OpenAI salaries revealed: How much the ChatGPT maker pays AI researchers, engineers, and other key roles

OpenAI cofounder and CEO Sam Altman. Nathan Howard—Bloomberg/Getty Images/Reuters OpenAI employees are among the most well-compensated in Silicon Valley. The AI lab has continued to hire abroad despite President Donald Trump's H-1B visa fee. Here's a look at base pay across key roles, based on federal filings. Earlier this year, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the AI lab would "dramatically slow down" hiring to avoid the kind of mass layoffs that have roiled the tech industry. OpenAI is still gr...