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Levels.fyi API: List top paying companies

Lists the companies on the Levels.fyi leaderboard for a job role and location, ranked by median yearly total pay (all levels). The public leaderboard shows up to 50 companies per selection.

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Inputs

Values from the run on Oct 31, 2026, shown under Output.

Role, requiredrole

Job family in words, for example software engineer.

software engineer

Location optionallocation

Country or leaderboard location, for example United States or Canada.

United States (default)

Max Results optionalmax_results

Maximum companies to return, for example 25. The public leaderboard shows at most 50.

100

Whole number from 1 to 100. Default 25.

Output

From a run on Oct 31, 2026, shortened for this page.
{  "role": "Software Engineer",  "currency": "USD",  "location": "United States",  "companies": [    {      "rank": 1,      "company": "Cursor",      "company_link": "https://www.levels.fyi/company/cursor/salaries/",      "median_total_pay_per_year": 1000000    },    {      "rank": 2,      "company": "Anthropic",      "company_link": "https://www.levels.fyi/company/anthropic/salaries/",      "median_total_pay_per_year": 882500    },    {      "rank": 3,      "company": "OpenAI",      "company_link": "https://www.levels.fyi/company/openai/salaries/",      "median_total_pay_per_year": 880000    }  ]}
Price
1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
Method
levels.fyi/list_top_paying_companies
Returns
role, location, currency, companies (rank, company, median total pay per year, company link)

Use it from your agent

Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method levels.fyi/list_top_paying_companies with the inputs above.

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