The latest articles on DEV Community by Programmatic SEO (@programmatic_seo). https://dev.to/programmatic_seo https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3869237%2F7fb943ac-ca5c-44d8-b614-8bef57776f49.png https://dev.to/programmatic_seo en Programmatic SEO Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:29:26 +0000 https://dev.to/programmatic_seo/i-built-a-free-salary-data-api-for-engineers-200-roles-500-cities-no-auth-needed-2o6e https://dev.to/programmatic_seo/i-built-a-free-salary-data-api-for-engineers-200-roles-500-cities-no-auth-needed-2o6e <p>I got tired of salary data being locked behind paywalls or buried in job listings. So I built a free API.</p> <p>No API key. No signup. Just data.</p> <h2> Base URL </h2> <p><a href="https://engineersalarydata.com/wp-json/salarydata/v1/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://engineersalarydata.com/wp-json/salarydata/v1/</a></p> <h2> Example Requests </h2> <p><strong>Get all available roles:</strong><br> GET /wp-json/salarydata/v1/roles</p> <p><strong>Get salary by role and city:</strong><br> GET /wp-json/salarydata/v1/salaries?role=software-engineer&amp;city=seattle</p> <p><strong>Search:</strong><br> GET /wp-json/salarydata/v1/search?q=software+engineer+seattle</p> <h2> Example Response </h2> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight json"><code><span class="p">{</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nl">"role"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"software-engineer"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nl">"city"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"seattle"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nl">"min_salary"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">145000</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nl">"max_salary"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">220000</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nl">"avg_salary"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">179520</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nl">"currency"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"USD"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nl">"year"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2026</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nl">"source_article"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"https://engineersalarydata.com/..."</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nl">"last_updated"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"2026-04-08"</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w"> </span></code></pre> </div> <h2> What It Covers </h2> <ul> <li>200+ engineering roles — Software Engineer, Staff Engineer, ML Engineer, DevOps, Cloud Architect, and more</li> <li>500+ cities worldwide — US, UK, Canada, Australia, Europe, Asia</li> <li>Experience levels — entry, mid, senior, staff, principal</li> <li>2026 verified data updated regularly</li> <li>CORS enabled — works from browser or server</li> </ul> <h2> Full Documentation </h2> <p>engineersalarydata.com/api/</p> <p>Free to use with attribution. Would love feedback — what data would you find most useful?</p> api webdev career javascript