SEEK.com.au Scraper

Extract structured job data from SEEK.com.au — Australia's largest job board with over 150,000 active listings across every industry and state. No API key required. Returns full job descriptions, salary details, and classification metadata in one run.

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Why this scraper?

📋 Complete job data in three formats

Every listing includes the full job description as HTML, plain text, and Markdown — ready for storage, NLP pipelines, or email alerts without extra parsing.

💰 Structured salary extraction

Salary strings like "$80,000 – $90,000 per year" or "$32 per hour" are automatically parsed into salaryMin, salaryMax, salaryPeriod, and currency fields alongside the raw label.

🔁 Cross-run repost detection

The scraper tracks every job ID across runs with a 90-day memory. Reposted listings are flagged with isRepost: true and linked back to the original posting date — helping you filter duplicates in downstream workflows.

🗓️ Date and age filtering

Use daysOld to restrict results to listings posted within a rolling window (e.g. last 7 days), or sort by newest first to stay on top of fresh postings.

🎯 Flexible search and filtering

Filter by keyword, location (city, state, or all of Australia), work type (full time / part time / contract / casual), and industry classification ID. Combine filters for targeted scrapes.

🔗 Direct URL support

Pass any SEEK job URL directly via startUrls to scrape specific listings without running a full search — useful for ad-hoc lookups and integration testing.

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Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchQuery	String	""	Keywords to search (e.g. "data analyst"). Empty = browse all jobs.
location	String	"All Australia"	Location filter. Examples: "Sydney NSW", "Melbourne VIC", "Brisbane QLD".
workType	String	"" (all)	Employment type: "Full time", "Part time", "Contract/Temp", "Casual/Vacation".
classificationId	String	""	SEEK industry/category ID for sector filtering.
sortMode	String	"ListedDate"	"ListedDate" (newest first) or "KeywordRelevance".
daysOld	Integer	—	Only return jobs posted within this many days.
maxResults	Integer	100	Stop after this many results.
fetchDetails	Boolean	true	Fetch full job description. Disable for fast summary-only runs.
skipReposts	Boolean	false	Exclude jobs already seen in previous runs.
startUrls	Array	[]	Specific SEEK job URLs to scrape directly.

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Output schema

{
  "id": "91324652",
  "url": "https://www.seek.com.au/job/91324652",
  "title": "Paralegal / Legal Assistant",
  "company": "Dillon Legal",
  "location": "Robina, Gold Coast QLD",
  "locations": ["Robina, Gold Coast QLD"],
  "salaryLabel": "$65,000 – $75,000 per year",
  "salaryMin": 65000,
  "salaryMax": 75000,
  "salaryPeriod": "YEAR",
  "currency": "AUD",
  "workTypes": ["Full time"],
  "workArrangement": "On-site",
  "classifications": ["Legal Secretaries (Legal)"],
  "teaser": "Dillon Legal is seeking an experienced Legal Assistant...",
  "bulletPoints": [
    "Permanent full-time role in Gold Coast",
    "Supportive team environment",
    "Competitive salary package"
  ],
  "isFeatured": false,
  "isExpired": false,
  "contactMatches": [
    { "type": "Email", "value": "samantha@dillonlegal.com.au" },
    { "type": "Phone", "value": "5575 9990" }
  ],
  "description": "<p>Dillon Legal is seeking...</p>",
  "descriptionText": "Dillon Legal is seeking an experienced Legal Assistant...",
  "descriptionMarkdown": "Dillon Legal is seeking an experienced Legal Assistant...",
  "publishDate": "2026-04-03",
  "publishDateISO": "2026-04-03",
  "listingDateRaw": "2026-04-03T05:12:03.019Z",
  "contentHash": "a3f1c8e2b4d09f17",
  "summary": "Paralegal / Legal Assistant — Dillon Legal — Robina, Gold Coast QLD",
  "source": "seek.com.au",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-04-03T16:00:00.000Z",
  "isRepost": false,
  "originalPublishDate": null,
  "originalUrl": null
}

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Examples

Example 1 — Browse all recent jobs in Sydney

{
  "location": "Sydney NSW",
  "sortMode": "ListedDate",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "fetchDetails": false
}

Returns 50 most recent listings in Sydney with teaser and salary. No full description. Fast.

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Example 2 — Full-time developer jobs posted in the last 7 days

{
  "searchQuery": "software developer",
  "location": "All Australia",
  "workType": "Full time",
  "daysOld": 7,
  "sortMode": "ListedDate",
  "maxResults": 200,
  "fetchDetails": true
}

Returns up to 200 full-time developer jobs posted in the past week, with complete descriptions.

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Example 3 — Nurse jobs in Queensland, skip already-seen reposts

{
  "searchQuery": "nurse",
  "location": "Queensland",
  "daysOld": 30,
  "maxResults": 500,
  "fetchDetails": true,
  "skipReposts": true
}

Daily or weekly run that only returns new listings — reposts from the same employer are automatically skipped.

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Example 4 — Scrape specific listings by URL

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.seek.com.au/job/91324652" },
    { "url": "https://www.seek.com.au/job/91123354" }
  ],
  "fetchDetails": true
}

Retrieves full detail for each provided URL regardless of search filters.

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Example 5 — Legal sector jobs, all states

{
  "searchQuery": "",
  "location": "All Australia",
  "classificationId": "1216",
  "sortMode": "ListedDate",
  "maxResults": 1000,
  "fetchDetails": true
}

Scrapes all active legal sector jobs (classification ID 1216 = Legal) across Australia.

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💰 Pricing

$1.50 per 1,000 results — you only pay for successfully retrieved listings. Failed retries and filtered reposts are never charged.

Results	Estimated cost
100	~$0.15
1,000	~$1.50
10,000	~$15.00
100,000	~$150.00

Flat-rate alternatives typically charge $29–$49/month regardless of usage. At 10,000 results/month, this scraper costs significantly less with no commitment.

Use the Max results cap in the input to control your spend exactly.

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Performance

Run size	fetchDetails	Estimated time
100 results	false	~30 seconds
100 results	true	~3 minutes
1,000 results	true	~25 minutes
5,000 results	true	~2 hours

Performance varies with SEEK load and result set size. Runs with fetchDetails: false are significantly faster and suitable for building job feeds.

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Known limitations

• description: Requires fetchDetails: true. When disabled, only the teaser (1–2 sentences) and bulletPoints are returned.
• contactMatches: Email and phone contacts are extracted when present in the job posting. Not all employers publish contact details.
• workArrangement: Remote / hybrid / on-site classification is provided only when the employer has specified it. Many listings omit this field (null).
• Salary: Not published by all employers — salaryLabel and numeric fields will be null when the employer has not disclosed salary.
• SEEK NZ / SEEK Asia: This actor targets seek.com.au (Australia) only. New Zealand and Asian markets are not covered.
• Maximum results: SEEK's search index exposes approximately 150,000–200,000 active listings at any given time. Combined filters reduce this number significantly.

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Technical details

• Source: seek.com.au — Australia's largest job board
• Memory: 256 MB
• Repost storage: KeyValueStore seek-com-au-job-dedup, 90-day TTL
• Retry: Automatic retry on network errors with exponential backoff, 3 attempts per request
• Rate limiting: Automatic backoff on 429 / 503 responses including Retry-After header support

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Additional services

Need a custom actor, additional filters, scheduled runs, or integration support? Send an email to info@unfencedgroup.nl — we build on request.

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