ZipRecruiter Salary Estimates returns the pay distribution for a job title, for the whole country or for one city: the 10th, 25th, 75th and 90th percentile, the median, the average and the national average. Each value comes for the intervals ZipRecruiter shows (hour, week, month, year), so the unit is always clear. The answer also has a distribution of pay buckets, the update date and related job titles with their pay. Salary estimates are for the US only.
A title without a salary page returns 404. A request costs 1 credit. A failed request is not charged.
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Endpoint
Parameters
Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.
Runnable path
1 required parameter needed before sending a request.
3 optional filters available.
string
Required
Job title, for example Registered Nurse.
example
string
Optional
City name. Send it together with state.
example
string
Optional
Two letter US state code, for example TX. Send it together with city.
example
string
Optional
us (the only value). Salary estimates cover the US only.
US
Response Schema
Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.
Example response fields
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data
meta
success
{
"data": {
"title": "Registered Nurse",
"amounts": {
"hour": {
"p10": 26.68,
"p25": 31.2,
"p75": 49.57,
"p90": 62.41,
"median": 39.07,
"average": 41.86,
"national_average": 42.24
},
"year": {
"p10": 55494,
"p25": 64900,
"p75": 103100,
"p90": 129817,
"median": 81259,
"average": 87074,
"national_average": 87868
}
},
"updated": "October 26 2026",
"currency": "USD",
"location": "Austin, TX, US",
"distribution": [
{
"from": 15360,
"share": 0.0069
},
{
"from": 27252,
"share": 0.0048
},
{
"from": 39639,
"share": 0.0464
}
],
"related_titles": [
{
"title": "Rn Clinical Informatics",
"annual": 142926,
"hourly": 68.71,
"weekly": 2748,
"monthly": 11910
},
{
"title": "Rn Clinical Auditor",
"annual": 98820,
"hourly": 47.51,
"weekly": 1900,
"monthly": 8235
},
{
"title": "Rn Case Manager Supervisor",
"annual": 98000,
"hourly": 47.12,
"weekly": 1884,
"monthly": 8166
},
{
"title": "Cvs Rn",
"annual": 91969,
"hourly": 44.22,
"weekly": 1768,
"monthly": 7664
}
]
},
"meta": {
"billable": true,
"endpoint_family": "salary"
},
"success": true
}Errors
Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.
Not Found
ZipRecruiter has no salary page for this title. This response is not billable.
{
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": false,
"endpoint_family": "salary"
},
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "The requested job, salary page or company was not found. It may have expired."
},
"success": false
}Invalid Request
A parameter is missing or has the wrong format. This response is not billable.
{
"errors": {
"title": [
"The title field is required."
]
},
"message": "The request validation failed"
}Upstream Unavailable
ZipRecruiter could not be reached, or the page did not match the request. This response is not billable and is retryable.
{
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": true,
"endpoint_family": "salary"
},
"error": {
"code": "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE",
"message": "ZipRecruiter could not be reached. Please retry shortly."
},
"success": false
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