Anthropic vs xAI: who is hiring more, and for what
Side by side from both companies' own careers feeds, refreshed every 6 hours.
Anthropic has 624 open roles to xAI's 289. Anthropic posted more in the last 30 days (171 against 73). Anthropic's largest function is Engineering (25% of open roles); xAI's is Operations (31%). On posted base ranges, Anthropic's median midpoint is $362k against $215k at xAI.
| Anthropic | xAI | |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles | 624 | 289 |
| New in 7 days | 60 | 32 |
| New in 30 days | 171 | 73 |
| Leadership seats open | 32 | 4 |
| Remote-friendly share | 10% | 13% |
| Research share of roles | 10% | 5% |
| Go-to-market share of roles | 24% | 4% |
| Median posted salary range (USD) | $320k to $405k | $172k to $258k |
| Research roles | 61 | 14 |
| Engineering roles | 157 | 36 |
| Infrastructure roles | 93 | 77 |
| Data roles | 11 | 36 |
| Product & Design roles | 27 | 2 |
| Go-to-market roles | 152 | 12 |
| Operations roles | 106 | 92 |
Newest at Anthropic
- Applied AI Engineer, DNB London, UK
- Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise London, UK
- Enterprise Account Executive, Industries - BFSI Mumbai, India
- Head of Customer Success, APAC Sydney, Australia
- [London] Applied AI Architect, Partnerships London, UK
Newest at xAI
- Infrastructure Security Engineer - London Dublin, Ireland
- Lead Technician (Power Generation) - Memphis Southaven, MS
- Senior BSA/AML Investigator Palo Alto, CA
- Expert Team Lead, Engineering Palo Alto, CA
- Expert Team Lead, Medicine Palo Alto, CA
Shares are fractions of open roles. Salary is the median of posted base ranges in USD. Full company scorecards, hiring velocity and closed roles for every company are in Pro. AI salaries · Hiring index.