A second added, "Outside of Lorne and the senior staff, nobody's getting rich off of SNL. But if you play your cards right, you're getting rich AFTER SNL." Meanwhile, a third noted, "Pretty sure I've read somewhere it's just over 100k per year for newer cast.

Current and former cast members dished on what they bought with their first (smaller than you’d expect) “SNL” paychecks ahead of the show’s 50th anniversary special.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Bowen Yang both admitted to buying designer shoes with their first SNL paycheck, as the Wicked star said: “Going to Saks across the street buying a pair of Gucci shoes — the kind that everyone got, and the kind that I wouldn’t feel super cool wearing out now.”