OpenAI's 110 London staff averaged £2.3m each last year, 58x UK median earnings
nordicinst · x · 2026-10-15
Guardian reporting on OpenAI UK Ltd accounts: 110 London staff shared £87m in salaries and £168m in shares last year, averaging £2,318,181 per person — about £1,000/hour and 58x the UK median full-time earnings. Key points:
- Wide internal disparity; top packages reserved for researchers on frontier models like Astra
- Figures cover 2025's talent war, when Meta reportedly offered multi-year packages worth hundreds of millions
- OpenAI plans to list at a valuation of about $1.1tn
- London remains a key AI talent hub; Google DeepMind is also based in King's Cross, where OpenAI is opening a new HQ
Related event: OpenAI UK Filings Reveal Average Package of £2.31M Per Employee(2 posts)→
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