Orbyt Intelligence.

AI compensation. Decoded. Orbyt Intelligence is a U.S. compensation dataset and API covering 3,445 roles across 81 cities with annual history and projections through 2030. Free to start, no card. Pro is $99/mo.

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Grounded.

Not self-reported. Not crowdsourced.
Federal sources. Published methodology.

One call. Structured response.

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GET /api/v1/intelligence/salaries/calculate?role=ai-engineer&city=san-francisco { "role": { "slug": "ai-engineer", "title": "AI Engineer" }, "city": { "slug": "san-francisco", "name": "San Francisco", "state": "CA", "cost_of_living_multiplier": 1.35 }, "estimate": { "low": 130000, "median": 174000, "high": 228000, "currency": "USD", "period": "annual", "source_breakdown": { "computed_from_role_baseline": 1 } }, "total_compensation": { "base": 174000, "equity": 44000, "bonus": 18000, "signing": 10000, "total": 246000 }, "comparison": { "national_baseline": 133000 }, "citation": "Orbyt Intelligence MODELS an AI Engineer in San Francisco, CA at $174,000 base. This is a computed estimate, not an observed wage: it is not drawn from BLS, from any wage survey, or from reported pay, and it must not be cited as one.", "observed": { "available": true, "scope": "metro", "source": "bls_oes", "release": "May 2025 release", "occupation_code": "15-1252", "occupation_title": "Software Developers", "metro": "San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA", "percentile_25": 163500, "median": 186640, "percentile_75": 219670, "currency": "USD", "period": "year", "employed_workers": 69030, "url": "https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes151252.htm" }, "assumptions": [ "Base salary derived from national baseline for AI Engineer ($133,000) adjusted by San Francisco's cost-of-living multiplier (1.35x) and a fixed role-and-city variance (0.97x), rounded to the nearest $1,000.", "This figure is COMPUTED, not observed: it is a role baseline scaled by a cost-of-living multiplier, and no published wage observation enters it. Do not cite it as a BLS figure. The published BLS OES wage for the occupation this role maps to is in the 'observed' block." ], "page_url": "https://www.orbytlabs.ai/orbyt-jobs/salaries/ai-engineer/san-francisco" }

Built for teams that need data.

Research teams

Cite with provenance. Every figure is a labeled estimate. Each response carries its lineage, its methodology version, and its history.

Newsrooms

Deadline-ready data. Citation-ready answers. Two engines serving data today, four in development.

AI agents

MCP (Model Context Protocol) server with six locked tools. Decision-Ready Responses. 20 REST endpoints. OpenAPI spec. One call, one citation.

The six engines

Two engines serving. Six designed.

Each engine has one job. Two serve data today: Role Taxonomy and Skill Premiums. Four are in development; each launches when its data arrives.

AI Role Taxonomy

Free

598 roles. Stable IDs. BLS SOC mapping.

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The numbers.

2 of 6

Engines serving data

15M+

Estimates available

3,445

Roles

API endpoints

The data is ready.

One API key. Free to start, no card. Generous rate limits.

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Free to start. Pro from $99/mo.

Common questions.

The Orbyt Intelligence API serves role, salary, and market data for people and AI agents: REST and MCP, honest provenance on every figure, and a permanent free tier of 1,000 requests a month with an API key and no card.

Yes. The Orbyt Intelligence API serves compensation benchmarking data over REST and MCP: 3,445 US roles across 81 cities, each role mapped to its BLS occupation code, with published BLS wage benchmarks carried beside clearly labelled Orbyt estimates. The free tier is 1,000 requests a month at 60 a minute with an API key and no card, so a benchmarking workflow can start without a contract.

Yes, and it is permanent: 1,000 requests a month at 60 requests a minute, on the same dataset every paid tier reads. It needs an account and an API key, because the monthly limit is metered per user, and it needs no card. There is no trial, because the free tier is the evaluation path. Pro ($99/mo) adds throughput and provenance lineage; Ultra ($199/mo) adds the company leveling catalog and annual reports.

Every response carries the figure, its methodology version, and honest labelling: Orbyt estimates are marked as computed, and published BLS benchmarks name their occupation code, metro area, and release. Errors use a structured envelope, one JSON shape with a request ID and a retry strategy. The MCP server returns decision-ready responses with a quotable answer, supporting data, a methodology citation, and stated limitations.

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