Honen's employment situation is kind of unusual. It might be that he actually works for Nucleo, kind of like the Sheldon/Raj situation on The Big Bang Theory. But whatever the case, I imagine he must earn something. Not sure if it's hourly or salary, but he's expected to be at work (See: For the Love of an Oni) and has mentioned "getting pay", (See: R Domain is Your Domain, where he had a choice between showing up for the sketch and saying one line to get a day's pay, or going to work in the lab with Deuce).