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Employees OpenAI Inc John Schulman

John Schulman

Technical Staff at OpenAI Inc

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. Published on January 24, 2026.

$478,572
2019

Total compensation

John Schulman has been listed as an employee of OpenAI Inc in Form 990 filings since at least fiscal year 2016. Total compensation for John Schulman has increased by 70.6% from 2016 to 2019.

Annual compensation details

$478,572
-12.8%
Technical Staff
2019
$217k org
7 hrs/wk
$251k related
33 hrs/wk
$12k other
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$549,007
-24.3%
Senior Researcher
2018
$542k org
40 hrs/wk
$8k

Total compensation by year

Compare the compensation of John Schulman to:

2019

Other employees at OpenAI Inc

David Luan
Vice President, Engineering
$504,048
$242,500 from org$250,265 from related$11,283 other
Christopher Olah
Technical Staff
$430,842
$286,073 from org$133,485 from related$11,284 other
Scott Gray
Technical Staff
$430,675
$74,167 from org$343,599 from related$12,909 other
Christopher Berner
Technical Staff
$402,321
$72,500 from org$312,765 from related$17,056 other
David Lansky
General Counsel
$351,177
$58,334 from org$250,265 from related$42,578 other
Chris Clark
Coo/Sec/Tres
$309,274
$143,750 from org$160,682 from related$4,842 other
Ilya Sutskever
Research Director
$287,936
$29,167 from org$234,274 from related$24,495 other
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Revisions to this profile

January 24, 2026:
2019 OpenAI Inc 990 published
January 24, 2026:
2018 OpenAI Inc 990 published
January 24, 2026:
2017 OpenAI Inc 990 published

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