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 | descriptionHtml | String | Full job description as raw HTML. null if not fetched. | | descriptionText | String | Plain-text version of the description, HTML tags removed. | | descriptionMarkdown | String | Markdown version of the job 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

Each result contains the following fields.

Always present:

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Unique job listing ID from the source platform.
url	string	Direct URL to the job listing.
title	string	Job title as published.
company	string	Employer / company name.
location	string	Full location as published (city, region, or country).
locations	array	List of work location objects (city, postal code, etc.).
salaryLabel	string	salaryLabel field.
salaryMin	number	Minimum salary (null if not published by employer).
salaryMax	number	Maximum salary (null if not published by employer).
salaryPeriod	string	Salary period: YEAR / MONTH / WEEK / DAY / HOUR.
currency	string	currency field.
workTypes	array	workTypes field.
workArrangement	string	workArrangement field.
classifications	array	classifications field.
teaser	string	teaser field.
bulletPoints	array	bulletPoints field.
isFeatured	boolean	isFeatured field.
isExpired	boolean	isExpired field.
contactMatches	array	contactMatches field.
type	string	type field.
value	string	value field.
publishDate	string	Publication date (YYYY-MM-DD).
publishDateISO	string	Publication date in ISO 8601 format.
listingDateRaw	string	listingDateRaw field.
contentHash	string	MD5 hash of key fields for change detection (16 chars).
summary	string	Human-readable one-line summary of the listing.
source	string	Source domain name (e.g. 'pracuj.pl').
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when this item was scraped.
isRepost	boolean	True if this listing was seen in a previous run (90-day window).
originalPublishDate	string	Original publish date if this is a repost (null otherwise).
originalUrl	string	Original URL if this is a repost (null otherwise).

With fetchDetails: true (default):

Field	Type	Description
description	string	Full job description as raw HTML (null if fetchDetails is false).
descriptionText	string	Full job description as plain text (null if fetchDetails is false).
descriptionMarkdown	string	Full job description in Markdown format (null if fetchDetails is false).

Example output record:

{
  "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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Pricing

This actor uses Pay Per Result pricing at $1.5 per 1,000 results.

Volume	Cost
100 results	$0.15
1,000 results	$1.5
10,000 results	$15.00

No subscription fees. Pay only for successfully scraped listings.

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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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