Bowen Yang Salary: How much does Bowen Yang make?

Bowen Yang is an Australian-born American actor, comedian, writer, singer, rapper, and podcaster. Bowen Yang’s starting salary on Saturday Night Live is $7k per episode.

Bowen Yang joined the writing staff of the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live ahead of its 44th season in September 2018, and a year later, in September 2019, he was promoted to on-air cast status for SNL’s 45th season.

He became the show’s first Chinese-American, first Australian-American, third openly gay male, and fourth-ever cast member of Asian descent.

In 2021, he became the first SNL featured player to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. Prior to the 47th season, he was promoted to repertory status.

Yang has appeared in the TV shows Girls5Eva, Ziwe, and The Other Two, as well as Awkwafina Nora from Queens.

In 2021, Bowen Yang appeared on the Time 100, Time’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.