# Seek Jobs Scraper: Australia and New Zealand, Pay, Company (`arcadium/seek-jobs`) Actor

Seek.com.au and Seek.co.nz jobs (title, company, suburb, pay, work type, full description, closing date) by keyword and place; $1.80 per 1,000 jobs. Company website, size and rating, Seek's filters, up to 550 per search. No contact names, free error rows.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/arcadium/seek-jobs.md
- **Developed by:** [Arcadium Data](https://apify.com/arcadium) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.80 / 1,000 jobs

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Seek Jobs Scraper

Give it job titles and places in Australia or New Zealand (or Seek search URLs) and it returns one clean JSON row per Seek job: title, company, location down to suburb and postcode, pay, work type, on-site / hybrid / remote, classification, listing and closing dates, the full description, and the company's website, size and rating when it has a Seek profile. $1.80 per 1,000 jobs. You only pay for jobs you get back; a place Seek does not know comes back as a free error row that says why.

It is built for recruiters and staffing agencies in Australia and New Zealand, labour-market and salary research, job boards and aggregators, sales teams looking for companies that hire, and AI agents that need "who is hiring for X in Y" as data.

### Use with AI agents

The actor takes plain JSON and returns one flat row per job, so an AI agent or MCP client (for example through [mcp.apify.com](https://mcp.apify.com)) can call `arcadium/seek-jobs` directly. Input example for "data analyst jobs in Sydney and Melbourne listed this week":

```json
{ "keywords": ["data analyst"], "locations": ["Sydney NSW", "Melbourne VIC"], "postedWithinDays": "7", "maxJobsPerSearch": 100 }
```

"Remote nursing jobs in New Zealand, search rows only":

```json
{ "keywords": ["registered nurse"], "country": "NZ", "workArrangements": ["remote"], "includeDetails": false }
```

Read `title`, `companyName`, `location`, `salaryLabel`, `salary`, `workTypes`, `workArrangements`, `listedAt` and `url`. 100 jobs cost $0.18 plus the start fee. A place Seek does not know, or a URL that is not a Seek search, comes back as a free row with `rowType: "error"`, a `code` (`not_found`, `unavailable`, `blocked`, `invalid_input`) and a `message`, never as a failed run. Retry on `blocked` and `unavailable` later.

### What you get

| Field | What it holds |
| --- | --- |
| `jobId`, `url`, `title`, `normalizedTitle` | The job: Seek's id (stable between runs), its page, the title and Seek's normalised role title. |
| `companyName`, `advertiserName`, `companyProfileUrl` | The hiring company and the account that placed the ad (employer or recruitment agency). |
| `location`, `area`, `suburb`, `state`, `postcode`, `country` | Where the job is. |
| `classification`, `subClassification`, `workTypes`, `workArrangements` | Seek's category, full time / part time / contract / casual, on-site / hybrid / remote. |
| `salaryLabel`, `salary` | Pay as written ("$140k-$170k+Super") and parsed (`{min, max, currency, period}` in AUD or NZD). |
| `listedAt`, `listedAgo`, `expiresAt` | Listing date, Seek's "1d ago", and the closing date. |
| `teaser`, `bulletPoints`, `description` | The search summary, the ad's selling points and the full description (plain text or HTML). |
| `applyOnSeek`, `featured` | Apply on Seek or on the employer's site; paid placement. |
| `companyWebsite`, `companySize`, `companyIndustry`, `companyRating`, `companyReviewCount` | From the company's Seek profile, when it has one. |
| `source`, `sourceType`, `searchKeyword`, `searchLocation`, `position` | Which search the job came from and its rank in it. |
| `jobsDb` | With `jobsDbExport`: `{companyDomain, fingerprint}` to merge with other job sources. |

