Data & notes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Member of Technical Staff | 1,973 |
| Product Manager | 139 |
| Software Engineer | 118 |
| Research Scientist | 69 |
| Research Engineer | 50 |
| Other titles | 4,893 |
Read the named seats and senior share
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Key takeaway · How to cite
Does Member of Technical Staff still lead at 1,973?
As of 2026-09-28 PT.
| Titled seat | Current | Senior-titled |
|---|---|---|
| Member of Technical Staff | 1,973 | 4 |
| Product Manager | 139 | 2 |
| Software Engineer | 118 | 28 |
| Research Scientist | 69 | 15 |
| Research Engineer | 50 | 0 |
| Other titles | 4,893 | — |
Get the named list behind OpenAI's seats
Take the named list for the employers shown here. Name the same employers and experience cut this page measured.
How do you read senior share? Lead seat stays Member of Technical Staff
Lead seat Member of Technical Staff 1,973 (see seats chart above); senior 4/1,973.
Data & notes
| Category | Senior-titled | Rest of seat |
|---|---|---|
| Member of Technical Staff | 4 | 1,969 |
| Product Manager | 2 | 137 |
| Software Engineer | 28 | 90 |
| Research Scientist | 15 | 54 |
| Research Engineer | 0 | 50 |
Data & notes
| Name | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Member of Technical Staff | 1,973 | 27.2% |
| Product Manager | 139 | 1.9% |
| Software Engineer | 118 | 1.6% |
| Research Scientist | 69 | 1.0% |
| Research Engineer | 50 | 0.7% |
| Other titles | 4,893 | 67.6% |
Absolute headcount beside senior: lead seat still Member of Technical Staff
The two readings can diverge: seat volume and senior density are different decisions.
Data & notes
| Category | Seat headcount | Senior-titled |
|---|---|---|
| Member of Technical Staff | 1,973 | 4 |
| Product Manager | 139 | 2 |
| Software Engineer | 118 | 28 |
| Research Scientist | 69 | 15 |
| Research Engineer | 50 | 0 |
What it means for OpenAI seat shelf / how to use it
This week prefer Member of Technical Staff: 1,973/7,242 (27.2%), senior 4/1,973 — open the named-list ask on that seat first.
- Use Product Manager at 139 as a contrast narrow list; do not expand past measured titles.
- Other titles 4,893/7,242 (67.6%) sit outside named seats — do not treat the remainder as a mapped seat.
- Keep the ask inside: OpenAI measured named seats against 7,242 current.
- Senior structure: Senior share runs from Software Engineer 28 of 118 (23.7%) down to Research Engineer 0 of 50 (0.0%). A senior share under 5% may reflect title conventions (senior not in the title). Do not brief off the largest seat alone.
How do we keep wide engineering and research pools off the named shelf?
Other titles account for 4,893 of 7,242 (67.6%), outside the named seats. There is no five-host peer-pack ladder here: the comparison is one company's seat shelf.
Other titles account for 4,893 of 7,242 (67.6%), outside the named seats.
Data & notes
| Category | Named five seats | Other titles |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | 2,349 | 4,893 |
Data & notes
| Category | Freeze | Wave24 re-check |
|---|---|---|
| Member of Technical Staff | 1,973 | 2,650 |
| Product Manager | 139 | 152 |
| Software Engineer | 118 | 136 |
| Research Scientist | 69 | 70 |
| Research Engineer | 50 | 52 |
Where does OpenAI’s bench sit by country?
Split all current OpenAI people by address.country so the frontier-lab hiring map is visible.
- As of 2026-11-04 PT, OpenAI current people by country (≥1 person): United States 7,482, United Kingdom 347, India 231, Canada 97, Germany 93, Australia 65.
- Lead United States 7,482; the United States cell sets North America sourcing weight.
- Country cells do not rewrite the named-seat hook; they only set regional hiring walls.
Which titles collide into Member of Technical Staff?
Lead seat is Member of Technical Staff. Wave24 re-checks the five named seats so wide titles do not smear the 1,973.
- As of 2026-11-04 PT, OpenAI Member of Technical Staff 2,650 (re-check; hook stays freeze 1,973).
- Product Manager 152; Software Engineer 136; Research Scientist 70; Research Engineer 52.
- Order lists against the freeze named-seat cut; do not treat a wide engineering pool as a Member of Technical Staff stand-in.
Is the shelf total still stable? Wave24 re-check on OpenAI
Freeze total 7,242 (2026-09-28 PT). Wave24 same-cut re-check is 9,415; page hook stays locked to freeze.
- Wave24 re-check OpenAI current bench = 9,415 (2026-11-04 PT).
- List buyers still order against freeze named seats; the re-check is stability evidence only.
- If you need a today snapshot list, note the Wave24 as-of in the list ask.
As of 2026-09-28 PT · Source: Metix AI
Notes & method
Methodology
Counts are current people on OpenAI's homepage record, dated 2026-09-28 PT. Titles are counted only when the phrase is spelled out. Published by Metix AI.
FAQ
- Is OpenAI one company?
- OpenAI is a single company here, bench 7,242 on 2026-09-28 PT. The 7,242 is OpenAI only.
- What is the largest named seat at OpenAI?
- Member of Technical Staff leads the named seats with 1,973 people on 2026-09-28 PT. That count is a seat, not the whole bench of 7,242.
- How is senior share read at OpenAI?
- The senior rate is senior titles over the seat count. As of 2026-09-28 PT, the current bench is 7,242.
- How do you check a team claim at OpenAI?
- Check a team claim against OpenAI's named seats and senior share. Hold the claim to 2026-09-28 PT and to 7,242 current.
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