Opus Cost = Minimum Wage in South Africa

By bridgettegraham · 2026-07-27 · 2 points · 1 comments

I was curious and checked it out: Opus 5 on the API at normal working intensity lands at 0.9×–1.3× the minimum wage in South Africa - at an average of ~$13 per active developer-day works out to R27.33/hour against a R30.23 floor (SA min wage). I just found that interesting…

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