Google has no API that returns the listings in its job search. Its job tools help you put your own jobs into Google Search and search your own job content.
What Google offers
- Google reads JobPosting structured data on your own pages to show them in its job experience in Search. source, checked Oct 2026
- The Indexing API lets site owners tell Google when job posting pages are added or removed. source, checked Oct 2026
- Cloud Talent Solution is a Google Cloud service that adds machine-learning search over job content you load into it. source, checked Oct 2026
Reading what Google Jobs shows
Search-results APIs such as SerpApi return what Google Jobs shows for a query. SerpApi's Google Jobs API returns up to 10 results per page. source, checked Oct 2026 SerpApi sells monthly plans from $25 for 1,000 searches. source, checked Oct 2026
Getting job postings data instead
Headcount Labs reads open jobs from employers' own career pages and serves them through one REST API: 100,000 records free every month, then a flat $0.01 per 1,000. Search by title, company, location, pay and date:
curl --request GET "https://api.headcountlabs.com/v1/jobs?title=registered%20nurse&country=US&has_pay=true¤tness=current&limit=50" \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>'See getting started, the filters, and job postings data by country and occupation.
Questions
Does Google have a jobs API?
Not for reading Google's job listings. Google reads JobPosting structured data from your own pages, lets you notify it of job page changes through the Indexing API, and sells Cloud Talent Solution for searching job content you load into it.
How do I get job listings like Google Jobs shows?
Get them from the source. Most listings Google shows come from employer career pages and job boards. Headcount Labs reads employer career pages for 8,390,837 open jobs; 100,000 records free every month, then a flat $0.01 per 1,000.
Is SerpApi an official Google Jobs API?
No. SerpApi is an independent company whose Google Jobs API returns Google's results pages; SerpApi's Google Jobs API returns up to 10 results per page.
Sources
- https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/job-posting (checked Oct 2026)
- https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/quickstart (checked Oct 2026)
- https://docs.cloud.google.com/talent-solution/job-search/docs (checked Oct 2026)
- https://serpapi.com/google-jobs-api (checked Oct 2026)
- https://serpapi.com/pricing (checked Oct 2026)
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