How to Get Indeed Job Postings and Salary Data Through an API

To get Indeed job postings programmatically, use Scavio's Indeed API. POST /api/v1/indeed/search with a role and a location returns a live page of postings (45 for "software engineer" in New York) with title, employer, the employer's rating, location, job type, posting date and the salary as salary_min, salary_max and salary_period. /job adds the full description, /company the employer's profile and employee-reported salaries, and /company/reviews the employee reviews. Each call costs 2 credits, about $0.004 on the Growth plan billed yearly.

Indeed's own APIs are for partners who create and manage jobs on Indeed, such as ATS vendors and agencies, so they do not return search results to read. The full comparison of what does is in the best Indeed job data APIs.

Step 1: Search postings

curl -s https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/indeed/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SCAVIO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "software engineer", "location": "New York, NY"}'

On October 27, 2026 this returned 45 postings in 3.8 seconds. The top of the response, as captured:

{
  "query": "software engineer",
  "location": "New York, NY",
  "page": 1,
  "total_results": 3518,
  "unique_results": 2784,
  "radius": 50,
  "count": 45
}

unique_results is the count after Indeed collapses the same role listed several times, usually by staffing agencies, so use it when you report demand. One row from jobs[], trimmed to the fields most projects use:

{
  "pos": 6,
  "job_key": "8af0957fc860f6a7",
  "title": "Software Development Engineer",
  "company": "Adobe",
  "company_rating": 4.2,
  "company_review_count": 877,
  "location": "New York, NY 10012",
  "remote": false,
  "salary_text": "$114,100 - $214,950 a year",
  "salary_min": 114100,
  "salary_max": 214950,
  "salary_period": "yearly",
  "salary_currency": "USD",
  "salary_source": "EXTRACTION",
  "job_types": ["Full-time"],
  "posted_at": "2026-06-02T05:00:00.000Z",
  "posted_relative": "30+ days ago",
  "indeed_apply": false,
  "sponsored": false,
  "norm_title": "Software Engineer",
  "apply_count": 832
}

Rows also carry benefits, shifts, schedules, remote types, a snippet and the employer's logo. sponsored marks paid placements: 30 of the 45 rows on this page were sponsored, and some were for unrelated roles, so filter on it before you count. norm_title is Indeed's normalised title, useful for grouping "SDE II" and "Software Engineer" together.

Step 2: Narrow the search and page through it

curl -s https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/indeed/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SCAVIO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "registered nurse", "location": "Denver, CO", "radius": 25, "max_age_days": 3, "job_type": "full_time"}'

The response echoes the Indeed URL it searched, so you can see the filters applied:

{
  "url": "https://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=registered+nurse&l=Denver%2C+CO&radius=25&fromage=3&jt=fulltime",
  "total_results": 68,
  "unique_results": 63,
  "radius": 25,
  "count": 30
}

All 30 postings showed a salary, and most were hourly, such as Denver Health's Charge Nurse at "salary_text": "$39.60 - $63.54 an hour" with salary_min 39.6, salary_max 63.54 and salary_period "hourly". Check salary_period before you average: yearly, monthly and hourly figures come back side by side. radius accepts 0, 5, 10, 15, 25, 35, 50 or 100 miles and max_age_days 1, 3, 7 or 14; the API rejects other values rather than run an unfiltered search. Pass page for more results. In our test the first page held 36 to 45 postings and the second 15 to 25.

Step 3: Get the full posting

curl -s https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/indeed/job \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SCAVIO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"job_id": "8af0957fc860f6a7"}'

job_id takes the job_key from search, or any indeed.com URL carrying jk=. Captured, with the 6,892-character description cut short:

{
  "job_key": "8af0957fc860f6a7",
  "title": "Software Development Engineer",
  "company": "Adobe",
  "company_slug": "Adobe",
  "company_rating": 4.2,
  "company_review_count": 875,
  "location": "New York, NY 10012",
  "salary_text": "$114,100 - $214,950 a year",
  "salary_min": 114100,
  "salary_max": 214950,
  "salary_currency": "USD",
  "salary_period": "yearly",
  "job_types": ["Full-time"],
  "employment_types": ["FULL_TIME"],
  "posted_at": "2026-06-02T05:45:58.118Z",
  "valid_through": "2027-02-24T10:25:01.846Z",
  "expired": false,
  "description": "Our Company\n\nAdobe is passionate about changing the world through digital experiences. We give everyone, from individual..."
}

The response also returns description_html, benefits, highlighted_attributes and source. company_slug feeds the next two calls.

Step 4: Look up the employer

curl -s https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/indeed/company \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SCAVIO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"company": "Adobe"}'

Trimmed from the captured profile:

{
  "name": "Adobe",
  "industry": "Computer Hardware Development",
  "headquarters": "San Jose, CA",
  "founded": 1982,
  "employee_range": "10000_plus",
  "revenue": "5b_10b",
  "ceo_approval_percent": 70,
  "rating": 4.2,
  "review_count": 875,
  "rating_categories": {
    "work_life_balance": 4.1,
    "compensation_benefits": 4.2,
    "job_security_advancement": 3.7,
    "management": 3.6,
    "culture": 4.1
  },
  "total_jobs": 178,
  "salaries": [
    { "title": "Software Engineer", "salary_text": "$161,068", "salary": 161068, "salary_period": "yearly", "reported_count": 32 },
    { "title": "Product Manager", "salary_text": "$170,107", "salary": 170107, "salary_period": "yearly", "reported_count": 24 }
  ]
}

salaries[] (16 roles for Adobe) is pay that employees reported to Indeed, a useful check against the ranges in postings. The profile also lists open jobs by location, 20 current postings, similar companies and Indeed's happiness scores.

Step 5: Read employee reviews

curl -s https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/indeed/company/reviews \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SCAVIO_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"company": "Adobe"}'

The first page reported total_results 479 written reviews across total_ratings 875, with topic counts such as 232 mentions of work-life balance rated 4.1. reviews[] holds 20 a page with title, text, rating, rating_categories, current_employee and submitted_on; pass page for more.

All four endpoints

For whether Indeed's own API is still an option, see is the Indeed API still available?.

Getting started

1. Sign up at dashboard.scavio.dev/sign-up: 50 free credits, no card required.
2. Copy your API key from the dashboard.
3. Send a POST to /api/v1/indeed/search with a query and location and your key in the Authorization header.

Try the Indeed API free in the playground first, or call it from Claude and other agents through the MCP server.

Reference: Indeed API overview · search · job · company · reviews