# Indeed Salary Estimate API Documentation

<p><strong>Indeed Salary Estimate API</strong> returns the pay for a job title in a location. <code>main_period</code> is the most common period. <code>main</code> is the salary range for that period. <code>periods</code> has hourly, daily, weekly, monthly and yearly values (median, min, max, mean) where Indeed has them.</p><p>The answer also has <code>sample_size</code>, <code>last_updated</code>, <code>top_paying_companies</code>, <code>top_paid_cities</code> and <code>related_titles</code>. This route supports US, GB and DE.</p><p>Costs 1 credit per successful request. Failed and empty requests are free. Scrappa is not affiliated with or endorsed by Indeed.</p>

- **Documentation:** [https://scrappa.co/docs/indeed-jobs-api/indeed_salary_estimate](https://scrappa.co/docs/indeed-jobs-api/indeed_salary_estimate)
- **API group:** Indeed Jobs API
- **Endpoint:** `GET https://scrappa.co/api/indeed/salaries/estimate`

## Authentication

Send your Scrappa API key in the `X-API-KEY` request header. Paid endpoints also support accountless x402 payments when called without an API key.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `title` | string | Yes | Job title, 2 to 100 characters, for example Software Engineer. |
| `location` | string | Yes | City and state for US, for example Austin, TX. City for GB and DE, for example London or Berlin. |
| `country` | string | No | US (default), GB (UK is an alias) or DE. Any other value returns 422. |

## Example response

```json
{
    "data": {
        "main": {
            "max": 170000,
            "min": 85000,
            "mean": 126400,
            "median": 125000
        },
        "title": "Software Engineer",
        "country": "US",
        "periods": {
            "hourly": {
                "max": 81.73,
                "min": 40.87,
                "mean": 60.77,
                "median": 60.1
            },
            "yearly": {
                "max": 170000,
                "min": 85000,
                "mean": 126400,
                "median": 125000
            }
        },
        "currency": "USD",
        "location": "Austin, TX",
        "main_period": "yearly",
        "sample_size": 1450,
        "last_updated": "2026-10-20",
        "related_titles": [
            {
                "mean": 152000,
                "title": "Senior Software Engineer",
                "period": "yearly"
            }
        ],
        "top_paid_cities": [
            {
                "currency": "USD",
                "location": "San Francisco, CA",
                "yearly_median": 165000
            }
        ],
        "top_paying_companies": [
            {
                "url": "https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Amazon.com",
                "name": "Amazon.com",
                "rating": 3.5,
                "employer_key": "caff23281376b83d",
                "review_count": 8500
            }
        ]
    },
    "meta": {
        "credits": 1,
        "billable": true,
        "endpoint_family": "salary_estimate"
    },
    "success": true
}
```

## Errors

| Status | Error | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 422 | Validation Error | A required parameter or a value is invalid. This response is not billable. |
| 404 | Not Found | Nothing was found for these parameters. This response is not billable. |
| 503 | Upstream Unavailable | Indeed could not be reached after several tries, or its answer could not be read (code PARSER_DRIFT). This response is not billable. Retry shortly. |

## More Scrappa resources

- [API documentation](https://scrappa.co/docs)
- [Full LLM-readable API reference](https://scrappa.co/llms-full.txt)
- [OpenAPI specification](https://scrappa.co/docs/api.json)
- [Pricing](https://scrappa.co/pricing)