How much do One Direction earn in a day?

One Direction's Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson brought in an impressive pay packet last year. Photo / Getty

The stars of One Direction raked in an average of NZD$456, 515 a day last year.

A document detailing financial records for the boy band's company, 1D Media, shows they earned a staggering NZD$166.56 million last year with a profit of NZD$102.38 million.

Figures reveal the singers made NZD$456, 515 a day over the 12-month period, providing each member with a hefty pay packet.

Zayn Malik, who quit the band in March, still has a share of the profits.

"Cynics have always described 1D as Simon Cowell's cash cow and, seeing these results mit's not hard to see why," a source told British newspaper The Sun.

"There's no question bosses work the lads hard, but the financial rewards are astonishing.
The band get very well paid, so they can hardly complain.

"They are easily (Cowell's company) Syco's biggest success story."

The group are set to go on hiatus in March following the conclusion of their latest tour and the upcoming release of album number five, Made in the AM, this November.

The CDs release date puts them head-to-head with pop star Justin Bieber, who will launch his latest pop offering on the same day.

An impending chart battle has sparked a public war-of-words between the two acts.

After the release, the One Direction boys are planning on starting their break with a holiday together.

"There's no doubt we'll see plenty of each other, we're gonna plan to go on a little lads' holiday," bandmember Louis Tomlinson told Good Morning Britain.

"Actually it's just the day to day things (I'll miss), we are like a family now, so it's the company that you're used to, it's like leaving school and leaving your friends behind."

- AP