"Anthropic Limited, the UK arm of the AI company behind Claude, spent £24.1 million employing an average of 43 staff in 2024, according to its accounts for the year ending December 31. This translates to a mean of £560,000 per employee - though such averages can be skewed by high earners - comprising £288,000 in salary, £226,000 in share-based payments, and the remainder in pension and National Insurance costs."
"Google UK Limited spent £2.42 billion employing 7,029 people in 2024, averaging £345,000 per person. The search giant's British unit paid £1 billion in wages (£142,000 per employee) and £1.15 billion in share-based payments (£163,000 per employee). However, the company charged other Alphabet group entities £382 million for staff costs, which may affect these per-person calculations. Approximately half of Google UK's workforce focuses on research and development, with most others working in sales and marketing."
Several UK units of US technology firms reported average employee compensation well into six figures in 2024, driven by large share-based payments. Anthropic Limited recorded mean staff costs of £560,000 per employee for 43 staff, including £288,000 salary and £226,000 in share-based payments. Job listings for Anthropic show base salaries from £105,000 to £435,000 for various roles, excluding shares and benefits. Google UK averaged £345,000 per employee, with £1 billion in wages and £1.15 billion in share-based payments, and charged other Alphabet entities £382 million for staff costs. DeepMind spent £1.01 billion on staff in 2024 but does not disclose a headcount because personnel are employed by other Alphabet subsidiaries.
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