Pete Davidson performs at The Stress Factory Comedy Club on May 30, 2015 in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
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Kenan Thompson on Pete Davidson Revealing ‘SNL’ Starting Salary: “You Gotta Pay Your Dues”
Davidson recently revealed that his starting salary for Saturday Night Live was $3,000 per episode.
After Pete Davidson recently revealed what his starting salary was for Saturday Night Live, Kenan Thompsonhas spoken a bit more about how pay rates go when it comes to new cast members of the longtime TV sketch show.
In a video roundup for New York Magazine, in which current and former SNL cast members were asked what their biggest splurge was after getting their first paycheck on the show, Davidson, who was on the SNL cast from 2014 to 2022, said, My biggest indulgence after my first SNL paycheck? Do you guys know what they pay us? It’s like three grand an episode.”“I think I got dinner,” he added.
Jason Sudekeis, who also appeared in the video, seemed to second that, saying, “I mean, you don’t make enough money to make big purchases, so I think New York rent was probably the biggest purchase I made after writing my first year on SNL.”
While speaking with Variety at the American Museum of Natural History gala on Thursday night, Thompson spoke about SNL starting salaries.
“It’s pretty notorious that it’s more so about having the job than getting paid for the job,” Thomspon said. “You gotta pay your dues a little bit, yeah.”
Thompson declined to give Variety specific salary numbers.
The former Kenan & Kel star is the longest-serving cast member on SNL since joining in 2003, having done 22 seasons on the sketch show.
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