Indeed Job Postings Index
This repository houses the data powering the Indeed Hiring Lab's Job Postings Index data product. The data is updated daily and refreshed weekly.
Methodology
This repository contains percentage change in seasonally adjusted job postings since February 1, 2020, using a seven-day trailing average. February 1, 2020, is our pre-pandemic baseline. A reading of 101 indicates that the overall level of job postings is 1% higher than the level on February 1, 2020.
1. Seasonal Adjustment: Each series is seasonally adjusted based on historical patterns observed in 2017, 2018, and 2019.
2. Separate Adjustment: Seasonal adjustment is performed individually for each series, including the national trend, occupational sectors, and sub-national geographies.
3. Methodology Update: This new methodology was adopted in January 2021. Historical numbers have been revised and may differ from originally reported values.
The occupational sectors in our data are an Indeed categorization based on normalized job titles. A list of these sectors with sample job titles is accessible in this repository (see sector-job-title-examples.csv).
You can stay informed about data changes through the "What's New" section of the Hiring Lab Data Portal: data.indeed.com/whats-new. For Frequently Asked Questions about Indeed's data, visit hiringlab.org/indeed-data-faq.
Data Schema
Each country covered by a Hiring Lab economist has a dedicated folder in this repository, containing a combination of country/sector/region-level data.
Country-level
Filename: aggregatejobpostings{countrycode}.csv
Data dictionary:
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| date | Date of data observation (YYYY-MM-DD) |
| percentage_change | Percentage change in seasonally adjusted job postings since February 1, 2020 |
Sector-level
Filename: jobpostingsbysector{country_code}.csv
Data dictionary:
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| date | Date of data observation (YYYY-MM-DD) |
| sector | Name of the occupational sector (e.g., "Healthcare") |
| percentage_change | Percentage change in seasonally adjusted job postings within the sector since February 1, 2020 |
N.B.: Sectoral data for Ireland is not shared.
Region-level
For select markets, we provide sub-national job postings trends:
US: Metro areas and States
CA: Provinces
UK: Regions and Cities
Licence
The data generated by Indeed Hiring Lab is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This allows for free public use as long as Indeed Hiring Lab is acknowledged as the source.
Disclaimer
The number of job postings on Indeed.com, regardless of whether they relate to paid or unpaid job solicitations, is not indicative of Indeed's potential revenue or earnings. Indeed constitutes a significant portion of its parent company Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.'s HR Technology segment. Job posting figures are solely for informational purposes and should not be interpreted as an indicator of Indeed or Recruit's performance. For detailed information on Recruit's HR Technology segment revenue generation, please refer to the Recruit Holdings investor relations website and regulatory filings in Japan.
About Hiring Lab
Indeed Hiring Lab is committed to generating innovative data insights on the global labor market, fostering new conversations about the future of work. As the economic research arm of Indeed, the world's leading job site, Hiring Lab's team of economists and data scientists provides real-time thought leadership on global labor market dynamics, including hiring trends, salary information, popular skills, and employer benefits. Through analyzing millions of data points from Indeed's proprietary job postings, resumes, and job seeker behaviors, Hiring Lab uncovers emerging trends in the United States and worldwide.
The unique insights developed by Hiring Lab contribute to informed talent management, employment, and labor policy decisions for businesses, researchers, academics, and job seekers. Hiring Lab collaborates with various policy-making organizations and NGOs, including the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank, and the Bank of Canada, to produce timely and insightful research. Hiring Lab data is frequently cited in leading business publications like The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Reuters, The Globe and Mail, Der Spiegel, and The Financial Times. Hiring Lab economists actively discuss labor market trends at prominent industry, policy, and academic conferences.
Indeed maintains websites in over 60 markets and 28 languages. Our economists, with a deep understanding of global market influences, are located across the world in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, France, Japan, and Australia.
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