Indeed Jobs Feed

🔍 What is Indeed Jobs Feed?

Indeed Jobs Feed extracts structured job listing data from Indeed across 62 country domains — with built-in change tracking for recurring monitoring workflows. Get job titles, companies, locations, structured salary data, full descriptions, hiring signals, and company profiles as clean JSON.

Indeed is one of the world's largest job search platforms, but it has no bulk export or data API. This actor bridges that gap — it delivers structured, analytics-ready job data that you can feed into dashboards, databases, recruiting pipelines, or AI workflows.

✨ Why choose this actor?

Feature	Indeed Jobs Feed	Typical alternatives
Country coverage	62 markets	Usually 1–5
Structured salary (min/max/currency/period)	Yes	Sometimes
Full job descriptions	Yes	Often truncated
Company profile enrichment	Yes (industry, headcount, HQ, revenue)	Rare
Hiring urgency signals	Yes (urgency, candidate count, repost detection)	No
Incremental change tracking	Yes (NEW/UPDATED/EXPIRED/REAPPEARED)	Usually no
Compact mode for AI agents	Yes (17 core fields)	No
Description truncation	Yes (configurable)	No
Pay per result	$0.004/result	Often flat monthly

🚀 Quick start

Minimal input to get started:

{
  "query": "software engineer",
  "country": "US",
  "location": "New York",
  "maxResults": 20
}

With filters

{
  "query": "nurse",
  "country": "US",
  "location": "Chicago",
  "jobType": "fulltime",
  "postedDays": 7,
  "radius": 25,
  "sort": "date"
}

AI-agent compact output

{
  "query": "product manager",
  "country": "US",
  "compact": true,
  "descriptionMaxLength": 500,
  "maxResults": 50
}

📊 Sample output

{
  "jobId": "b0bf7dd80caee255...",
  "jobKey": "f1a14830c3d33862",
  "title": "Senior Software Engineer",
  "company": "AEGIS",
  "location": "New York, NY, US",
  "salaryText": "USD 140,000-250,000 YEAR",
  "salaryMin": 140000,
  "salaryMax": 250000,
  "salaryCurrency": "USD",
  "salaryType": "YEAR",
  "employmentType": "FULL_TIME",
  "postedDate": "2026-03-16T21:22:36.192Z",
  "validThrough": "2026-07-14T22:51:34.683Z",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=f1a14830c3d33862",
  "portalUrl": "https://www.indeed.com",
  "description": "We are seeking a skilled Java Developer with 3-4 years of professional experience...",
  "descriptionLength": 5259,
  "locationCity": "New York",
  "locationRegion": "NY",
  "locationCountry": "US",
  "isRemote": false,
  "companyRating": 4.1,
  "companyReviewsCount": 21,
  "contentQuality": "full",
  "detailFetched": true,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-03-21T10:00:00.000Z",
  "changeType": null,
  "stateKey": null
}

Up to 71 fields per record depending on listing content, market, and enrichment options.

⚙️ Input reference

Search

Field	Type	Default	Description
query	string or string[]	—	Search keywords. Use JSON array for multi-query: ["data engineer", "data scientist"]. Required unless startUrls is provided.
country	string	"US"	Country code. Determines which Indeed domain to search. 62 markets available.
location	string or string[]	—	City, state, or region. Use JSON array for multi-location: ["New York", "San Francisco"].
startUrls	string[]	—	Direct Indeed search or job detail URLs.
maxResults	integer	50	Maximum total job listings to return (1–500).
maxPages	integer	5	Maximum pages per search source (1–50).

Filters

Field	Type	Default	Description
postedDays	integer	—	Only jobs posted within N days. Snaps to nearest valid: 1, 3, 7, or 14.
jobType	string	—	Employment type: fulltime, parttime, contract, temporary, internship.
remoteFilter	string	—	Remote work filter: remote or hybrid.
radius	integer	—	Search radius in miles. Snaps to nearest valid: 5, 10, 15, 25, 35, 50, 100.
sort	string	"relevance"	Sort order: relevance or date.

Enrichment

Field	Type	Default	Description
includeDetails	boolean	true	Fetch each job's detail page for full description, structured data, and hiring signals. Set to false for fast listing-only scraping.
includeCompanyProfile	boolean	false	Fetch company profile pages for industry, headcount, revenue, and more. Cached per unique company within each run.

