A salary is most useful when you know its source, role, location, and limits. Here is exactly how WILSY organises its data.
The 1,000-company collection
The directory combines 11 selected technology employers with 989 active or public companies from the YC ecosystem that have a full-time role with published annual USD pay. The YC selection prioritises its top-company designation and reported team size. Duplicate companies are removed.
This is a curated collection, not a ranking of the world’s 1,000 largest or best employers. Coverage is concentrated in the United States and YC startups; it is not a balanced sample of every country or job family.
One company, one example role
Engineering roles are preferred. If several eligible engineering roles have salary ranges, we select the middle range after sorting their midpoints. Other role families are used when needed and are labelled. Internships, contract positions, and hourly or monthly pay are excluded. The salary data is a snapshot retrieved on 2026-09-11; source publication and update dates vary.
Base salary is identified only when the employer describes it as base pay. Other ranges are labelled advertised salary or estimated base salary as appropriate. Bonus, commission, and stock are not assigned an invented value or added to the range. Employer-maintained sources are linked from each company profile.
Pay tiers are browsing bands
| Band | Example INR salary midpoint (estimated) |
|---|---|
| Tier 1 | ₹1.91 Cr and above |
| Tier 2 | ₹1.43 Cr to below ₹1.91 Cr |
| Tier 3 | ₹95.56 L to below ₹1.43 Cr |
| Tier 4 | Below ₹95.56 L |
A tier does not measure company quality, interview difficulty, or suitability. It does not control for seniority or geography. Ad revenue and affiliate links do not affect tiers.
How we show INR estimates
Salary displays use Indian rupees. USD source amounts are converted using a dated reference rate: 1 USD = ₹95.56, dated 2026-09-11, supplied by the European Central Bank via Frankfurter.
The rate is stored with this snapshot; it does not update while you browse. INR amounts are rounded to lakhs (L) or crores (Cr). The estimate is not a salary offered in India, a tax calculation, a cost-of-living adjustment, or a bank quote. The original source values remain stored for accuracy. Tiers keep the same membership while their displayed boundaries use rounded INR equivalents.
Careers and source links
Where a careers destination was found on a company’s website, WILSY links to it. Otherwise, we link to the employer’s recruiting page on Y Combinator and label the destination “YC careers.” Company profiles and source listings can become outdated or unavailable; WILSY does not claim that every role remains open.
Sources and corrections
Public employer career pages supply the featured salary examples. YC profiles and advertised role information were retrieved through the YC directory data mirror. Company logos come from public employer assets, YC profiles, and brand icon collections. Original source URLs are retained in the data snapshot.
To report an error, email contact@wilsy.in with the company name, affected URL, and replacement employer source. A directory page is not a job posting or an employment guarantee.