Discover the Best-Paying AI Companies: Top 13 Rankings

Top 13 AI Companies and What They Pay Researchers

Are you curious about how much researchers at AI companies earn? Rora, a company that helps PhD holders negotiate salaries, recently shared insights into the annual compensations of researchers at various AI companies. Let's break down the key information in a simpler way:

1. OpenAI
2. Annual Compensation: $865K
3. Initial Compensation: $665K
4. Negotiated Delta: 30%
5. Bonus: Opening an office in India soon.
6. Anthropic (Creator of Claude-2)
7. Annual Compensation: $855K
8. Notable Fact: Founded by former OpenAI researchers.
9. Inflection (Creator of Pi chatbot)
10. Average Annual Compensation: $825K
11. Note: Founded by Mustafa Suleyman and Reid Hoffman.
12. Tesla
13. Annual Compensation: $780K
14. Initial Compensation: $702K
15. Negotiated Delta: 11%
16. Highlight: Powering self-driving cars.
17. Amazon
18. Annual Compensation: $719K
19. Negotiated Delta: 38%
20. Initial Compensation: $520K
21. Insight: Among the highest paying big-tech companies.
22. Alphabet (Brain)
23. Annual Compensation: $695K
24. Negotiated Delta: 17%
25. Note: Merged with DeepMind.
26. Google Research
27. Annual Compensation: $549K
28. Negotiated Delta: 77%
29. Insight: Offers a substantial increase in compensation.
30. Meta AI (formerly FAIR)
31. Annual Compensation: $556K
32. Initial Compensation: $480K
33. Negotiated Delta: 15%
34. Note: Focuses on AI research for social media.
35. DeepMind
36. Annual Compensation: $515K
37. Initial Compensation: $452K
38. Negotiated Delta: 13%
39. Noteworthy: Alternative to Microsoft-OpenAI partnership.
40. Apple
    • Annual Compensation: $450K
    • Initial Compensation: $337K
    • Negotiated Delta: 33%
    • Insight: Pays less compared to valuation.
41. Microsoft Research
    • Annual Compensation: $449K
    • Initial Compensation: $270K
    • Negotiated Delta: 66%
    • Remark: Similar to Apple despite being half of OpenAI.
42. NVIDIA
    • Annual Compensation: $390K
    • Initial Compensation: $340K
    • Negotiated Delta: 14%
    • Insight: A major player with a trillion-dollar valuation.
43. IBM Research
    • Annual Compensation: $377K
    • Initial Compensation: $262K
    • Negotiated Delta: 43%
    • Note: Balances between quantum computing and AI.
44. Hugging Face (Open Source)
    • Annual Compensation: $238K
    • Initial Compensation: $185K
    • Negotiated Delta: 27%
    • Remark: Open source champion at the bottom of the list.

These figures provide a snapshot of the AI industry, showcasing the range of compensations offered by different companies. Keep in mind that factors like company size, mergers, and focus areas influence these salary variations.