<p>The role of violence in criminal achievement is not fully understood. Yet, examining whether violence contributes to increased illegal earnings could enhance our knowledge of the motivations for criminal involvement. Drawing on human capital and Bourdeusian criminology literature, the current study investigates the relationship between violent crimes and illegal earnings using data on 316 active violent offenders collected between 2013 and 2019 in Quebec, Canada. A between–within hybrid model was used to analyze changes within individuals over time and between individuals. While involvement in violence was associated with higher illegal earnings at the bivariate within-person level, a between–within effects analysis showed that this relationship was not significant when the time-varying nature of the data was accounted for. Instead, increased earnings were largely explained by higher overall criminal volume and co-offending—forms of criminal human and social capital. Therefore, criminal achievement may not be significantly influenced by individual violent acts, suggesting it may not be as important as previously thought once other forms of capital are considered. Bourdeusian criminology offers an alternative avenue to explore this relationship in future research, taking into account the symbolic and relational aspect of criminal capital. By looking at a sample of active offenders, this study contributes to a more nuanced understanding of how different forms of capital shape criminal achievement.</p>