Samsung Electronics salaries hit new high in Q1

Samsung Electronics employees earned an estimated average of 36 million won ($26,500) in the first quarter of 2026, or roughly 12 million won per month, according to a report released Monday by the Korea CXO Institute. The chaebol tracker estimated Samsung’s total payroll at between 4.25 trillion won and 4.79 trillion won based on the company’s reported “salary by nature” figure of 5.6 trillion won for the January-March period. Historically, Samsung’s payroll has accounted for about 76 percent t

By The Korea Herald