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Levels.fyi is a salary comparison and jobs website that helps professionals evaluate compensation and career opportunities.

Last updated September 15, 2026

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Overview

Levels.fyi is a salary comparison and jobs website. It started in 2017 as a side project and today over 3 million professionals use it each month to find and evaluate their next job. The site began by helping job seekers compare levels across different companies, and it uses a combination of verified submissions and leveling information to help employees understand what they should be getting paid. For job seekers, it offers salary negotiation help, resume reviews, tools to understand compensation, and an online community; for employers, it offers compensation benchmarking and interactive offers.

History

Levels.fyi started in 2017 as a side project. The site started off helping job seekers compare levels across different companies. While recruiters often had internal leveling data, that information wasn't transparent to prospective employees. As a result, it could be weeks after starting a new role before an employee realized that they had been down-leveled. This could mean a smaller scope of work or missing out on a higher pay band. As Levels.fyi collected leveling and salary information, it noticed that its data looked very different from what it saw on other sites. Whether intentional or the consequence of the market changing rapidly, published compensation numbers seemed lower than its data. It turns out that salary transparency becomes complicated when data is manipulated, stale, or worse, intentionally suppressed. Levels.fyi uses a combination of verified submissions and leveling information to help employees understand what they should be getting paid. And while it does investigate and remove suspicious data points, it states that it never accepts any form of payment to adjust leveling or salary numbers. Today, Levels.fyi has a small, dedicated team. Its mission is to help every professional build a better career through the highest integrity insights and services. For job seekers, these include salary negotiation help, resume reviews, tools to understand compensation, and an online community. For employers, it offers solutions that leverage its trusted data to help companies compete for top talent. Its compensation benchmarking provides real-time market data so companies can make informed decisions about pay. It also offers interactive offers, allowing employers to create dynamic, personalized offer letters that showcase the total compensation package.

Products and positioning

Helping every professional build a better career through the highest integrity insights and services.

  • Compensation benchmarking

    Uses in-depth salary data to learn about competitors' compensation practices.

  • Interactive offers

    Create dynamic, personalized offer letters that showcase the total compensation package.

  • Salary negotiation help

    A service for job seekers.

  • Resume reviews

    A service for job seekers.

  • Online community

    A community for professionals.

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