OpticalDelusions

This list is from 2010, but you get the idea that the #1 overall ranked billiards player makes over $100k/year, with a steep drop-off after that.

Allison Fisher, the highest earning female billiards player from 2000-2010 earned $847,280 over those 11 years, for an average of $77,025.45/year.

OP is in the top 40 for women, not all professional billiards players, so I'd venture a guess that she's making a cool $30k/year at best. However you look at it, that's a damn good salary for doing something you love, but not really enough to live on, especially in NYC.

EDIT: Ok I was waaaaaay off. Here are Erin's tournament earnings from 2006-current. She may earn more money from endorsements or other unrecorded tournaments, but her total earnings are $5,110 as of 2013.

A smile crept across my face as I read this, long had my cunning wit and superior intellect gone unnoticed by the masses. My time, my Ozymandias moment, was nigh.

Have you ever had someone write about something they clearly didn't understand (a la the 'Ozymandias moment' above)?

I posted it elsewhere in this thread, and it is 4 years old, but here is a list of the top 30 earners in pro billiards.

The top-earning female pro player earned an average salary of just over $77k/year. Not bad for doing something you enjoy.

Holy shit Evan Mathis is PFTcommenter.

The info I found was from a quick google search, she may very well have earned more in non-pro tournaments or from any other number of events. I just like playing pool and wondered how much the top players earned.

She has also said elsewhere in this AMA that this is not her only job, so I would assume that her earnings are not enough to live on.

All that being said, she's getting paid to do something she enjoys, which is a victory in my book.