1) That's maybe $180,000 per year, so much less than median OpenAI employee wages.
2) OpenAI doesn't pay API prices.
3) Compute costs are likely already their biggest expense, dwarfing wages.
4) There are non-monetary limits on how many qualified people OpenAI can hire for these roles.
4) There are non-monetary limits on how many qualified people OpenAI can hire for these roles.