You will never get a straight answer in the Soka Gakkai

SGI top leaders make far more than Nichiren and his priest disciples, even accounting for the brainwashed lower level staff. Probably, most are not qualified for real work. The top leaders like Nagashima, Aiken, McCloskey [SGI's lawyer advisor] Al Albergate, and Jerry Hall for example, call themselves laymen but live high off the hog of the members donations, just like the corrupt priests in Nichiren's day. When you inquire about their salaries, they take Nichiren out of context and admonish you, "Its like counting your neighbor's wealth", rather than giving you a straight answer.