# SEEK Jobs Scraper (Australia & New Zealand) (`stralium/seek-jobs`) Actor

Scrape SEEK (seek.com.au / seek.co.nz) job listings by keyword, location, classification, work type, remote/hybrid, date posted and salary. Parsed salary min/max/period, ISO dates, optional full description and company rating. Goes past SEEK's 550-result limit. Fast HTTP, no browser.

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

## Pricing

from $0.60 / 1,000 job results

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?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

### What does SEEK Jobs Scraper do?

It returns **job listings from SEEK**, Australia's and New Zealand's largest job board (seek.com.au, seek.co.nz), for any keyword, location and filter combination. Every job comes with title, company, location, work type, on-site/hybrid/remote, classification, posted date, and the **salary both as text and as parsed numbers** (min, max, currency, hourly/annual). Optionally it adds the **full job description, expiry date and the company's industry, size, website and rating**.

- ⚡ **Fast and cheap.** Plain HTTP against SEEK's own search API with no browser. 1,000 jobs take about 15 seconds.
- 💰 **Salaries you can sort by.** "$160k - $180k p.a.", "$45 – $50 per hour", "Up to $195k base + super" all become `salaryMin`, `salaryMax`, `salaryCurrency` and `salaryPeriod`.
- 🔓 **Past SEEK's 550-job limit.** SEEK stops paging after about 550 results. Ask for more and the scraper splits the search by classification, work type and state, then removes duplicates.
- 🎛️ **Every SEEK filter.** Location, classification, full time / part time / contract / casual, on-site / hybrid / remote (work from home), date posted, salary range, newest first. Or paste a SEEK search URL.
- 📄 **Full descriptions at a fraction of the usual cost.** Up to 25 job descriptions are fetched in one request, so the add-on stays cheap.
- 🛡️ **No personal data.** Email addresses and phone numbers are stripped from descriptions. Recruiter contact fields are never collected.

### What data can I extract from SEEK?

| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| `jobId`, `title`, `jobUrl`, `applyUrl` | 94959551 · Digital Health Nurse (Healthdirect) · https://au.seek.com/job/94959551 |
| `companyName`, `advertiserName`, `companyProfileUrl` | Serco · Serco Asia Pacific · https://au.seek.com/companies/serco-432405 |
| `location`, `suburb`, `area`, `locations`, `country` | Melbourne VIC · Auchenflower QLD 4066 · All Melbourne VIC · AU |
| `salaryText` | $87,790 - $112,607 per annum (pro rata) |
| `salaryMin`, `salaryMax`, `salaryCurrency`, `salaryPeriod` | 87790 · 112607 · AUD · YEAR (also HOUR, DAY, WEEK, MONTH) |
| `workType`, `workArrangement`, `isRemote` | Full time · Hybrid · false |
| `classification`, `subClassification` (+ ids) | Healthcare & Medical · Nursing - A\&E, Critical Care & ICU |
| `postedAt`, `postedAgo` | 2026-09-30T00:13:20.000Z · 8d ago |
| `teaser`, `bulletPoints`, `tags`, `roleId` | Short summary, the ad's 3 selling points, "Immediate start", registered-nurse |
| `isFeatured`, `isPromoted`, `logoUrl` | Paid placement flags and the company logo |
| With full description: `description`, `descriptionHtml`, `expiresAt`, `isExpired`, `isVerified` | Full ad text (plain and HTML) · 2026-10-30T12:59:59.999Z · false · true |
| With full description: `companyIndustry`, `companySize`, `companyWebsite`, `companyRating`, `companyReviewCount` | Insurance · More than 10,000 employees · https://careers.bupa.com.au/ · 2.9 · 313 |

`salaryMin`/`salaryMax` are filled when the ad shows a salary (about 55–65% of SEEK ads). Ads that only say "Competitive salary" keep that in `salaryText` with empty numbers. When an ad doesn't name the period, it's inferred from the amount: under $300 is hourly, over $15,000 is annual.

### How much does it cost to scrape SEEK?

You pay **per job returned**, plus a small add-on per job when **Include full description** is on. Searches that find nothing cost nothing. See the Pricing tab for the current rate.

Set **Max jobs per search** to control spend exactly.

### How do I use it?

1. Enter one or more **Keywords** (each one is a separate search), or leave it empty to list every job matching your filters.
2. Pick the **Country**, and optionally a **Location**, **Classifications**, **Work type**, **On-site / hybrid / remote**, **Date posted** and **Salary** range.
3. Optionally tick **Include full description**.
4. Click **Start**, then download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or fetch them by API.

#### Input example

```json
{
  "keywords": ["data analyst", "data engineer"],
  "country": "AU",
  "location": "Sydney NSW",
  "workTypes": ["full-time"],
  "workArrangements": ["hybrid", "remote"],
  "datePosted": "7",
  "salaryMin": 100000,
  "salaryType": "annual",
  "sortBy": "date",
  "maxResults": 500,
  "includeDetails": true
}
```

You can also paste SEEK search URLs, e.g. `https://www.seek.com.au/nurse-jobs/in-All-Melbourne-VIC?worktype=243`, into **SEEK search URLs**.

