This is a linkpost for https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/19/technology/artificial-intelligence-salaries-openai.html
The figures listed on the tax forms, which OpenAI is required to release publicly because it is a nonprofit, provide new insight into what organizations around the world are paying for A.I. talent. But there is a caveat: The compensation at OpenAI may be underselling what these researchers can make, since as a nonprofit it can’t offer stock options.
If anything I would expect OpenAI to increase their base salary offerings in order to compensate for the lack of stock options.
Extensive comments at https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/8di9nk/d_ai_researchers_are_making_more_than_1_million/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16880276 https://www.reddit.com/r/reinforcementlearning/comments/8di9yt/ai_researchers_are_making_more_than_1_million/