Do you think you have what it takes to make streaming into a full time job? Here are some numbers you should consider in making that decision.
First up, minimum wage is generally 7.25 a hour, a work week is 40 hours.
Spreadsheet for US Minimum Wage at 7.25 & 40 Hours a week.
| Yearly | Monthly | Two Weekly | Weekly | |
| Gross Income | $15,080.00 | $1,256.67 | $580.00 | $290.00 |
| Taxable Income | $4,680.00 | $390.00 | $180.00 | $90.00 |
| Federal Tax | $468.00 | $39.00 | $18.00 | $9.00 |
| Social Security | $1,153.62 | $96.14 | $44.37 | $22.19 |
| Total | $13,458.38 | $1,121.53 | $517.63 | $258.82 |
Next up streaming income, the super bare bone basics!
Advertisements / Subscription / Bit Income
- For every 1000 Impressions (not blocked by Adblockers) you earn an average of 3.00
Twitch runs 1 Ad during the start of a stream and another at the end.- Partners have the option to trigger mid-roll ads every 8 minutes in various blocks.
- For you to make minimum wage you need roughly 2,420 Ad Impressions Per Hour
- For 8 Hours per day that is 19,360 Ad Impressions
Note, video ad time play is also taking into account, but I'm not sure how to calculate that metric, I'm leaving that out and just keeping basic ad impressions.
- For 8 Hours per day that is 19,360 Ad Impressions
- If you go by just base entry sub of 4.99@50% split and only that you will need to have around 503 to meet the monthly minimum wage amount.
- That’s about 16 or so every day for 30 days.
- For bits and only bits you have to get 125,600 each month.
Check your broadcaster stats, run it against the above basic data and see if you have at least minimum wage type of potential before going full-time.
