SEEK.com.au Scraper

Extract structured job listings from SEEK.com.au — Australia's largest job board with 150,000–200,000 active listings. Search by keyword, location, salary, category and more. No API key required. Pay per result at $0.65/1,000 listings — no monthly fees, no minimums.

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Why this scraper?

📋 Complete job data

Title, company, location, work type, remote/hybrid arrangement, categories and — with detail fetching — the full job description in HTML, plain text and Markdown.

💰 Structured salary

Raw salary label plus parsed salaryMin, salaryMax, salaryPeriod and currency. Filter results by a salary range (annual or hourly) directly at the source.

🔍 Precise filters

Filter by keyword, location, radius, work type, category, sub-category, salary range and listing age. Every filter is applied server-side by SEEK, so you only pay for matching results.

📍 Enriched output

Geo-coordinates for each location, structured location and category hierarchies, employer profile links, and optional company ratings and review data.

🔄 Incremental feeds

Skip already-seen jobs with the built-in 90-day deduplication store. Run daily and only collect new listings, with repost detection built in.

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Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchQuery	string	"developer"	Keywords to search for, e.g. software engineer or nurse. Leave empty to browse all jobs.
location	string	All Australia	Location label as used on SEEK, e.g. Sydney NSW, Melbourne VIC, All Australia.
radiusKm	integer	(empty)	Include jobs within this many km of the location. Requires a specific location (not All Australia).
workType	string	(empty)	Employment type: Full time, Part time, Contract/Temp or Casual/Vacation.
classificationId	integer	(empty)	SEEK category ID, e.g. 1223 for ICT. Leave empty for all categories.
subClassificationId	integer	(empty)	SEEK sub-category ID. Requires classificationId to be set.
salaryMin	integer	(empty)	Only return jobs with a listed salary at or above this value.
salaryMax	integer	(empty)	Only return jobs with a listed salary at or below this value.
salaryType	string	annual	Whether salaryMin/salaryMax are annual or hourly amounts.
daysOld	integer	(empty)	Only return jobs listed within this many days. E.g. 7 = last week.
sortMode	string	ListedDate	Sort by ListedDate (most recent) or KeywordRelevance.
fetchDetails	boolean	false	Fetch the full job description and detail-only fields. Slower but complete.
fetchCompanyProfile	boolean	false	Fetch each employer's SEEK company page for rating, reviews, industry, size and website. One extra request per unique company.
startUrls	array	(empty)	Direct SEEK job or search URLs to scrape instead of running a search.
skipReposts	boolean	false	Skip jobs already returned in a previous run (90-day deduplication store).
country	string	AU	Which SEEK site to scrape: AU (seek.com.au) or NZ (seek.co.nz).
includeKeywords	array	(empty)	Post-filter: keep only jobs whose text contains at least one of these words.
excludeKeywords	array	(empty)	Post-filter: drop jobs whose text contains any of these words.
fromDate	string	(empty)	Post-filter: keep jobs listed on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD).
toDate	string	(empty)	Post-filter: keep jobs listed on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD).
maxItems	integer	5	Maximum number of listings to return.

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Output schema

Fields the source does not provide for a given job are returned as null (or an empty array), never omitted.

Always present

Field	Type	Description
id	string	SEEK job ID
url	string	Full URL to the job listing
title	string	Job title
company	string	Advertiser / company name
location	string	Primary location label, e.g. Sydney NSW
locations	array	All location labels for the listing
salaryLabel	string | null	Raw salary string, e.g. $80,000 – $90,000 per year (null if not disclosed)
salaryMin	number | null	Parsed minimum salary (null if not disclosed)
salaryMax	number | null	Parsed maximum salary (null if not disclosed)
salaryPeriod	string | null	YEAR, MONTH, WEEK, DAY or HOUR
currency	string	AUD (or NZD for country: NZ)
workType	string	Work type, e.g. Full time
workArrangement	string | null	Remote/hybrid arrangement, e.g. Hybrid
classifications	array	Category and sub-category labels
classificationStructured	array	Category/sub-category IDs and labels
teaser	string | null	Short job preview
bulletPoints	array	Highlight bullet points (premium listings only)
isFeatured	boolean	Whether the listing is featured/promoted
advertiser	object	{ id, name, isVerified, registrationDate } (last two require fetchDetails)
employer	object	{ id, name, companyId, companyUrl } — company profile link
roleId	string | null	SEEK role slug
tags	array	Listing tags, e.g. Early applicant
locationHierarchy	array	Structured location hierarchy per location
displayType	string	SEEK display type, e.g. standard or promoted
listingDateDisplay	string	Human-readable listing age, e.g. 3d ago
jobScore	number	Quality/relevance score 0–3
jobScoreReasons	array	Reasons behind the score, e.g. salary_disclosed, full_description, recent_7d
latitude	number | null	Geocoded latitude of the location
longitude	number | null	Geocoded longitude of the location
publishDate	string	Listing date (Sydney timezone), YYYY-MM-DD
publishDateISO	string	Same as publishDate
listingDateRaw	string	Raw ISO listing timestamp from the source
contentHash	string	Content fingerprint for change detection
changeStatus	string | null	NEW, UPDATED or null across runs
isRepost	boolean	Whether this job was seen in a previous run
originalPublishDate	string | null	First-seen date (populated when isRepost is true)
originalUrl	string | null	First-seen URL (populated when isRepost is true)
summary	string	One-line title — company — location summary
source	string	seek.com.au (or seek.co.nz)
scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp of extraction

