3 Nov 2026
Anthropic makes $6.6 million per employee, more than any tech giant
Anthropic's IPO filing puts its revenue over the 12 months to September 2026 at over $6.6M per employee, up from $1.4M a year earlier. That would rank it 16th of the 494 S&P 500 companies, ahead of every tech company. Nvidia makes $5.1M per employee, Apple $2.5M, and the median company $0.57M.
Revenue per employee
- Anthropic
- $6.6M
- 12 months to Sep 2026
- A year earlier
- $1.4M
- 12 months to Sep 2025
- Nvidia
- $5.1M
- Highest of big tech
- S&P 500 median
- $0.57M
- 494 companies
Revenue per employee, Anthropic and the largest tech companies
Anthropic's figure from its S-1. The others are their latest fiscal year's revenue divided by the headcount in their 10-K.
The 15 S&P 500 companies with more revenue per employee
Mostly landlords, oil refiners and producers, and drug wholesalers, whose revenue largely passes through as rent, fuel or medicines.
| Company | Sector | Per employee |
|---|---|---|
| Vici Properties | Real Estate | $143.1M |
| Host Hotels & Resorts | Real Estate | $37.7M |
| Welltower | Real Estate | $15.2M |
| Valero Energy | Energy | $12.5M |
| Ventas | Real Estate | $10.8M |
| Realty Income | Real Estate | $10.6M |
| Phillips 66 | Energy | $10.5M |
| McKesson | Health Care | $9.4M |
| Diamondback Energy | Energy | $8.5M |
| Devon Energy | Energy | $7.8M |
| Expand Energy | Energy | $7.6M |
| Marathon Petroleum | Energy | $7.2M |
| Texas Pacific Land | Energy | $7.0M |
| Healthpeak Properties | Real Estate | $6.9M |
| EOG Resources | Energy | $6.7M |
About the data
- Anthropic's figure is its own: revenue over the 12 months to 30 September 2026 divided by its headcount, about 5,300 people. Headcount grew about 170% over those 12 months, so dividing by the average headcount instead would give a higher figure.
- The other companies' figures use their latest fiscal year's revenue and the headcount reported in their 10-K, usually at the end of that year.
- The S-1 also says the value of Anthropic's internal Claude use, priced at what customers pay, first exceeded its monthly personnel expense, excluding stock-based compensation, in April 2026. That is a valuation at list prices, not cash spent.