Salaries for OpenAI staff have been revealed due to a federal filing

The salaries for OpenAI employees have been revealed in a federal filing, and one role pays a whopping $685,000 per year.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past couple of years, there’s a good chance you’re aware of OpenAI. 

The AI company, which is responsible for ChatGPT, was founded back in 2015 by a handful of people, including Sam Altman, who now serves as OpenAI’s CEO.

Today, the team has grown to 4,000 people, and there are some very attractive salaries on offer.

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OpenAI has some seriously impressive salaries on offer

Earlier this year, Altman said that OpenAI would slow down its hiring to avoid the risk of having to make mass layoffs later down the line. 

OpenAI employees are often graduates from the crème de la crème of universities, such as MIT and Stanford. 

The company also makes use of hiring talent from overseas, which is why the salaries have come to light.

OpenAI doesn’t publicly disclose what it pays staff, but according to US law, employers who hire workers from other countries must post federal filings that show how much it pays across various roles. 

These filings only contain details on base salary, and don’t take into account bonuses or stock options that can seriously bolster an employee’s pay packet. 

Last year, for example, The Wall Street Journal reported that OpenAI gave an average of $1.5 million per employee in stock options. 

Despite announcing plans to slow down its recruitment, a report from Business Insider claimed that OpenAI hired 60 employees from overseas in Q4 of last year – and some of them have landed very impressive salaries.

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Here’s how much OpenAI employees can expect to earn

OpenAI hires across a broad range of functions, from specialist IT roles, like software developer and AI system engineer, to sales and support staff. 

Regardless of function, OpenAI employees are offered some of the best-paying has some of the best-paying roles in the industry.

Sales and operations salaries 

• Member of Go to Market Staff (Customer Success): $165,000 to $240,000
• Member of Go To Market Staff: $180,000 to $290,000
• Member of Support and Community Staff: $180,000 to $235,000
• Member of Go To Market Staff (Forward Deployed Engineer): $220,000
• Member of Go To Market Staff (Support Engineer): $235,000
• Member of Finance Staff: $240,000 to $260,000

Product, program, and design salaries

• Member of Program Staff: $150,000 to $355,000
• Member of Product Staff (Product Management): $210,000 to $325,000
• Member of Design Staff: $245,000 to $310,000

Engineer and data scientist salaries

• Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer): $170,000 to $490,000
• Member of Data Science Staff: $188,885 to $405,000
• Member of Technical Staff (Data Science): $255,000 to $490,000
• Member of Technical Staff (Hardware Engineer): ​​$250,000 to $555,000
• Member of Technical Staff (Security Engineer): $310,000 to $325,000
• Member of Technical Staff (Software Developer): $325,000

AI researcher salaries

• Member of Technical Staff (Research Engineer): $210,000 to $460,000
• Member of Technical Staff (AI Systems Engineer): $245,000 to $460,000
• Member of Technical Staff (Research Scientist): $245,000 to $685,000
• Member of Technical Staff (Research & AI Systems): $310,000 to $460,000
• Member of Intelligence & Investigations Staff: $320,000 to $382,500

AI companies are hoping to land the best and brightest

The attractive salaries offered to workers at OpenAI – not to mention those sky high stock options – are designed to tempt the best and brightest workers.

AI companies are rushing to land themselves top talent, like the  OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger, who was recently snapped up by OpenAI.

These federal filings show that even with recruitment set to slow down in the upcoming months, big tech giants don’t mind splashing the cash to get the workers they want.

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