With fetchDetails: true

Field	Type	Description
description	string | null	Full HTML job description
descriptionText	string | null	Plain-text description
descriptionMarkdown	string | null	Markdown description
isExpired	boolean	Whether the listing has expired
status	string | null	Listing lifecycle status, e.g. Active
isLinkOut	boolean | null	Whether applying links out to an external site
expiresAtUtc	string | null	Listing expiry timestamp (UTC)

With fetchCompanyProfile: true

Field	Type	Description
companyProfile	object | null	{ name, isClaimed, website, industry, size, rating, reviewCount, recommendedPct, workLifeBalance, careerOpportunity, executiveMgmt, diversity }

Example record

{
  "id": "79834521",
  "url": "https://www.seek.com.au/job/79834521",
  "title": "Registered Nurse",
  "company": "St Vincent's Health",
  "location": "Sydney NSW",
  "locations": ["Sydney NSW"],
  "salaryLabel": "$80,000 – $95,000 per year",
  "salaryMin": 80000,
  "salaryMax": 95000,
  "salaryPeriod": "YEAR",
  "currency": "AUD",
  "workType": "Full time",
  "workArrangement": "On-site",
  "classifications": ["Nursing - General Medical & Surgical (Healthcare & Medical)"],
  "classificationStructured": [{ "id": "1211", "label": "Healthcare & Medical", "subId": "6342", "subLabel": "Nursing - General Medical & Surgical" }],
  "teaser": "Join our surgical ward team in a permanent full-time role.",
  "bulletPoints": ["Permanent full-time", "Salary packaging available", "Career development"],
  "isFeatured": false,
  "advertiser": { "id": "60069543", "name": "St Vincent's Health", "isVerified": true, "registrationDate": "2014-03-01T00:00:00Z" },
  "employer": { "id": "3037601", "name": "St Vincent's Health", "companyId": "3037601", "companyUrl": "https://www.seek.com.au/companies/..." },
  "roleId": "Registered-Nurse",
  "tags": ["Early applicant"],
  "jobScore": 3,
  "jobScoreReasons": ["salary_disclosed", "full_description", "recent_7d"],
  "latitude": -33.8688,
  "longitude": 151.2093,
  "publishDateISO": "2026-07-05",
  "status": "Active",
  "isLinkOut": false,
  "expiresAtUtc": "2026-08-04T13:59:59Z",
  "isRepost": false,
  "source": "seek.com.au"
}

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Examples

Search by keyword and location

{
  "searchQuery": "data engineer",
  "location": "Melbourne VIC",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Filter by salary range and work type

{
  "searchQuery": "product manager",
  "location": "Sydney NSW",
  "workType": "Full time",
  "salaryMin": 120000,
  "salaryMax": 200000,
  "salaryType": "annual",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Get full descriptions for specific listings

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.seek.com.au/job/79834521" },
    { "url": "https://www.seek.com.au/job/79801234" }
  ],
  "fetchDetails": true
}

Daily incremental feed (new listings only)

{
  "searchQuery": "nurse",
  "location": "All Australia",
  "daysOld": 1,
  "sortMode": "ListedDate",
  "skipReposts": true,
  "maxItems": 10000
}

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💰 Pricing

$0.65 per 1,000 results — you only pay for successfully retrieved listings. Failed retries and filtered reposts are never charged.

Results	Cost
100	~$0.07
1,000	~$0.65
10,000	~$6.50
100,000	~$65.00

Volume discounts apply automatically on higher-tier Apify plans.

Flat-rate alternatives typically charge $29–$49/month regardless of usage.

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

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Performance

Mode	Results/min
Search only (fetchDetails: false)	~5,000
With full descriptions (fetchDetails: true)	~1,300

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Known limitations

• Salary availability — only ~30% of SEEK listings publicly display salary figures, so salaryLabel, salaryMin, salaryMax and salaryPeriod are null for most results. The salaryMin/salaryMax filter still works on the employer's entered range even when the figure is hidden.
• Push notifications: get new results delivered to Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp or any webhook the moment a scheduled run finds them
• Contact details — SEEK does not expose recruiter names, emails or phone numbers, and this scraper never collects personal contact data.
• Applicant counts — SEEK does not expose applicant numbers through its public API, so applicant-count data is not available.
• Apply URL — SEEK does not expose a separate application URL; the listing URL is the entry point for applying. The isLinkOut flag indicates when applying redirects to an external site.
• Company profile data — fetchCompanyProfile fields are only available for employers with a claimed SEEK company page.

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Technical details

• Source: seek.com.au and seek.co.nz — Australia & New Zealand job listings
• Coverage: everything the public search exposes, filterable via the input parameters above
• Retry: automatic retry on network errors with exponential backoff
• Formats: results export to JSON, CSV and Excel from the dataset

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