Output format

Field	Type	Default	Description
compact	boolean	false	Output only 17 core fields. Ideal for AI agents and MCP workflows where token budget matters.
descriptionMaxLength	integer	—	Truncate descriptions to N characters. Set to 0 to omit descriptions entirely. Leave empty for full descriptions.

Incremental tracking

Field	Type	Default	Description
incrementalMode	boolean	false	Compare against previous run state. Requires stateKey.
stateKey	string	—	Stable identifier for the tracked search universe (e.g. "us-software-nyc").
emitUnchanged	boolean	false	Also emit records that haven't changed since last run.
emitExpired	boolean	false	Also emit records from prior state that are no longer found.

📦 Output fields

Core job fields

Field	Type	Available	Description
jobId	string	Always	Unique identifier
title	string	Always	Position title
company	string	Always	Company name
companyUrl	string	Always	Company profile URL
location	string	Always	Location string
canonicalUrl	string	Always	Job page URL
portalUrl	string	Always	Indeed portal URL (e.g. https://www.indeed.com)
sourceUrl	string	Always	URL that was scraped

Location

Field	Type	Available	Description
locationCity	string	Always	Parsed city
locationRegion	string	Always	Parsed state/region
locationCountry	string	Always	Country code
locationFormatted	string	Always	Formatted location string
isRemote	boolean	Always	Remote work flag
latitude	number	Where available	Geo latitude (market-dependent)
longitude	number	Where available	Geo longitude (market-dependent)

Salary

Field	Type	Available	Description
salaryText	string	Where provided	Normalized salary string (e.g. "USD 70,000-95,000 YEAR")
salaryMin	number	Where provided	Minimum salary value
salaryMax	number	Where provided	Maximum salary value
salaryCurrency	string	Where provided	Currency code
salaryType	string	Where provided	Pay period: HOUR, YEAR, MONTH, WEEK, DAY

Employment and dates

Field	Type	Available	Description
employmentType	string	With detail enrichment	FULL_TIME, PART_TIME, CONTRACTOR, etc.
postedDate	string	With detail enrichment	ISO-8601 publication date
validThrough	string	With detail enrichment	ISO-8601 expiration date

Description

Field	Type	Available	Description
description	string	With detail enrichment	Full plain-text job description
descriptionLength	integer	With detail enrichment	Character count

Quality signals

Field	Type	Available	Description
requirements	array	Where provided	Structured requirements with severity
benefits	array	Where provided	Benefits list
attributes	array	Where provided	Job attributes (education, experience level)
extractedEmails	array	Rare	Contact emails found in description
applyUrl	string	Where available	Direct application URL

Hiring insights

These fields come from embedded page data. Availability varies by market and listing.

Field	Type	Available	Description
hiringAge	string	Where available	How long the job has been posted
isUrgentlyHiring	boolean	Where available	Urgent hiring flag
numOfCandidates	number	Where available	Applicant count
isRecurringHire	boolean	Where available	Recurring hire flag
isRepost	boolean	Where available	Whether this is a repost
isLatestPost	boolean	Where available	Whether this is the latest version
jobOccupations	array	Where available	Occupation categories

Company (from detail page)

Field	Type	Available	Description
companyRating	number	Where available	Rating (0–5 scale)
companyReviewsCount	integer	Where available	Number of reviews
companyLogoUrl	string	Where available	Logo URL

Company profile (with includeCompanyProfile enabled)

Field	Type	Available	Description
companyIndustry	string	Commonly	Industry classification
companyEmployeeRange	string	Commonly	Employee count range
companySectorNames	array	Commonly	Sector categories
companyFoundedYear	integer	Commonly	Year founded
companyHeadquarters	string	Commonly	HQ location
companyWebsite	string	Commonly	Corporate website
companyOpenJobsCount	integer	Commonly	Active job count
companyDescription	string	Commonly	Company description
companyRevenue	string	Rare	Revenue range
companyCeo	string	Rare	CEO name

Metadata

Field	Type	Available	Description
scrapedAt	string	Always	ISO-8601 scrape timestamp
detailFetched	boolean	Always	Whether detail page was fetched
contentQuality	string	Always	"full", "thin", or "serp_only"
isSponsored	boolean	Always	Sponsored listing flag
sourceDomain	string	Always	Indeed domain used
sourceCountry	string	Always	Country from domain
searchQuery	string	Always	Query that found this job

Incremental tracking fields

Present on every record. Values are null in non-incremental mode.

