NextFin News — Samsung Electronics Co. finalized an average performance bonus of roughly $340,000 per employee for its semiconductor division workers on Thursday, following intense labor negotiations triggered by the global artificial intelligence infrastructure boom. The payout calculation represented an allocation of 13% of the company's chip division operating profit, reflecting the massive revenue windfalls generated by soaring global demand for high-bandwidth memory hardware. While the landmark individual payouts mirrored record-high sector earnings, the labor union initially rejected the one-time structure on Wednesday to demand permanent, uncapped annual profit-sharing mechanisms on par with domestic rival SK Hynix Inc.