BREAKING: Pete Davidson has claimed ‘Saturday Night Live’ stars get paid $3,000 per episode. “Do you guys know what they pay us?” said Davidson, who spent eight seasons as an “SNL” cast member from 2014 to 2022…See More

but he wasn’t making big bucks when he joined the popular sketch comedy show in 2014.

“My biggest indulgence after my first ‘SNL’ paycheck? Do you guys know what they pay us? It’s like three grand an episode. The comedian, then 20 years old, was one of the youngest-ever hires and the show’s first cast member born in the 1990s. Davidson most notably played a character named Chad in various sketches and was a frequent guest on the “Weekend Update” segment.

Although Davidson seemingly considered his early “SNL” paycheck small, his growing popularity led him to land even more work as an actor.

While on “SNL,” Davidson took on other projects, including starring in Machine Gun Kelly’s music video for “Loco,” playing a supporting part in the hit Netflix rom-com “Set It Up,” and having