PayScale API: Get salary for a job title
Gets typical pay for a job title from PayScale research pages. You can narrow it to a country and a city.
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Inputs
Values from the run on Oct 23, 2026, shown under Output.
- City optional
city City, for example Chicago.
Chicago
- Country optional
country Country, for example United States or Canada.
United States (default)
- Job Title, required
job_title Job title to look up, for example Office Manager.
Office Manager
Input as JSON
{ "city": "Chicago", "job_title": "Office Manager"}Output
{ "currency": "USD", "location": "Chicago, Illinois, United States", "page_url": "https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Office_Manager/Salary/88136b32/Chicago-IL" , "job_title": "Office Manager", "top_skills": [ { "name": "Office Management", "pay_effect_percent": null }, { "name": "Office Administration", "pay_effect_percent": null }, { "name": "Accounts Receivable", "pay_effect_percent": null } ], "bonus_range": { "low": 307.86, "high": 9845.04 }, "last_updated": "2026-07-10", "salary_profiles": 182, "total_pay_range": { "low": 45656.53, "high": 84466.79 }, "base_salary_range": { "low": 48385.65, "high": 85068.74 }, "average_hourly_rate": 23.87, "average_pay_by_experience": { "mid_career": 57932.88, "entry_level": 47689.7, "experienced": 70854.3, "late_career": 69536.37, "early_career": 56464.67 }, "average_base_salary_per_year": 62843.29}Code
curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"payscale.com/get_salary","input":{"city":"Chicago","job_title":"Office Manager"}}' # Save as fous.py, then run: python3 fous.pyimport json, os, timefrom urllib.error import HTTPErrorfrom urllib.request import Request, urlopenAPI = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" KEY = os.environ["FOUS_API_KEY"]HEADERS = { "Authorization": f"Bearer {KEY}", "Content-Type": "application/json" ,}def call(url, body=None): data = json.dumps(body).encode() if body else None request = Request(url, data, HEADERS) try: with urlopen(request, timeout=120) as r: return r.status, json.load(r) except HTTPError as error: message = json.load(error)["error"]["message"] raise RuntimeError(message) from errorstatus, run = call(API, { "method": "payscale.com/get_salary" , "input": { "city": "Chicago", "job_title": "Office Manager" }})# 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while status == 202: time.sleep(2) status, run = call(f"{API}/{run['id']}")print(json.dumps(run["data"], indent=2))// Save as fous.mjs, then run: node fous.mjsconst api = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" ;const headers = { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.FOUS_API_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" ,};let response = await fetch(api, { method: "POST", headers, body: JSON.stringify({ "method": "payscale.com/get_salary" , "input": { "city": "Chicago", "job_title": "Office Manager" } }), signal: AbortSignal.timeout(120_000),});let run = await response.json();// 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while (response.status === 202) { await new Promise((done) => setTimeout(done, 2_000)); response = await fetch(`${api}/${run.id}`, { headers }); run = await response.json();}if (!response.ok) throw new Error(run.error.message);console.log(run.data);# Connect your agent to Fous once, over MCP (Streamable HTTP):# https://api.fous.com/mcp# Set FOUS_API_KEY first: create a key at https://app.fous.com/keys.# Claude Codeclaude mcp add \ --scope user \ --transport http fous https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Codexcodex mcp add fous \ --url https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --bearer-token-env-var FOUS_API_KEY# Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Cline and morenpx -y add-mcp https://api.fous.com/mcp -g -n fous \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Then ask your agent:# "Use Fous to run payscale.com/get_salary# with {"city":"Chicago","job_title":"Office Manager"}"Over HTTP, the answer’s data holds the output. A run still going after 30 seconds answers 202 with its id: ask GET /v1/runs/{id} until it ends.
Schema
Input schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "job_title" ], "properties": { "city": { "type": "string", "description": "City, for example Chicago." }, "country": { "type": "string", "default": "United States", "description": "Country, for example United States or Canada." }, "job_title": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "description": "Job title to look up, for example Office Manager." } }}Output schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "job_title", "location", "currency", "average_base_salary_per_year", "base_salary_range", "average_hourly_rate", "bonus_range", "total_pay_range", "average_pay_by_experience", "top_skills", "salary_profiles", "last_updated", "page_url" ], "properties": { "currency": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "location": { "type": "string" }, "page_url": { "type": "string" }, "job_title": { "type": "string" }, "top_skills": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "name": { "type": "string" }, "pay_effect_percent": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] } } } }, "bonus_range": { "type": "object", "properties": { "low": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "high": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] } } }, "last_updated": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "salary_profiles": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "total_pay_range": { "type": "object", "properties": { "low": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "high": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] } } }, "base_salary_range": { "type": "object", "properties": { "low": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "high": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] } } }, "average_hourly_rate": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "average_pay_by_experience": { "type": "object", "properties": { "mid_career": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "entry_level": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "experienced": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "late_career": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "early_career": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] } } }, "average_base_salary_per_year": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] } }}- Price
- 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
- Method
payscale.com/get_salary- Returns
- median salary, salary/bonus/total ranges, hourly rate, pay by experience, top skills, profile count
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 payscale.com/get_salary with the inputs above.
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