Output example:

```json
{
  "rowType": "job",
  "platform": "seek",
  "jobId": "95426731",
  "url": "https://www.seek.com.au/job/95426731",
  "title": "Data Analysis Officer",
  "companyName": "Macquarie University",
  "advertiserName": "Macquarie University",
  "advertiserId": "28800385",
  "companyProfileUrl": "https://au.seek.com/companies/macquarie-university-432440",
  "location": "Sydney NSW",
  "area": "Ryde & Macquarie Park",
  "suburb": "North Ryde",
  "state": "New South Wales",
  "postcode": "2113",
  "country": "AU",
  "classification": "Information & Communication Technology",
  "subClassification": "Other",
  "workTypes": ["Full time"],
  "workArrangements": ["Hybrid"],
  "salaryLabel": null,
  "salary": null,
  "listedAt": "2026-10-22T03:18:06Z",
  "listedAgo": "8h ago",
  "expiresAt": "2026-11-21T03:18:04.000Z",
  "teaser": "We are hiring an enthusiastic Data Analysis Officer to join our team!",
  "bulletPoints": [],
  "description": "$102,136 - 112,741 per annum (HEW Level 6), plus 17% employer's superannuation and annual leave loading\nFull-time, 16-month fixed-term contract ...",
  "normalizedTitle": "Data Analytics Officer",
  "applyOnSeek": false,
  "featured": false,
  "companyWebsite": "http://mq.edu.au/",
  "companySize": "1,001-5,000 employees",
  "companyIndustry": "Education, Training & Professional Development",
  "companyRating": 3.4,
  "companyReviewCount": 85,
  "detailsIncluded": true,
  "source": "data analyst in Sydney NSW (AU)",
  "sourceType": "search",
  "searchKeyword": "data analyst",
  "searchLocation": "Sydney NSW 2000",
  "position": 11,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-22T12:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Input

| Field | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| `keywords` | Job titles or keywords; each is searched in every location. |
| `locations` | Places as you type them on Seek (`"Sydney NSW"`, `"Brisbane"`, `"Auckland"`). Empty = the whole country. |
| `country` | `AU` (default, seek.com.au) or `NZ` (seek.co.nz). |
| `startUrls` | Seek search URLs; keywords, place and filters are read from the URL. |
| `maxJobsPerSearch` | Jobs per search, 1 to 550 (default 100). |
| `maxItems` | Stop after this many jobs in total. A cost cap. |
| `postedWithinDays`, `workTypes`, `workArrangements`, `classificationIds`, `sortBy` | Seek's own search filters and sort. |
| `includeDetails` | Full description, closing date, address parts and company profile (on by default; one small request per job). |
| `descriptionFormat`, `maxDescriptionChars` | `text` (default), `html` or `none`; cut long descriptions. |
| `jobsDbExport` | Add the `jobsDb` merge fields. |
| `includeErrorRows` | A free row for every input without jobs (on by default). |

Common input names of other Seek scrapers are accepted as they are (`keyword`, `searchTerms`, `location`, `where`, `searchUrls`, `maxResults`, `maxJobs`), so an existing input can be pasted in.

### Use it from code

Python:

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("arcadium/seek-jobs").call(run_input={
    "keywords": ["electrician"],
    "locations": ["Perth WA", "Brisbane QLD"],
    "workTypes": ["full-time"],
    "maxJobsPerSearch": 200,
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    if item["rowType"] == "job":
        print(item["title"], item["companyName"], item["suburb"], item["salaryLabel"])
```

JavaScript:

```js
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client.actor('arcadium/seek-jobs').call({
  startUrls: ['https://www.seek.co.nz/nurse-jobs/in-Auckland'],
  maxJobsPerSearch: 100,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items.filter((i) => i.rowType === 'job').length, 'jobs');
```

### Pricing

You pay per job delivered, the same on every Apify plan, with or without job details. Error rows and jobs that two of your searches both found are free.

| Apify plan | Per 1,000 jobs |
| --- | --- |
| Free | $1.80 |
| Starter (Bronze) | $1.80 |
| Scale (Silver) | $1.80 |
| Business (Gold) | $1.80 |
| Platinum | $1.80 |
| Diamond | $1.80 |

Plus a one-off $0.001 per GB of memory when a run starts (the run uses 512 MB).

Set a maximum cost per run in the Apify run options and the actor stops before it goes over.

### Use cases

- Recruiting and staffing in Australia and New Zealand: who is hiring for a role in a city, with pay and work arrangement.
- Salary research: advertised pay per title, place and classification.
- Sales prospecting: companies that are hiring, with their website and size.
- Job boards and aggregators: fresh listings per keyword with `postedWithinDays`.
- Labour-market research: hiring by classification, work type and region.

### Limitations

- Seek shows at most 550 jobs per search. Split large searches by place, `postedWithinDays`, `workTypes` or `classificationIds`.
- Pay is what the advertiser wrote; many ads hide it, and `salary` stays null when the text is not a clear amount or range.
- Company website, size and rating exist only for companies with a Seek profile.
- Ads that send you to the employer's site (`applyOnSeek: false`) do not expose the outside link.
- Place names are matched by Seek; check `searchLocation` to see what it matched.

