# Levels.fyi: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 14 judge labels across 3 categories by 7 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/levels-fyi

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Compensation benchmarking data](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/rewards/compensation-benchmarking-data/index.md) | 0% | 120 | 38% | 8 |
| [Job advertising and distribution](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/talent/job-advertising-and-distribution/index.md) | 0% | 25 | 0% | 4 |
| [Compensation management](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/rewards/compensation-management/index.md) | 0% | 108 | 50% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "use Levels.fyi/Glassdoor for quick market reality checks on total comp, especially tech equity" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Compensation management)
- "GitHub/Levels.fyi for tech) to get higher candidate signal over noise" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Job advertising)
- "Best for Tech & Leveling Data: Levels.fyi" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Compensation benchmarkin)
- "Tech roles with compensation transparency" (MiniMax M2.5, Job advertising)

## And against it

- "Platforms like Glassdoor, Indeed, and Levels.fyi rely on individuals voluntarily submitting their own salary information." (Muse Glimmer 30B, Compensation management)
- "Avoid those relying heavily on unverified crowdsourced data (e.g., from Glassdoor or Levels.fyi)" (Grok 4.20, Compensation benchmarkin)
- "bridges the gap between free, low-quality data (Levels.fyi) and expensive enterprise surveys (Mercer)" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Compensation benchmarkin)
- "not reliable enough for formal benchmarking or defensibility" (Grok 4.20, Compensation benchmarkin)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Levels.fyi, from 23 of the 27 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- ravio.com: 14
- g2.com: 10
- comprehensive.io: 9
- salary.com: 9
- hrpaypick.com: 8
- reddit.com: 7
- pin.com: 6
- figures.hr: 5
- fitsmallbusiness.com: 5
- money.com: 5

### Pages cited

- https://comprehensive.io/content/best-compensation-benchmarking-data-sources: 9
- https://hrpaypick.com/salary-benchmarking-small-business: 8
- https://ravio.com/blog/the-best-tools-for-salary-benchmarking: 8
- https://g2.com/categories/salary-benchmarking/small-business: 7
- https://ravio.com/blog/free-salary-data: 6
- https://salary.com/: 6
- https://salary.com/data: 6
- https://money.com/best-job-posting-sites-for-employers: 5

## In its own words

What Levels.fyi's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Salaries & Tools to Level Up Your Career (https://levels.fyi/)
- For: job seekers, employers, and academic research users (https://levels.fyi/)

## What it publishes

Every page levels.fyi exposes, read 2026-09-29: 10000 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 66 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 204 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.