What it is

SalaryDuel is a daily salary guessing game. Each day you get ten rounds. Each round shows two real US roles: title, seniority level, location. You pick who earns more by median salary. After every pick, the real numbers come up: median, the 25th to 75th percentile range, market context, and top employers hiring for that role.

Why play

You think you know what people earn. Most of us are off by 20 to 40%. Ten rounds a day is enough to find where your intuition breaks. After ten days, you start reading the market the way a recruiter does.

What's under the hood

All numbers come from payscope.ai data, a salary index built from millions of job postings and candidate profiles. Snapshots refresh monthly. No fake data. No vibes. US roles across San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Austin, Seattle, Boston, plus National and Remote-US baselines.

Two modes

Daily bout. One series of 10 rounds per day. Same ten rounds for everyone. Build a streak.

Endless. Higher/Lower until you miss. Beat your own best.

What you see after every round

A median salary, the p25 to p75 range so the picture is honest, a market signal (Balanced, Highly Competitive, etc.) with active candidate count and open positions, and the top four employers hiring for that role. Then you move to the next round.

What it is not

Not a salary calculator. Not a job board. Not a leaderboard chase. It is a calibration tool dressed as a game.

Free, no signup

Play in the browser. No account, no email, no install. Your streak lives in local storage. If you want your own salary range, that is what payscope.ai is for. SalaryDuel does not gate or upsell.

One honest note on geography

Data is US-only at launch. If you are outside the US, you can still play it as a curious read on the American market, the same way Levels.fyi gets browsed worldwide.

What's next

Per-track filters (Tech, Healthcare, Finance), challenge a friend with a personal score link, weekly champions, expansion to the UK and EU markets.