Jin’s net worth is estimated at $55 million as of October 2026, built on more than a decade as BTS’s eldest member, a stake in HYBE that dates back to the company’s 2020 stock market listing, two solo albums, a solo world tour and a run of luxury brand deals. In 2026 he returned with BTS on Arirang, which opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, while its lead single “Swim” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Published estimates for Jin differ because most of his income runs through BTS, a seven-member group signed to HYBE’s BigHit Music, and the split between the label and the members has never been made public. Tour grosses are not personal pay, and none of his brand deals come with a reported fee. The one hard number is his HYBE stake, which moves with the share price. The Radar Readout below shows our working: the published figure, our modeled range and how each income lane adds up to the headline number.
Radar Readout
Jin net worth
Updated
Oct 26, 2026
Our estimate
$55M
Likely range $39M to $73M
Confidence
Modeled estimate. His HYBE share grant, tour grosses and album sales are reported, but his pay split with HYBE and his brand fees are private, so we model what he likely kept.
How the published estimates compare
- Celebrity Net WorthSep 2026$70M
- Net Worth RadarOct 26, 2026$55M
Celebrity Net Worth's $70 million sits near the top of our range. We are more cautious about how much of BTS's group income reaches each of the seven members.
How we get to $55 million
- Wealth built with BTS through 2022, incl. Seoul property$27M$20M to $34M
- 52,385 HYBE shares at the Oct 2026 price$7M$5M to $8M
- Kept from solo era: Happy, Echo and RunSeokjin tour$7M$5M to $10M
- Kept from 2026 Arirang album and world tour$9M$6M to $13M
- Fred, Gucci, Laneige, Alo and Ottogi deals$5M$3M to $8M
You vs. Jin
At $60,000 a year, it would take you 917 years to earn Jin’s estimated $55 million, before tax and without spending a cent. His 52,385 HYBE shares at the October 21, 2026 price ($7.23 million) equals 120.5 years of your pay.
Sources and how we estimated this
We start from a modeled figure for what Jin kept from BTS's first decade, including his Hannam The Hill home. We value the 52,385 HYBE shares he is reported to hold at the October 21, 2026 price of 182,900 won, then add conservative amounts kept from his solo albums and $46.1 million solo tour, his 2026 share of BTS's Arirang comeback split seven ways after label and production costs, and brand deals whose fees are not public. How we fact-check
Jin Net Worth at a Glance
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Estimated net worth | $55 million (likely range $39 million to $73 million) |
| Real name | Kim Seok-jin |
| Born | December 4, 1992, in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea |
| Age | 33 |
| Profession | Singer, BTS vocalist, solo artist |
| Label | BigHit Music (HYBE) |
| HYBE shares | 52,385 reported, about $7.2 million at the October 21, 2026 price |
| Solo albums | Happy (2024), Echo (2025) |
| 2026 highlight | BTS’s Arirang and “Swim” both reached No. 1 in the US |
How Jin’s $55 Million Net Worth Is Built
There is no verified balance sheet for Jin, so we model his fortune from the income lanes that are reported. The central values below add up to the headline figure; the lows and highs add up to the range.
| Income lane | Our estimate | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Wealth built with BTS through 2022, including Seoul property | $27 million | $20 million to $34 million |
| 52,385 HYBE shares at the October 2026 price | $7 million | $5 million to $8 million |
| Kept from the solo era: Happy, Echo and the RunSeokjin tour | $7 million | $5 million to $10 million |
| Kept from the 2026 Arirang album and world tour | $9 million | $6 million to $13 million |
| Fred, Gucci, Laneige, Alo and Ottogi deals | $5 million | $3 million to $8 million |
| Total | $55 million | $39 million to $73 million |
The biggest uncertainty is the BTS split. A stadium tour grossing hundreds of millions of dollars has to cover production, crew, travel, promoters and the label before anything reaches the members, and whatever is left is shared seven ways. We assume each member keeps a small slice of the gross, in line with how we treat other headline acts, then divide by seven.
BTS Years and the Military Break
Kim Seok-jin was scouted by Big Hit Entertainment while he was studying acting, and he debuted as one of BTS’s four vocalists on June 13, 2013. He later graduated from Konkuk University with a film studies degree. Over the next decade BTS became the biggest act in K-pop, and in 2018 all seven members received South Korea’s Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit.
Most of Jin’s wealth from this period is not itemized anywhere. What is on record is property: Celebrity Net Worth reports that in 2019 he bought a 233 square meter home at Hannam The Hill in Seoul for 4.49 billion won, roughly $3.4 million at today’s exchange rate. That home is folded into our first lane.
Jin enlisted in the South Korean army on December 13, 2022, the first member of the group to do so, and served as an assistant training instructor. He was discharged on June 12, 2024, again the first BTS member to finish his service. Weeks later he carried the Olympic torch for South Korea at the Paris 2024 Games.
HYBE Shares: The Stake That Moves With the Market
Before Big Hit’s stock market debut in 2020, founder Bang Si-hyuk gave each BTS member 68,385 shares, according to Celebrity Net Worth. At the listing price of 135,000 won a share, Jin’s grant was worth about $7.9 million at the time. In October 2021 he sold 16,000 shares at 302,688 won each, raising about 4.84 billion won, and he is reported to have kept the other 52,385.