#### Output example

```json
{
  "searchQuery": "nurse",
  "position": 6,
  "jobId": "94933316",
  "title": "PRP Nurse (Registered Nurse) — Earn Commission on Every Consult",
  "companyName": "Hair and Skin Science",
  "location": "West Leederville, Perth WA",
  "suburb": "West Leederville WA 6007",
  "area": "All Perth WA",
  "country": "AU",
  "classification": "Healthcare & Medical",
  "subClassification": "Nursing - General Medical & Surgical",
  "workType": "Casual/Vacation",
  "workArrangement": "On-site",
  "isRemote": false,
  "salaryText": "$45 – $50 per hour + commissions",
  "salaryMin": 45,
  "salaryMax": 50,
  "salaryCurrency": "AUD",
  "salaryPeriod": "HOUR",
  "postedAt": "2026-09-29T01:30:39.000Z",
  "postedAgo": "9d ago",
  "teaser": "Great opportunity! Hair and Skin Science is a fast growing PRP hair & skin clinic ...",
  "jobUrl": "https://au.seek.com/job/94933316",
  "applyUrl": "https://au.seek.com/job/94933316/apply",
  "description": "Hair and Skin Science is a dedicated PRP (platelet-rich plasma) hair and skin clinic ...",
  "expiresAt": "2026-10-29T12:59:59.999Z",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-08T04:01:12.000Z"
}
```

### Use cases

- **Salary benchmarking:** parsed min/max per hour or year across roles, cities and industries.
- **Job market and hiring trend analysis:** daily snapshots of demand by classification, location and work arrangement.
- **Job boards and aggregators:** feed fresh SEEK jobs (newest first, last 24 hours) into your own site or alerts.
- **Remote-work research:** filter on-site vs hybrid vs remote and track the mix over time.
- **AI agents and LLM pipelines:** clean JSON with full descriptions, ready for matching and classification.

### FAQ

**Does it need a SEEK account or cookies?** No. It uses the same public search data the SEEK website loads.

**Why do I get fewer jobs than SEEK's job count?** SEEK's count is an estimate and includes near-matches. The scraper returns every job SEEK actually lists for the search, and splits big searches automatically to get past the ~550-job paging limit. Turn this off under **Advanced** if you only want the top results.

**Does it work for New Zealand?** Yes. Set **Country** to New Zealand. Salaries are then in NZD and links point to nz.seek.com.

**Is there an experience-level filter?** SEEK doesn't have one, so neither does this scraper. Use keywords such as "graduate", "junior" or "senior".

**Is personal data included?** No. Company names are included. Recruiter names, phone numbers and email addresses aren't collected, and phone numbers and emails are removed from descriptions.

**Is this affiliated with SEEK?** No. This is an independent tool that reads publicly available job listings.

**Something broke?** The scraper is checked automatically every day and fixed when SEEK changes. Open an issue and it will be looked at.

# Actor input Schema

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

Job titles, skills or companies, one search per line, e.g. "nurse", "data analyst", "Woolworths". Leave empty to list all jobs matching the filters below.

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

Which SEEK site to search.

## `location` (type: `string`):

Suburb, city, region or state as you would type it on SEEK, e.g. "Sydney NSW", "Melbourne VIC 3000", "All Brisbane QLD", "Auckland". Empty = whole country.

## `classifications` (type: `array`):

Only jobs in these SEEK classifications (industries).

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

Only these work types.

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

Only jobs with these work arrangements (work from home = remote).

## `datePosted` (type: `string`):

Only jobs listed within this period.

## `salaryMin` (type: `integer`):

Lower bound in the selected pay type (e.g. 100000 annual or 40 hourly). Uses SEEK’s own salary filter, which also covers ads that hide the salary.

## `salaryMax` (type: `integer`):

Upper bound in the selected pay type. Leave empty for no upper limit.

## `salaryType` (type: `string`):

How the salary range above is expressed.

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

Order of results.

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

Optional. Paste search result URLs from seek.com.au / au.seek.com / seek.co.nz, e.g. https://www.seek.com.au/data-analyst-jobs/in-Sydney-NSW?worktype=242. Their own filters are used; the filters above apply only to Keywords.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many jobs for each keyword or URL. You are charged per job returned.

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

Add the full job description (text and HTML), expiry date, and company industry, size, website and rating. Charged as a small add-on per job. Email addresses and phone numbers in descriptions are removed.

## `splitLargeSearches` (type: `boolean`):

SEEK shows at most ~550 jobs per search. When you ask for more, the search is automatically split by classification, work type and state, and the results are de-duplicated.

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

Optional. By default the scraper connects directly and automatically escalates to Apify Proxy only if SEEK starts blocking it.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "nurse"
  ],
  "country": "AU",
  "datePosted": "any",
  "salaryType": "annual",
  "sortBy": "relevance",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "includeDetails": false,
  "splitLargeSearches": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

One item per job: title, company, location, salary text plus parsed min/max/currency/period, work type, work arrangement, classification, posted date, link, and optionally the full description and company rating.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Per-search result counts, jobs available on SEEK, and any searches that returned nothing.

# 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": [
        "nurse"
    ],
    "maxResults": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("stralium/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": ["nurse"],
    "maxResults": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("stralium/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": [
    "nurse"
  ],
  "maxResults": 100
}' |
apify call stralium/seek-jobs --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,stralium/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/RWTJJFyY09rojDhAA/builds/c9OhQDcWKNibR9EPT/openapi.json