Recently, a post on Theqoo provided intriguing data about the earnings of staff in the Big 4 entertainment companies – HYBE Labels, JYP, SM, and YG Entertainment. Let’s delve into the numbers.
Hybe
Men:
- Average Income: 76 million won
- Regular Employees: 209
- Contract Employees: 19
- Part-time Employees: X
- Total Annual Salary: 17.429 trillion won
Women:
- Average Income: 51 million won
- Regular Employees: 466
- Contract Employees: 13
- Part-time Employees: 1
- Total Annual Salary: 24.716 trillion won
Total:
- Average Income: 64 million won
- Regular Employees: 675
- Contract Employees: 32
- Part-time Employees: 1
- Total Annual Salary: 42.135 trillion won
JYP
Men:
- Average Income: 58.02 million won
- Regular Employees: 126
- Contract Employees: X
- Part-time Employees: 7
- Total Annual Salary: 1.716 trillion won
Women:
- Average Income: 51.93 million won
- Regular Employees: 215
- Contract Employees: 3
- Part-time Employees: 2
- Total Annual Salary: 11.425 trillion won
Total:
- Average Income: 54.97 million won
- Regular Employees: 341
- Contract Employees: 3
- Part-time Employees: 9
- Total Annual Salary: 19.142 trillion won
SM
Men:
- Average Income: 55.52 million won
- Regular Employees: 202
- Contract Employees: 7
- Part-time Employees: X
- Total Annual Salary: 11.605 trillion won
Women:
- Average Income: 35.98 million won
- Regular Employees: 427
- Contract Employees: 13
- Part-time Employees: X
- Total Annual Salary: 15.808 trillion won
Total:
- Average Income: 45.72 million won
- Regular Employees: 629
- Contract Employees: 20
- Part-time Employees: X
- Total Annual Salary: 27.413 trillion won
YG
Men:
- Average Income: 42 million won
- Regular Employees: 164
- Contract Employees: 24
- Part-time Employees: X
- Total Annual Salary: 7.948 trillion won
Women:
- Average Income: 29 million won
- Regular Employees: 230
- Contract Employees: 26
- Part-time Employees: X
- Total Annual Salary: 7.387 trillion won
Total:
- Average Income: 36 million won
- Regular Employees: 394
- Contract Employees: 50
- Part-time Employees: X
- Total Annual Salary: 15.335 trillion won
Many netizens express disbelief at YG’s comparatively low salaries, while others commend JYP for maintaining a fair balance. The gender pay gap across companies raises eyebrows.
Netizens’ comments:
- Why is YG’s salary so low…
- YG is in trouble; their average salary is even lower than my company’s.
- Except for HYBE and JYP, everywhere else seems equally bad
- The company with the lowest salary gap is JYP. Noteworthy is the large number of regular employees, with only three on a contract.
- YG employees’ low salary is alarming
- The significant gender pay gap is despicable
- The company’s headquarters are in Seoul… YG is really tight-fisted
- What’s up with YG’s salary?