HYBE closed at 182,900 won on October 21, 2026, which values that holding at about 9.58 billion won, or roughly $7.2 million. The stock has swung widely in the past year, trading between 157,900 won and 405,500 won over the 52 weeks to mid-September, so this lane carries a wide range. Proceeds from the 2021 sale are included in the BTS-era lane.
Solo Albums: Happy and Echo
Jin’s solo career took off with “The Astronaut,” a 2022 single co-written with Coldplay that debuted at No. 51 on the Billboard Hot 100 and sold more than 1 million physical copies in Korea. After his discharge he released his debut mini album Happy on November 15, 2024. It reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200, sold more than 1 million copies in Korea and was certified triple Platinum there. Its lead single “Running Wild” reached No. 35 on the Hot 100.
His second album, Echo, followed on May 16, 2025, and did even better on the main US chart, debuting at No. 3 on the Billboard 200. It sold 837,750 copies in Korea, where it went double Platinum, and was certified Gold in Japan. The lead single “Don’t Say You Love Me” entered the Hot 100 at No. 90.
He took both records on the road with the RunSeokjin Ep. Tour, his first solo tour, which opened in Goyang in June 2025 and visited Japan, the US, London and Amsterdam before closing in Incheon on November 1, 2025. The tour grossed $46.1 million from 287,000 tickets. Gross ticket sales are not his pay, so we count only a modest share in our solo lane.
The 2026 Comeback: Arirang Tops the Billboard 200 and Hot 100
With every member back from service by June 2025, BTS confirmed a new album and world tour. Arirang arrived on March 20, 2026, and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 641,000 equivalent units, 532,000 of them pure album sales. It held the top spot for at least three weeks. In Korea it sold 4.2 million copies in its first week.
The lead single “Swim” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, Billboard reported on March 30, 2026. It was the group’s seventh No. 1 on that chart, opening with 15.3 million streams and 154,000 sales.
The Arirang World Tour began in Goyang on April 9, 2026, and is scheduled to run to March 2027 across 88 shows. The first seven cities with reported figures, including Tokyo, Tampa, Mexico City, Stanford and Las Vegas, drew about 1.06 million fans and grossed about $204 million combined. Celebrity Net Worth puts the gross at $433.2 million from the first 38 reported shows, and Billboard reported in June 2026 that the comeback shows had broken a Boxscore record held by the Rolling Stones. BTS also performed “Dynamite” at the 2026 FIFA World Cup final halftime show on July 19.
Huge as those numbers are, they are group numbers. After production, promoters, the label and tax, then a seven-way split, we credit Jin with about $9 million kept from the comeback so far, with a range of $6 million to $13 million.
Restaurant and Brand Deals
Jin’s best-known business is Otsu Seiromushi, a Japanese-style restaurant in Seoul he opened with his older brother in 2018. Its revenue has not been reported, so we fold it into the BTS-era lane. Korean media reported in December 2024 that he and restaurateur Baek Jong-won planned a liquor brand called Igin, but we could not confirm a launch.
On the brand side, Jin has signed with some of the biggest names in luxury and beauty:
- Fred, the French jeweler, which named him its first global brand ambassador.
- Gucci, which made him a global ambassador after the Fred deal.
- Laneige, where he became the first male global ambassador with a Cream Skin campaign in September 2024.
- Alo Yoga, which named him a global ambassador in October 2024 ahead of its first South Korea flagship store.
- Ottogi’s Jin Ramen, which he has fronted since 2022 and which named him global brand ambassador in February 2025.
None of these fees are public. We use a conservative $5 million for what he has kept from all of them combined, with a range of $3 million to $8 million.
Jin is also a steady donor. He has given monthly to UNICEF Korea since May 2018 and joined its Honors Club in 2019 after giving more than 100 million won, and in January 2025 he donated another 100 million won to Korea University Medical Center.
Why Other Sites Say $70 Million
| Source | Estimate | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Celebrity Net Worth | $70 million | September 2026 | Single figure; includes the HYBE stake and Seoul property |
| Net Worth Radar | $55 million | October 2026 | Modeled; range $39 million to $73 million |
Celebrity Net Worth’s $70 million sits near the top of our range. The gap comes mostly from how much of BTS’s group income each member keeps. We take a cautious view because the members share every tour and album with HYBE and with each other, and because the HYBE stake has lost value since the 2021 share sale, when the stock traded above 300,000 won.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Jin’s Net Worth
How much is Jin from BTS worth?
We estimate Jin’s net worth at $55 million as of October 2026, with a likely range of $39 million to $73 million. Celebrity Net Worth puts him at $70 million.
How many HYBE shares does Jin own?
He received 68,385 shares before Big Hit’s 2020 listing and sold 16,000 in October 2021, leaving 52,385, according to Celebrity Net Worth. At the October 21, 2026 price of 182,900 won, that stake is worth about $7.2 million.
Did BTS’s Arirang reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and Hot 100?
Yes. Arirang debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in March 2026 with 641,000 equivalent units, and its lead single “Swim” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
How did Jin’s solo albums Happy and Echo perform?
Happy, released in November 2024, reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and sold more than 1 million copies in Korea. Echo, released in May 2025, debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and went double Platinum in Korea.
Does Jin own a restaurant?
He opened Otsu Seiromushi, a Japanese-style restaurant in Seoul, with his older brother in 2018.
Which brands does Jin work with?
He is a global ambassador for Fred, Gucci, Laneige, Alo Yoga and Ottogi’s Jin Ramen. None of the fees have been reported.
