Not quite. Up until a month a go he was in real danger of hist patreon dipping below $3k. I have no idea what patreon's cut of that is but let's say it's 10%, which I think is realllly low balling it. That means he's been bringing in roughly $2800 a month. Times that by 12 (for months hel'll get payouts in a year) you get $33600. Divide it by 2080 (for typical working hours in a year) you get an estimated hourly wage of
$16.15. He's been doing this for over a decade. People who've worked at the same warehouse, for the same amount of time, and have applied themselves will most likely be making more than that. Not only has he been doing this for a decade but he's self employed meaning that there's no business that offers him insurance, retirement, or any benefits. Plus he lives in Bahstain. A quick search gave me this website which says that
Bob is paying about 13% in income tax.
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Assuming this is near accurate that drops his estimated hourly wage to
$14.05. Even if his sympathy boost in his patreon doesn't evaporate this next month, he'd still only be making about
$22.60. Now a man could live off of that. A man could raise a family on that, albeit with things maybe getting tight from time to time. However Bob is not rolling in it. In fact he was probably struggling for quite some time. It helps explain why he tried to pawn his
junk off on ebay. Speaking of evaporating...
From Thursday (11-12-20)
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Today (11-14-20)
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I'm fully admitting this is preemptive and not a huge drop. It's actually seems pretty typical from the rate we've seen him lose in the past. So let's just sit and wait and see if the footless wonder can pull out a hail mary in the last minute of the game.
I didn't include any of his youtube money because I have no idea how to calculate that, no one really watches his stuff on his personal channel, and I don't believe that he got any kind of worthwhile wage from The Escapist after he came back.