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For the hours that top players are putting in, their hourly wage is probably close to something very average.

Don't forget, they get paid a salary + sponsorship on top of the earnings from tournaments

There's streaming revenue as well.

Very few get paid salary.

Even if they're not being paid much of a salary, anyone who lives in a team house doesn't have much in terms of costs (no rent or utilities, and probably most of their food is provided). What this means is that the mid-tier pro's might not be putting much money into the bank, but they also are living comfortably.

Depending on the team, the pro is actually required to pay a "live-in" fee to the team house, in addition to portions of any income through winnings and/or streaming.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they are slaves or anything, but it is not exactly glamourous either - even for those that make it to a team house. Long hours, modest living, dorm/frat house type housing with very little privacy... Unless you are talking about EG / the EG house which seems to provide quite well for their pros.

It's like most 2nd tier individual sports. There are a handful of people making pretty good money at the very top. The rest of the pros are just barely hanging on, hoping to get into that top handful.

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