Harvey vs OpenAI salary
The median posted base pay for tech jobs is $258K a year at Harvey and $351K a year at OpenAI. The median at Harvey is 26% below the median at OpenAI. The numbers come from 71 open jobs at Harvey and 378 open jobs at OpenAI with posted pay.
Harvey and OpenAI: all tech jobs
Harvey: The middle half of the jobs is from $226K to $286K. OpenAI: The middle half of the jobs is from $291K to $396K.
| Measure | Harvey | OpenAI |
|---|---|---|
| Median posted base pay | $258K | $351K |
| Middle half of the jobs | $226K to $286K | $291K to $396K |
| Median posted range | $215K to $300K | $266K to $405K |
| 10th to 90th percentile | $200K to $295K | $246K to $440K |
| Open jobs with posted pay | 71 | 378 |
Harvey vs OpenAI pay by job type
The median for each job type that has 3 or more jobs with posted pay at both companies. The difference compares Harvey with OpenAI. One job can have more than one job type.
| Job type | Median at Harvey | Median at OpenAI | Difference | Jobs at Harvey | Jobs at OpenAI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software engineering | $275K | $356K | −23% | 17 | 137 |
| ML / AI engineering | $305K | $363K | −16% | 9 | 106 |
| Inference & ML systems | $305K | $356K | −14% | 7 | 75 |
| Infra, platform & SRE | $264K | $356K | −26% | 15 | 62 |
| Product management | $235K | $317K | −26% | 14 | 30 |
| Research | $340K | $440K | −23% | 3 | 35 |
| Security engineering | $275K | $356K | −23% | 5 | 28 |
| Design | $215K | $278K | −23% | 9 | 8 |
Harvey vs OpenAI pay by level
The median for each level in the job title that has 3 or more jobs with posted pay at both companies.
| Level | Median at Harvey | Median at OpenAI | Difference | Jobs at Harvey | Jobs at OpenAI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level not stated | $285K | $350K | −19% | 12 | 352 |
| Senior | $230K | $285K | −19% | 17 | 14 |
| Staff | $264K | $356K | −26% | 40 | 6 |
Open jobs with the highest posted pay
The five open jobs with the highest posted pay at each company. Each range is the base pay that the company posted.
Harvey
- Research Engineer / Scientist, Data & Evals$230K to $450K
- Research Engineer / Scientist, Reinforcement Learning$230K to $450K
- Research Engineer, Infrastructure$230K to $450K
- Director of Product Security$272K to $408K
- Engineering Manager, AI Platform$272K to $355K
OpenAI
- Research Scientist / Research Engineer - Foundations, Search$380K to $850K
- Research Scientist / Research Engineer - Web Understanding and Structured Retrieval, Search$380K to $850K
- Research Scientist / Research Engineer, Safety + Alignment, Search$380K to $850K
- Researcher, Training$300K to $600K
- Engineering Manager, MLE$500K to $555K
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Questions
Which company pays more, Harvey or OpenAI?
OpenAI has the higher median posted base pay: $351K a year, against $258K at Harvey. The median at Harvey is 26% below the median at OpenAI.
What do software engineering jobs pay at Harvey and OpenAI?
The median posted base pay for software engineering jobs is $275K at Harvey (17 jobs) and $356K at OpenAI (137 jobs).
Does this pay include stock or a bonus?
No. The numbers are the base pay ranges that the companies posted in their open jobs. Stock, a bonus and benefits are not in the numbers. Total pay at these companies can be much higher than base pay.
Where does the data come from?
We read each open job from the job board of Harvey and of OpenAI, and we check each job every day. We use only jobs that state a yearly pay range in US dollars.
How we compute these numbers
We read each job from the job board of the company and check it every day. We use only open jobs that state a yearly pay range in US dollars. One job counts with the middle point of its posted range. The median is the middle value of these amounts: half of the jobs are above it and half are below it.
We do not use a range with a bottom below $15,000, a top above $1,000,000, or a top that is more than four times the bottom. A company needs 20 or more open jobs with posted pay to be in a comparison. A job type or a level needs 3 or more jobs at both companies to be a row. Jobs under the same company name count as one company.
The numbers are base pay as the company posted it. They are not the pay of a person, and they do not include stock, a bonus or benefits. For the stock and the bonus that people reported, see Reported pay.