According to this Samsung is forecasting $73 billion in profits for 2026.
For 45,000 employees that would be a bit over $1.6 million per person.
Now, granted, only the SK Hynix profits count and it’s only 35,000 employees, but the numbers seem to be in the right ballpark.
That $460,000 number only seem suspiciously high to most people because we’re not use to thinking in billions and we seriously overestimate how tiny the fraction of the value they create ends up in the hands of workers in sectors like High Tech.
According to this Samsung is forecasting $73 billion in profits for 2026.
For 45,000 employees that would be a bit over $1.6 million per person.
Now, granted, only the SK Hynix profits count and it’s only 35,000 employees, but the numbers seem to be in the right ballpark.
That $460,000 number only seem suspiciously high to most people because we’re not use to thinking in billions and we seriously overestimate how tiny the fraction of the value they create ends up in the hands of workers in sectors like High Tech.