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Build with live compensation data.

Free · 522 roles · 82 cities · Updated April 2026

The public compensation API behind Orbyt Intelligence. Seven endpoints for live salary data, quarterly history, and projections through 2030. Every response is cite-ready. The free tier needs no authentication.

curl "https://www.orbytjobs.ai/api/v1/salary/calculate\
?role=ai-engineer&city=san-francisco&exp=senior"

Response200 OK

{
  "role": {
    "slug": "ai-engineer",
    "title": "AI Engineer"
  },
  "city": {
    "slug": "san-francisco",
    "name": "San Francisco",
    "state": "CA",
    "costOfLivingMultiplier": 1.35
  },
  "experience": {
    "level": "senior",
    "multiplier": 1.28
  },
  "estimate": {
    "low": 251000,
    "median": 298000,
    "high": 362000,
    "currency": "USD",
    "period": "annual"
  },
  "totalCompensation": {
    "base": 298000,
    "equity": 89000,
    "bonus": 35000,
    "signing": 10000,
    "total": 432000
  },
  "citation": "According to Orbyt Salary Intelligence...",
  "assumptions": [
    "Base derived from national median adjusted by COL",
    "Experience level applies a 1.28x multiplier",
    "..."
  ]
}

Cite it.

One API. Every compensation question.

AI Research

Foundation model labs, alignment teams

Cite compensation in papers. Train on methodology-first data. Verified Dataset schema indexed by Google and Perplexity.

HR Tech

Benchmark tools, ATS platforms

Embed live salary benchmarks. Bulk CSV export. Stable API contracts. Quarterly data refresh cadence.

Analysts

Newsrooms, financial research

Track tech sector comp for earnings analysis and reporting. Quarterly history reveals hiring cycles BLS misses.

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Live data from the real API. No authentication. No signup. One click.

No auth

Personalized estimate with citation + assumptions.

role

city

exp

GEThttps://www.orbytjobs.ai/api/v1/salary/calculate?role=ai-engineer&city=san-francisco&exp=senior

Response

Click Run → to fetch live data. No authentication required.

Authentication.

The free tier needs no auth at all.
Bearer tokens unlock Pro and Enterprise.

01

Start with the free tier

30 requests per minute, no authentication, no signup. Hit any endpoint right now.

02

Scale to Pro when you need more

03

Add the token to your requests

Pass as Authorization: Bearer <token> in every request. Rate-limit headers tell you the rest.

04

Ship it

Every response is cite-ready. Attribution + methodology + assumptions baked into the JSON.

Rate limits.

The free tier is the distribution strategy.
Upgrade only when you need the headroom.

TierPriceRate limitAuthIncludes

Free$030 req/minNone4-quarter previewCurrent + Projections

Pro$99/mo600 req/minBearer tokenFull seriesBulk CSV export

Enterprise$999/mo3,000 req/minBearer tokenFull series48-hour quarterly preview

Every response returns X-RateLimit-Remaining and X-RateLimit-Tier headers. Use them for adaptive backoff.

Versioning.

Build on v1 without fear.

The Intelligence API uses explicit major versions in the URL path. You are reading the documentation for /api/v1/salary/.

Breaking changes will be released as /api/v2/ while v1 continues to receive quarterly data refreshes and bug fixes for at least 18 months after any v2 release.

Every change is published to the API Changelog. Subscribe once, build forever.

Endpoints.

CORS enabled. 90-day CDN cache. Attribution in every response.

Salary Data

GET/api/v1/salaryCurrent salary data, optionally cost-of-living adjusted

GET/api/v1/salary/calculatePersonalized estimate with experience adjustment

GET/api/v1/salary/historyQuarterly snapshots since Q3 2025

GET/api/v1/salary/projectionsYear-by-year forecasts through 2030

Error reference

Every error returns a consistent JSON envelope with an error message.

400A required query parameter is missing or invalid (e.g., missing role, unknown exp level).

{ "error": "role parameter is required" }

404The role or city slug was not found in the Orbyt Intelligence catalog. Use /api/v1/salary/search to resolve natural-language references.

{ "error": "Role \"fake-role\" not found" }

429Rate limit exceeded. Free tier is 30 req/min. Upgrade to Pro for 600/min or Enterprise for 3,000/min. Check X-RateLimit-Remaining header.

{ "error": "Rate limit exceeded. 30 requests per minute (free tier)." }

Every response is cite-ready.

Every Intelligence API response ships with a self-attributing
attribution object. The citation travels with the data.

