Samsung paid an average of 183.3 million won (US$126,000) per outside director in 2024. The figure marked a 9.8 percent decline from the previous year. Samsung said one of its officials has been elected chair of a key technical group under the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) The average salary was calculated by dividing the total payroll for outside directors by the annual average number of directors employed by the company. Samsung Group led the list with 13 affiliates offering high outside director salaries, followed by SK Group with nine affiliates. Hyundai Motor Group and LG Group each had two affiliates on the list. Among them, 26 were affiliates of South Korea’s top four business groups — Samsung, SK, Hyundai Motor and LG. The list of 247 companies was compiled by CEO Score, a corporate tracker here said on Wednesday. The total number of companies surveyed was 247 out of the country’s top 500 firms by market capitalisation. The survey was conducted between February and March of this year.