Samsung Electronics' average employee pay last year was tallied at 158 million won. It rose 21.5% (28 million won) from the 2024 average compensation (130 million won), marking a record high.
Jun Young-hyun, head of the Samsung Electronics Device Solutions (DS) division (vice chairman), and Roh Tae-Moon, head of the Device eXperience (DX) division (president), received 5.6 billion won and 6.1 billion won in compensation last year, respectively. Vice Chairman Jun leads the semiconductor business, while President Roh leads the finished goods business. The total compensation paid to nine directors and auditors last year was 28.052 billion won. The per-person average was calculated at 3.006 billion won.
According to the 2025 business report disclosed by Samsung Electronics on the 10th, Vice Chairman Jun received 1.711 billion won in salary. Including a 3.578 billion won bonus and other items, his total compensation was 5.606 billion won. President Roh received 1.597 billion won in salary and a 4.366 billion won bonus, totaling 6.125 billion won.
Lee Won-jin, Samsung Electronics' head of global marketing (president), received 3.457 billion won in salary and a 3.758 billion won bonus, totaling 7.305 billion won. Song Jai-hyuk, Samsung Electronics' chief technology officer (CTO, president), received 766 million won in salary and a 918 million won bonus, totaling 1.843 billion won.
Among Samsung Electronics retirees, adviser Jeon Kyung-hoon received a total of 6.417 billion won, including severance pay. Adviser Shin Myung-hoon received a total of 6.331 billion won. Former Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Han Jong-hee, who passed away last year, received a total of 13.407 billion won, including 8.558 billion won in severance, 465 million won in salary, and a 4.353 billion won bonus.
The business report also disclosed the scale of "performance share units" (PSUs). Samsung Electronics introduced the PSU program in Oct. last year to strengthen accountable management by employees and executives for mid- to long-term business performance. It will grant a total of 35.29 million shares (an average of 275 shares per person) to about 130,000 employees and executives. However, whether PSUs are actually granted and in what quantity will be determined by the stock price appreciation rate through Oct. 2028, so the actual grant size has not yet been finalized.
As of the end of last year, the number of domestic employees of Samsung Electronics, excluding registered executives, totaled 128,881, a slight decrease from the previous year (129,480). The average employee tenure increased to 13.7 years from 13.0 years a year earlier.