2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Anthropic PBC

Offered base salaries from 90 certified H-1B filings, across 7 roles in 3 metro areas.

DOL LCA disclosures · FY 2025 Certified, full-time filings only
Table 1 — The median offer

Half of Anthropic PBC's certified filings offered $300,000 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $163,322 and $320,000. Offered base salary excludes equity and bonus — read every figure on this page as a floor on total pay, not an average.

Table 2 — Roles

What they hire for

Offered base salary by occupation, nationwide, ordered by filing volume.

RoleMedian offerRangeFilings
Software Developers$315,000$156k – $425k45
Computer and Information Research Scientists$315,000$186k – $340k12
Data Scientists$164,403$140k – $315k8
Computer Occupations, All Other$150,405$127k – $435k6
Financial and Investment Analysts$152,069$117k – $152k4
Human Resources Specialists$98,758$94k – $112k3
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$133,702$126k – $138k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$315,000$112k – $435k62
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$185,723$94k – $405k18
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$180,710$99k – $340k10
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

Each row compares Anthropic PBC's median offer with the median for everyone in that occupation and metro, from federal wage statistics.

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Software Developers — San Francisco$320,00033+71.5%
Computer and Information Research Scientists — San Francisco$340,0008+98.3%
Software Developers — New York$300,0007+79.8%
Software Developers — Seattle$300,0005+79.3%
Data Scientists — San Francisco$265,0005+55.8%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
90 certified full-time H-1B filings. Groups under 3 filings are excluded throughout.
Market comparison
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

Filings state the offered base salary at time of application; equity and bonus are not recorded, and visa-sponsored hiring skews toward larger employers and technical roles — this page describes Anthropic PBC's visa filings, not its whole workforce. Employer names are normalised from filing entities, so figures cover the filing entity named above. We take no payment from employers for how any figure is presented, and corrections are welcome at press@salaryalmanac.com.