# Research Salaries and Jobs with Levels.fyi

Salary and job comparisons need clear sources and consistent role, location, and level filters. This skill guides connected Levels.fyi queries and distinguishes sourced figures from estimates.

## Install

```bash
npx skillstore add levels-fyi/levels-fyi
```

## Metadata

- Status: approved
- Slug: levels-fyi-levels-fyi
- Skillstore revision: r1
- Version status: missing
- Tree hash: 8ecdd85e5c19fb69006f5cffced3626be871210fcfe67dde413409b9b2191397
- Author: levels-fyi
- GitHub username: levels-fyi
- License: MIT
- Repository: https://github.com/levels-fyi/levels-fyi-plugin/tree/c5a10da9b68fd47098766c840b1df473d8ba7100/plugin/skills/levels-fyi
- Ref: d0f337367e73fffe897bd80a0afd327f0b2ee80f
- Supported tools: Claude, Codex, Claude Code
- Audit status: complete
- Agent install advisory: allowed
- Manual install advisory: allowed
- Artifact signature: available
- Audit attestation: unavailable
- Human verification: not\_verified
- Risk factors: external\_commands
- Quality score: 78
- Quality tier: bronze
- Public page: https://skillstore.pages.dev/skills/levels-fyi-levels-fyi
- Manifest: https://skillstore.pages.dev/api/skills/levels-fyi-levels-fyi/manifest

## Capabilities

- Routes company, location, and job-family names through lookup tools to obtain valid query slugs.
- Selects tools for salary percentiles, company-level compensation, top-paying companies, location statistics, and recent salary submissions.
- Guides searches for open jobs and retrieval of individual job details.
- Looks up company vesting schedules and negotiation guidance through connected tools.
- Requires source attribution and separates Levels.fyi tool data from website information and estimates.
- Prepares data feedback for user approval and refers voluntary salary contributions to a separate skill.

## Use Cases

- Research Compensation Before Negotiating: Compare salary percentiles and company-level pay for a specific role and location before discussing an offer.
- Compare Hiring Markets: Review company compensation and location statistics using consistent filters to inform hiring discussions.
- Explore Roles and Equity Schedules: Find open jobs, inspect job details, and research company vesting schedules when planning a career move.

## Prompt Templates

### Find Local Salary Percentiles

```
Find software engineer salary percentiles in the San Francisco Bay Area using Levels.fyi. State the source and available time window.
```

### Compare Company Levels

```
Look up Google and Meta software engineering levels. Compare available pay data for Google L5 and Meta E5 in New York.
```

### Research Jobs and Vesting

```
Find product manager jobs in Seattle. Show details for three relevant listings and retrieve available vesting schedules for their companies.
```

### Build a Sourced Market Comparison

```
Compare data scientist pay in Seattle and New York. Include percentiles, top-paying companies, recent submissions, source windows, and permission limits. Label estimates separately.
```

## Limitations

- Requires a working Levels.fyi connector; this skill does not implement or install the tools.
- Tool coverage may differ from the website, and permissions or rate limits can restrict results.
- Offer evaluation, offer comparison, pay benchmarking, and salary submission are delegated to separate skills not included here.
- Contains workflow instructions rather than a bundled salary dataset or independently verified connector implementation.

## Best Practices

- Specify the role, location, and company level before comparing compensation, and resolve names to valid slugs.
- Check the source, coverage window, and access limits for each figure before drawing conclusions.
- Review proposed feedback before approving submission, and provide a reply email only when you want a response.

## Anti Patterns

- Treating estimates or unrelated website figures as Levels.fyi tool data.
- Comparing compensation across different roles, locations, or time windows without acknowledging the differences.
- Submitting feedback or salary information without explicit user agreement.

## Security Audit

- Audited at: 2026-10-29T23:26:22.36\+00:00
- Summary: All 23 static findings are false positives: 22 match Markdown inline code, and one mistakes a salary contribution invitation for system reconnaissance. Feedback requires consent, salary contributions require agreement, and suggested next steps remain optional. No evidence found of shell execution, system reconnaissance, prompt injection, or unauthorized data transmission in the reviewed file.

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