OpenAI London staff received £2.3m each on average in 2025

OpenAI’s 110 London staff shared £255m in pay and shares in 2025, an average of about £2.3m per person.

The figures are for OpenAI UK Ltd, based in Westminster, and include £87m in salaries and £168m in company shares.

The average package was 58 times median UK full-time earnings, though the amounts varied widely between staff.

The biggest packages went to AI researchers, as companies competed to hire specialists who can build advanced systems.

OpenAI’s London office is its largest international research hub, and the company is opening a new headquarters in King’s Cross, where Google DeepMind is also based.

The pay figures rose from an average of £1.1m the previous year, while OpenAI UK’s turnover more than tripled to £293m and it made a £20.3m profit.

OpenAI is aiming for a stock-market listing at about $1tn, but no timing for a listing is given.