### Privacy

Public job ads only, read the way an anonymous visitor's browser reads Seek. No login, no account. No contact names or phone numbers are collected (Seek's phone and questionnaire fields are not read); emails and phone numbers in titles, summaries and descriptions are replaced with `[email]` and `[phone]`, and greeting names are removed. "Private Advertiser" ads and posters that could be a private person get a null company name.

### FAQ

**Why do some jobs have no company name?**
The ad was placed as "Private Advertiser", or the poster's name could be a private person's. We leave those out on purpose.

**Do I pay more for the full description?**
No. `includeDetails` costs the same per job; turn it off only to make runs faster.

**Something looks wrong in the output. Who do I tell?**
Open an issue on the actor page with the run link. We read them all.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

What to search for, e.g. \["data analyst", "registered nurse", "electrician"]. Each keyword is searched in every location below.

## `locations` (type: `array`):

Places as you would type them on Seek, e.g. \["Sydney NSW", "Melbourne VIC", "Brisbane", "Auckland"]. The place Seek matched is returned in searchLocation. Empty = the whole country.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Values: AU (seek.com.au, default) or NZ (seek.co.nz). Used for keyword searches; URLs carry their own country.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Seek search pages, e.g. https://www.seek.com.au/data-analyst-jobs/in-Sydney-NSW?daterange=3 or https://www.seek.co.nz/jobs/in-Auckland. Keywords, place and Seek's own filters are read from the URL.

## `maxJobsPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

Jobs per keyword and location or URL, 1 to 550 (default 100). Seek shows at most 550 jobs per search; split big searches by place or filters.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stops the run after this many jobs across all searches. A cost cap; leave empty for no limit.

## `postedWithinDays` (type: `string`):

Values: 1, 3, 7, 14, 31 (days). Seek's own date filter. Empty = any date.

## `workTypes` (type: `array`):

Only these work types. Values: full-time, part-time, contract (contract/temp), casual (casual/vacation). Empty = all.

## `workArrangements` (type: `array`):

Only these arrangements. Values: on-site, hybrid, remote. Empty = all.

## `classificationIds` (type: `array`):

Advanced. Seek classification ids from a search URL's classification parameter, e.g. 6281 (Information & Communication Technology) or 1211 (Healthcare & Medical).

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Values: relevance (default) or date (newest first).

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

One small extra request per job: full description, closing date, suburb, state and postcode, company website, size, industry and rating. On by default; turn off for search rows only (faster).

## `descriptionFormat` (type: `string`):

Values: text (default, plain text), html (cleaned HTML) or none. Contact details are removed in both formats.

## `maxDescriptionChars` (type: `integer`):

Cut descriptions after this many characters, 0 = full text (default).

## `jobsDbExport` (type: `boolean`):

Adds a jobsDb object per job: company domain (from the company profile) and a cross-board fingerprint for merging with other job sources.

## `includeErrorRows` (type: `boolean`):

Adds a free row (rowType error, with a code and message) for every search, place or URL that gave no jobs. On by default.

## `maxRetries` (type: `integer`):

How often a request is retried after a temporary error, 0 to 10.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Leave empty: the actor uses Australian residential proxies, which Seek lets through (it blocks datacenter IPs).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "data analyst"
  ],
  "locations": [
    "Sydney NSW"
  ],
  "country": "AU",
  "startUrls": [],
  "maxJobsPerSearch": 50,
  "sortBy": "relevance",
  "includeDetails": true,
  "descriptionFormat": "text",
  "maxDescriptionChars": 0,
  "jobsDbExport": false,
  "includeErrorRows": true,
  "maxRetries": 4
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All rows of this run in the default dataset.

## `view_overview` (type: `string`):

No description

## `view_details` (type: `string`):

No description

## `view_errors` (type: `string`):

No description

## `record_stats` (type: `string`):

Requests, data volume, retries, proxy tiers and cost per job for this run.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "keywords": [
        "data analyst"
    ],
    "locations": [
        "Sydney NSW"
    ],
    "startUrls": [],
    "maxJobsPerSearch": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("arcadium/seek-jobs").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "keywords": ["data analyst"],
    "locations": ["Sydney NSW"],
    "startUrls": [],
    "maxJobsPerSearch": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("arcadium/seek-jobs").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "keywords": [
    "data analyst"
  ],
  "locations": [
    "Sydney NSW"
  ],
  "startUrls": [],
  "maxJobsPerSearch": 50
}' |
apify call arcadium/seek-jobs --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,arcadium/seek-jobs"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/EEfcJL359Kl0cjaLW/builds/1CkTVhguhxMDBpv8o/openapi.json