OpenAI vs Anthropic

Frontier labs. Same seats, different cash mix.

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Research Scientist+$280k
OpenAI
$800k Anthropic
$520k
Staff Engineer−$90k
OpenAI
$1.16M Anthropic
$1.25M
Software Engineer+$62k
OpenAI
$653k Anthropic
$591k
ML Engineer+$62k
OpenAI
$653k Anthropic
$591k
Account Executive+$20k
OpenAI
$360k Anthropic
$340k
Recruiter+$10k
OpenAI
$240k Anthropic
$230k

Same scale. Tick is typical pay. Outline is market-only. Method