Opus Cost = Minimum Wage in South Africa
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 and curios. I wonder how it holds up around the world.
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Gross minimum wage is 12,31€/h in France as of June 2026 (https://www.francetravail.fr/actualites/a-laffiche/connaitre...)
That's roughly a month's minimum wage in a smaller Chinese city, or one day of a senior engineer's pay in Shanghai.
In Lithuania it's €7.05/h.