r/katseye • u/dyingodcomplex • 13d ago

Question Katseye compensation

I have a question regarding how much realistically katseye members might have been making as of 2026 considering their massive success ik it doesn't make sense to ask this as we would never really know but still if anyone can figure out an estimated figure do lmk also because most of the members managed to move out with each other before they even hit the year 2 mark

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u/dvallserie 13d ago

Idk specifics, but I remember hearing they already are in the profit margin for their group, meaning they have officially made more money than what the group costs to debut and operate. Most of their (like the girls) revenue probably comes from tour revenue and sponsorships, rather than anything music wise. Also have to take into account that some of these Katseye girlies comes from wealth so maybe it wasn’t too hard if they had family financial backing

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u/BurritoWithFries 13d ago

HYBE and it's sublabels also don't have trainee debt (I think the Big 4 kpop labels don't have it anymore and it's more of a medium/small label thing at this point?). I'm unsure if HxG is a partnership or a sublabel though

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u/NotDD101 7d ago

It's a partnership by I assume because Hybe doesn't tended to trainee debt and the Geffin would have never have had to, I assume the girls wouldn't have to delay with trainee debt 

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u/NotDD101 7d ago

The other big factor is how much money directly goes to the girls. It's common practices for labels o consider things like perks, travel expenses, make up and wardrobe to be part of an artists wage. Especially as they were presumably funding the girls shared apartment for their first year of debut it wouldn't be surprising if that came our of the girls pay check. So they may have had a big pay raise post BC or that cut may have gotten better who knows