Overall Median Salary
$350,000
Pay Philosophy
OpenAI aims to be a top-tier payer in the AI research industry to attract the world's leading talent in artificial intelligence.
Software Engineer
Software Engineer
Research Scientist
Based on 2024-2025 industry estimates from public salary aggregators.
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) matching, generous parental leave, unlimited PTO, and catered meals.
OpenAI typically provides significant equity grants in the form of profit participation units, which are highly competitive compared to standard tech industry RSU packages.
OpenAI total compensation packages are generally higher at the senior research and engineering levels.
Anthropic
Compensation structures are highly competitive and comparable between the two organizations.
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