---
title: "eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas"
description: "Returns the suggested EIP-1559 priority fee (tip) per gas to pay the sequencer on top of the base fee."
source: https://basehub.org/api-reference/eth/eth_maxpriorityfeepergas/
---
Returns a suggested value for `maxPriorityFeePerGas` to use in an EIP-1559 transaction. The value is the tip paid to the sequencer on top of the base fee.

## Parameters

None.

## Returns

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `result` | string | The suggested priority fee per gas in wei as a hexadecimal string. |

## Example

### Request

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas",
  "params": [],
  "id": 1
}
```

### Response

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0x1"
}
```