Anthropic Employees Cost Over $100,000 Per Month on Average
Anthropic's revised S-1 filing reveals that from July to September 2026, the company spent $1.7 billion on personnel costs for its 5,300 employees, averaging about $322,000 per person—over $100,000 per month. Of this, $1.1 billion was in equity compensation. Total personnel costs for the first nine months amounted to $4.8 billion, accounting for just 15% of total revenue. As of the end of September, an additional $32 billion in equity compensation remained unrecorded. The company's IPO is…
Anthropic's revised S-1 filing shows that from July to September 2026, the company spent $1.7 billion on personnel costs for its 5,300 employees, averaging about $322,000 per person, or over $100,000 per month. Of this amount, $1.1 billion was in equity compensation.
Total personnel costs for the first nine months amounted to $4.8 billion, accounting for just 15% of total revenue. As of the end of September, there was an additional $32 billion in unrecorded equity compensation. The company's IPO is expected to take place this month.
Source: Business Insider
