The leader got NT $ 10,000 and the rest of the band received NT $ 8,000 each. The remaining portion of the band's salary was used to cover band expenses. "In those days, a civil servant made less than NT $ 3,000 per month and the manager of a major hotel made only NT $ 3,500. Our salaries were so high-there's no telling how many people were envious of us."
溫錦添回憶起當時的情景，忍不住開心地笑了起來，他說，十三人的月薪總共是十二萬八千元，除掉指揮的一萬元，團員每人八千元，「當時公務員一個月不到三千元，大飯店的經理也不過只有三千五百元，我們竟有這麼高的待遇，真不知羨煞了多少人。」