Technology & Skills
OpenAI Engineers Earning $800,000 a Year Turn Rare Skillset Into Leverage
At the vanguard of artificial intelligence, the startup’s engineers are seen as virtually irreplaceable
Sam Altman.
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OpenAI reinstated Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman after hundreds of workers threatened to quit over the ChatGPT creator's ouster, highlighting just how much leverage the tech industry's most valued workers hold right now.
Artificial intelligence engineers earn anywhere from 8% to 12.5% more than their non-AI counterparts, according to an analysis by compensation data platform Levels.fyi published in May.