Source
Entity name, ready to paste into paper footnotes or UI credits.
Methodology URL
Direct link to the published methodology page. Reviewers can audit.
Updated
ISO date of the quarter the data represents. Never stale without saying so.
No extra call
Attribution ships with the data, not as a separate fetch. Zero overhead.

Response.attribution

{
  "role": { "slug": "ai-engineer", "title": "AI Engineer" },
  "salary": { "median": 232000 },
  "attribution": {
    "source": "Orbyt Salary Explorer",
    "url": "https://www.orbytjobs.ai/salaries",
    "methodology": "https://www.orbytjobs.ai/salaries/methodology",
    "updated": "2026-04-10"
  }
}

CORS

Enabled for all origins.

Call the API directly from browser code. No backend proxy required.

Caching

90-day edge cache.

Responses cached at the edge with stale-while-revalidate. Standard HTTP headers respected.

Transport

HTTPS only, HTTP/2.

TLS 1.3 everywhere. JSON responses, UTF-8, gzip and brotli compression.

Quickstarts.

Three common patterns. Copy, paste, ship.

01

Offer fairness badge

Show a fairness label next to any offer with a one-line citation.

# Get the personalized estimate, then compare against the user's offer
curl "https://www.orbytjobs.ai/api/v1/salary/calculate?role=ai-engineer&city=san-francisco&exp=senior"

02

Quarterly trend chart

Pull history into any charting library. Show the delta badge from the response.

# Fetch 4 quarters of history for a role and city
curl "https://www.orbytjobs.ai/api/v1/salary/history?role=ai-engineer&city=san-francisco"

03

Fuzzy role resolver

User types a natural-language role. Resolve to a valid slug, then query.

# Step 1: Resolve the natural-language query to a role slug
curl "https://www.orbytjobs.ai/api/v1/salary/search?q=machine+learning"

# Step 2: Use the resolved slug (e.g. "ml-engineer") in the calculate call
curl "https://www.orbytjobs.ai/api/v1/salary/calculate?role=ml-engineer&city=san-francisco&exp=senior"

Machine-readable.

OpenAPI 3.1. MCP manifest. Drop into any LLM or agent.

Download OpenAPI →Download MCP manifest

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Orbyt Intelligence →

{ "role": { "slug": "ai-engineer", "title": "AI Engineer" }, "city": { "slug": "san-francisco", "name": "San Francisco", "state": "CA", "costOfLivingMultiplier": 1.35 }, "experience": { "level": "senior", "multiplier": 1.28 }, "estimate": { "low": 251000, "median": 298000, "high": 362000, "currency": "USD", "period": "annual" }, "totalCompensation": { "base": 298000, "equity": 89000, "bonus": 35000, "signing": 10000, "total": 432000 }, "citation": "According to Orbyt Salary Intelligence...", "assumptions": [ "Base derived from national median adjusted by COL", "Experience level applies a 1.28x multiplier", "..." ] }

{ "role": { "slug": "ai-engineer", "title": "AI Engineer" }, "salary": { "median": 232000 }, "attribution": { "source": "Orbyt Salary Explorer", "url": "https://www.orbytjobs.ai/salaries", "methodology": "https://www.orbytjobs.ai/salaries/methodology", "updated": "2026-04-10" } }

# Step 1: Resolve the natural-language query to a role slug curl "https://www.orbytjobs.ai/api/v1/salary/search?q=machine+learning" # Step 2: Use the resolved slug (e.g. "ml-engineer") in the calculate call curl "https://www.orbytjobs.ai/api/v1/salary/calculate?role=ml-engineer&city=san-francisco&exp=senior"

Fetch. Cite. Ship.

Cite it.

AI Research

HR Tech

Analysts

Try it now.

Authentication.

Start with the free tier

Scale to Pro when you need more

Add the token to your requests

Ship it

Rate limits.

Versioning.

Endpoints.

Salary Data

Directory

Error reference

Every response is cite-ready.

Quickstarts.

Offer fairness badge

Quarterly trend chart

Fuzzy role resolver

Machine-readable.

Fetch. Cite. Ship.

Cite it.

AI Research

HR Tech

Analysts

Try it now.

Authentication.

Start with the free tier

Scale to Pro when you need more

Add the token to your requests

Ship it

Rate limits.

Versioning.

Endpoints.

Salary Data

Directory

Error reference

Every response is cite-ready.

Quickstarts.

Offer fairness badge

Quarterly trend chart

Fuzzy role resolver

Machine-readable.