SEOUL, Feb 19 — The average annual salary of employees at Samsung Electronics Co. is estimated to have jumped nearly 20 per cent in 2025 from a year earlier amid an artificial intelligence (AI) boom, a report showed Thursday, with the total number of workers falling slightly, Yonhap News Agency reported.
According to a report released by the Korea CXO Institute, the average annual salary of Samsung Electronics employees, excluding registered executives, was estimated at around 155 million won (US$106,000), up 19.2 per cent from 130 million won in 2024.
The findings were based on an analysis of the firm’s workforce expenses and the number of employees enrolled in the national pension program, the industry tracker said.
The South Korean tech giant, meanwhile, appears to have reduced the recruitment of new workers in 2025, as the total number of employees enrolled in the national pension program came to 124,996, down 0.5 per cent from a year earlier.
“Last year, some global tech companies reduced employment despite strong earnings amid the AI boom,” the institute said in its report.
“Major conglomerates, including Samsung Electronics, may see slower employment growth regardless of improvements in their earnings,” it added.
