💼 SEEK Scraper — Australia & NZ Jobs with Salary Intelligence

Extract job listings from seek.com.au and seek.co.nz — Australia's #1 job portal with 157,000+ active listings.

Not just another SEEK scraper. This one has salary + super parsing, visa sponsorship detection, and description-based salary extraction that doubles disclosure rates.

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⚡ What Makes This Different?

10+ SEEK scrapers exist on Apify. None do what this one does:

Feature	Other Scrapers	This Scraper
Salary disclosure	~20-30%	✅ ~50-60% (description regex)
Super detection	❌	✅ "plus super" vs "inc. super"
Total comp calc	❌	✅ base + 11.5% super
Visa sponsorship	❌	✅ 482/TSS/186/ENS detection
Work arrangement	Partial	✅ Onsite/Hybrid/Remote
No browser	Some use Playwright	✅ Cheerio HTTP (5x faster)

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🇦🇺 Australia-Specific Features

Salary + Super Parsing (3-Tier)

Australia's superannuation system means "$120k + super" ≠ "$120k inc super":

Tier 1 — Structured field: $120,000 – $150,000 plus super Tier 2 — Super flag: Detects "plus super", "inclusive of super", "excl. super" Tier 3 — Description regex: Finds hidden salary in job descriptions that cards don't show. Doubles the salary disclosure rate from ~25% to ~55%.

Total comp auto-calculated: $120k + super → totalComp: $133,800 (at 11.5%)

Visa Sponsorship Detection

3-level classification from description text:

• explicit_sponsorship — "482 visa sponsorship available"
• open_to_sponsorship — "may consider international candidates"
• no_sponsorship — "must have Australian working rights"

1.2M+ skilled migration applicants per year search for this filter.

Work Arrangement

Post-COVID filter: On-site, Hybrid, Remote — extracted from both structured fields and description.

Classification System

28 SEEK industries with sub-classifications. IT, Healthcare, Engineering, Mining, Finance and more — all structured.

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🔧 Quick Start

Software engineering jobs in Sydney:

{
  "keyword": "software engineer",
  "location": "sydney",
  "maxRecords": 100
}

All remote jobs with full details:

{
  "keyword": "",
  "location": "",
  "workArrangement": "remote",
  "scrapeDetails": true,
  "maxRecords": 200
}

Recent nursing jobs in Melbourne:

{
  "keyword": "registered nurse",
  "location": "melbourne",
  "dateRange": 7,
  "maxRecords": 100
}

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📦 Sample Output

{
  "jobId": "82347591",
  "title": "Senior Software Engineer - Platform",
  "company": "Atlassian",
  "location": "Sydney NSW 2000",
  "city": "Sydney",
  "state": "NSW",
  "classification": "Information & Communication Technology",
  "subClassification": "Developers/Programmers",
  "workType": "Full Time",
  "workArrangement": "Hybrid",
  "salaryRaw": "$140,000 – $180,000 plus super",
  "salaryMin": 140000,
  "salaryMax": 180000,
  "salaryPeriod": "annual",
  "salaryHasSuper": true,
  "visaSponsorship": "explicit_sponsorship",
  "bullets": ["Modern stack: Python, Go, AWS", "Hybrid: 2 days/week"],
  "skills": ["Python", "Go", "AWS", "Kubernetes"],
  "isFeatured": true,
  "listingUrl": "https://au.seek.com/job/82347591"
}

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🎯 Use Cases

💰 Salary Benchmarking

Description-based salary extraction doubles disclosure from ~25% to ~55%. Compare across roles, cities and industries. Cheaper alternative to Mercer/AON surveys.

✈️ Visa Sponsorship Job Search

Filter the 157K+ listings to find the ~5% offering 482/TSS visa sponsorship. Immigration consultancies and overseas candidates pay for this filter.

📊 Labor Market Intelligence

Track job posting volumes by classification, state and work type. Hiring spikes signal company growth. Scheduled runs build trend data.

🏢 Competitive HR Intelligence

Monitor competitor hiring: which roles, which cities, what salary ranges. Feed into talent acquisition strategy.

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⚠️ Technical Notes

• No browser needed — Cheerio HTTP, 128MB memory, very fast
• Datacenter proxy works — No residential proxy required
• ~22 results per page, max ~550 per search (SEEK limit)
• Session rotation for stability on large scrapes
• Multi-country ready — AU and NZ supported, JobStreet/JobsDB planned

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📜 Changelog

Version	Date	Notes
1.0.0	2026-05-12	Initial — Salary 3-tier parsing, super detection, visa sponsorship flag, work arrangement, classification, AU + NZ