lot of money, but I have read that a typical salary for those in the mid tier is more like $50,000-$75,000. Considering the sheer amount of time, work and stress that goes into the job, that actually sounds low to me. How do you feel about it? $75 thousand dollars per year is more than an aircraft mechanic makes on average, and mid tier competitors are pretty easy to beat in some competitions. So if mid tier video game players are earning $75 grand a year for basically being in average territory, then they are over paid. Withywarlock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForwardSlashDownPoke Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 11 hours ago, Kane99 said: No idea. I figure there are varying tournaments out there, some that pay really good and some that pay a few hundred dollars or less. It depends on the players and the places hosting the tournament. I imagine you have to have a long history of being in esports or gaming tournaments to make the most money. Nope. You can pop into a tournament with a $15 thousand dollar jackpot entirely unannounced (aside from registration) and after having started training 2 weeks prior to the tournament and take the entire prize home right on the spot. E-sports experience can build up skill and experience, or it could quite frankly create negative characteristics in a person such as boredom, exhaustion, depression, etc. Withywarlock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonassis Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 4 hours ago, ForwardSlashDownPoke said: $75 thousand dollars per year is more than an aircraft mechanic makes on average, and mid tier competitors are pretty easy to beat in some competitions. So if mid tier video game players are earning $75 grand a year for basically being in average territory, then they are over paid. 4 hours ago, ForwardSlashDownPoke said: Nope. You can pop into a tournament with a $15 thousand dollar jackpot entirely unannounced (aside from registration) and after having started training 2 weeks prior to the tournament and take the entire prize home right on the spot. E-sports experience can build up skill and experience, or it could quite frankly create negative characteristics in a person such as boredom, exhaustion, depression, etc. Hmm, this is very informative to me, also asides from the cash prize from tournaments, Esport players also receive salaries from the "companies" that own or sponsor them right? Just like normal sports teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin11 Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 When I checked for the top earners in 2022 for esports players, the highest earner at the moment is 'Faith_bianZhang Ruida, with estimated annual earnings of '$465,900.00. With such amount in esports, I don't think they're all that underpaid, if you check for female football athletes, they aren't paid up to that annually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Withywarlock Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Given nurses in the UK make on average ~£34k a year for a significantly more stressful job, requires greater physical activity, and is - let's be honest - significantly more important... no, esports players are not underpaid by any stretch of the imagination. But what can really be done about it, if anything needs to be done about it? A lot of esports money will be generated from sponserships and advertising deals; the amount of teams kitted out in jerseys with Monster logos ironed on is innumerable, so it's got to go somewhere. Viewership and ticket prices will also generate their salary, with people paying to fill up seats at stadiums or with virtual/digital tickets. Merch in games being sold based on the teams playing the game from Overwatch to SplitGate will, again, get them a healthy cut and go towards hiring the venue to play. The only way I could see esports players being underpaid was if they couldn't afford to do their jobs, but if they can't afford to play video games on $75k per annum, what are they doing wrong? Justin11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 They’re definitely overpaid for how much viewership CoD gets. I mean for Christ’s sake look how dead Cod is on twitch when there isn’t an event. The huge salaries in eSports are all subsidized by the venture capitalist money that is blindly dumped into orgs and the large prize pools are all subsidized by Activision Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demon_skeith Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Only if they lose, otherwise if they win they would be set for awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajibusu Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 If the pay is not great, not many of them will be pushing to be popular. My point is that they earn considerable amounts of money that can help them fix some health and home needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortie Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 As someone who isn't fully into the Esports world when it comes to salary and such, I couldn't say how much is too much or too little. I would think that if they were being paid too little for the work and effort, they put in there would be some kind of uproar about it and that would very likely hit some news sites and that kind of news does tend to get out quite quickly. I would say $50,000 - $75,000 is quite a nice chunk especially for a mid-tier Esports player and it would definitely help them out a lot with what they needed. I know I would be very happy with a salary like that if I was in Esports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egghead Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 I can't say about other countries, however, in my home country, esports players are paid fairly well. That's according to newspaper reports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizdustry Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 No, I do not think they are underpaid. Some things that can affect how much money esports players make include how popular the game they play is, how tough the competition is, whether they have sponsors on their team, how skilled they are individually, and how well the whole industry is doing. However, there be occasions where employees are underpaid due to discrimination or how they choose to identify for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debashis Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 Some esports players may be underpaid compared to traditional athletes, but the industry is growing rapidly and salaries are increasing. There are esports players who earn a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lens Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 As someone who's been following the esports scene for a while now, an average player recieve around $50,000-$75,000. Based on the fact that these guys are putting in countless hours of practice, traveling non-stop, and dealing with insane pressure to perform, I think they are underpaid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