Field	Type	Description
changeType	string	NEW, UPDATED, UNCHANGED, REAPPEARED, or EXPIRED
trackedHash	string	Content hash for change detection
firstSeenAt	string	Timestamp of first observation
lastSeenAt	string	Timestamp of most recent observation
previousSeenAt	string	Timestamp of observation before last
expiredAt	string	Timestamp when last classified as EXPIRED
stateKey	string	The state key used

💡 Use cases

Job market intelligence

Monitor hiring trends by keyword, location, or industry. Track which roles are growing, where demand is concentrated, and how job volumes change over time.

Salary benchmarking

Collect structured salary data (min/max/currency/period) across roles and regions. Compare compensation across companies, markets, and job types.

Recruitment analytics

Track which companies are hiring, what they pay, and how urgently. Use hiring signals like urgency flags and candidate counts to prioritize outreach.

Lead generation

Extract hiring companies with enriched profiles (industry, headcount, headquarters) for B2B outreach. Companies actively hiring are more likely to need supporting services.

Competitor monitoring

Use incremental mode on a schedule to track how a company's job postings change over time — new roles, removed positions, salary adjustments.

AI-agent workflows

Compact mode reduces output to 17 core fields, and description truncation controls token budget. Designed for MCP servers, LLM pipelines, and automated analysis.

🤖 AI-agent and MCP usage

This actor is optimized for AI-agent consumption:

• Compact mode — 17 core fields only, reducing token usage
• Description truncation — set descriptionMaxLength to control payload size
• Deterministic schema — every field is always present (null when unavailable), so agents never encounter missing keys
• Pay-per-result billing — agents pay only for data they consume

{
  "query": "data scientist",
  "country": "US",
  "compact": true,
  "descriptionMaxLength": 300,
  "maxResults": 25
}

🔄 Incremental mode

Track job posting changes across runs:

{
  "query": "machine learning engineer",
  "location": "Berlin",
  "country": "DE",
  "incrementalMode": true,
  "stateKey": "de-ml-berlin",
  "emitExpired": true
}

Change types

Type	Meaning
NEW	Job not seen in previous run
UPDATED	Job exists but content changed
UNCHANGED	Same content (only emitted if emitUnchanged is true)
EXPIRED	Was found before but not in current run (only if emitExpired is true)
REAPPEARED	Was previously expired but found again

How state keys work

• Use a descriptive, stable key per search universe: "us-software-nyc", "de-data-berlin"
• Different queries and locations should use different keys to avoid cross-contamination
• Unchanged jobs are not emitted by default — you only pay for new and changed records
• Changing the key starts fresh with no prior state

📖 How to scrape Indeed job listings

1. Go to Apify Console and open Indeed Jobs Feed
2. Enter your search keywords in the query field (e.g. "software engineer")
3. Select a country (62 markets available)
4. Optionally set a location, job type filter, or posting age
5. Set maxResults to control how many listings to extract
6. Click Start and wait for results
7. Download your data as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the Output tab

⚠️ Known limitations

• Salary availability — not all listings include salary data. Coverage varies by country and job type.
• Company profile gaps — revenue and CEO are rarely available. Industry and headcount are available for most established companies.
• Geo coordinates — latitude and longitude are available in some markets and page variants, absent in others.
• Hiring insights — fields like hiring age and urgency come from embedded page data, typically populated on 10–30% of listings.
• Rate limiting — Indeed may throttle requests at high volume. The actor handles this with built-in rate management.
• Deduplication — results are automatically deduplicated across all search sources within a single run.

💰 How much does it cost to scrape Indeed?

$0.004 per emitted result ($4.00 per 1,000 results).

Scenario	Results	Cost
Quick search	50 jobs	$0.20
Market survey	500 jobs	$2.00
Daily monitoring (incremental)	~20 new/changed per day	~$0.08/day
Full market scan	500 jobs + company profiles	$2.00

In incremental mode, unchanged jobs are not emitted by default — so you only pay for new and changed records. Company profile enrichment is included at no extra cost per result.