Angel Reese got real about her finances and joked she’s “living beyond my means.”

In a recent Instagram Live video, the Chicago Sky forward said her WNBA salary doesn’t cover her rent, which is $8,000 per month.

Reese, a Maryland native, has an apartment in Chicago. It’s unclear if she has other residence(s).

“Hatin’ pays them bills baby. I just hope y’all know the WNBA don’t pay my bills at all. I don’t even think that doesn’t pays one of my bills,” Reese said.

“Literally, I’m trying to think of my rent rent for where I stay at. Let me do the math real quick… I don’t even know my salary — 74 [thousand]?” she asked someone off to the side who was not in the video.Explore More

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Angel Reese discussed her finances and her WNBA salary in a recent Instagram Live video.X
Reese, who filmed the video while in New York for the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on Tuesday, was shocked at the outcome after she calculated the numbers.

“I’m living beyond my means!” she said while hysterically laughing. “Syke!”

That’s when she said her rent is $8,000.

“I’m living beyond my means like y’all think,” she quipped.

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Angel Reese discussed her finances and her WNBA salary in a recent Instagram Live video.X

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Angel Reese #5 of the Chicago Sky shoots a free throw during the game against the Los Angeles Sparks on September 6, 2024 at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, IL.NBAE via Getty Images
Reese, who the Sky selected out of LSU with the No. 7 overall pick in this year’s WNBA draft, made $73,439 in her first season.

She is projected to make $74,909 next season, as determined by the WNBA’s current collective bargaining agreement.

That doesn’t include Reese’s earnings from endorsement deals, brand partnerships and ventures outside of the WNBA.

Reese also is signed to play with the newly-formed Unrivaled 3×3 league, which begins on Jan. 17, and just landed a broadcast contract with TNT.

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Angel Reese attends the 2024 Victoria’s Secret’s Fashion Show in New York on October 15, 2024.Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock

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Angel Reese attends The Prelude to The Paris Games 2024 on July 25, 2024 in Paris, France.WireImage
Reese was the first athlete to sign with Reebok’s NIL roster in October 2023.

She became a top NIL earner after leading LSU to an NCAA title that year.

Some of her endorsement deals include Reese’s, Beats by Dre, Coach, ZOA energy drink, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit and Raising Cane’s. She also has a clothing line at Dick’s Sporting Goods.

Reese, who’s been open about her love for designer fashion and bags, announced she was declaring for the 2024 WNBA Draft in a photoshoot spread in Vogue.

Angel Reese is opening up about her finances.

The 22-year-old basketball star revealed how much she pays in monthly rent for her apartment — and how her annual salary from playing in the WNBA doesn’t cover her living expenses — during a recent Instagram Live, which was re-uploaded by a fan account on X (formerly Twitter).

“I just hope y’all know, the WNBA don’t pay my bills at all,” Reese told her followers. “I don’t even think it pays one of my bills, literally.”

The Chicago Sky forward then admitted she was unsure of her salary from the WNBA — according to Sportrac, it was $73,439 this season — before calculating whether or not it would cover her rent alone. After doing the math on her $8,000 a month rent, Reese joked, “I’m living beyond my means!”

Angel Reese at the 2023 ESPYS on July 12, 2023.Christopher Polk/Variety

Instead of her WNBA salary, Reese said, “Hatin’ pays them bills baby,” seemingly referring to the large audience she’s built on social media.

Even before she was drafted by the league, Reese was one of the top earning NIL athletes alongside Bronny James and Olivia Dunne. Currently, the Sky star has deals with Reebok, Hersey’s Reese’s Piece’s, Beats by Dr. Dre and Good American.

She also hosts her own podcast, Unapologetically Angel, and creates branded content on her popular Instagram and TikTok accounts.

After the clip of Reese discussing her salary and rent went viral, users on social media were quick to critique her spending habits.

Reese took to Twitter to laugh off the concern that she was actually living beyond her means, resharing a post that said, “Do y’all not see the collaborations and endorsements Angel has? I’m sure she doesn’t see that 8k leave her account.”

“Sister these folks don’t use common sense at all….,” Reese wrote in response to the post.

She also shared a post that read, “People will clown WNBA salaries then get mad at a player for figuring out how to get to other bags in the offseason,” with a photo of the Sky star walking the red carpet at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in New York.

This week, Reese joined three-time WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson on the cover of Wall Street Journal in a story about the league’s growing success.

In another post shared by Reese on X, a user wrote, “Angel on the cover of the Wall Street Journal and y’all think she can’t afford rent lol.”