Many higher stakes players get thousands of
rakeback per month. The Rakeback.com record one month rakeback for one player is $11,502.
But you have to be playing the bigger stakes to generate thousands of rake, and to do that consistently you'll have to be a winning player anyways. So it would be strange to say to live off rakeback only. That said, rakeback can bail you out of bad beat months going in the red.
Check out the
What is your highest rakeback? poll on our forums to see other users voting what their highest rakeback payment has been.