# Glassdoor Salaries Scraper (`getdataforme/glassdoor-salaries-scraper`)

Scrape salary insights by job title and country from Glassdoor. Get average base pay, percentiles, employer ratings, logos, and more. Ideal for salary research, HR analytics, and job market insights.

- **URL**: https://beta-securitybyobscurity.apify.com/getdataforme/glassdoor-salaries-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [GetDataForMe](https://beta-securitybyobscurity.apify.com/getdataforme) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs
- **Stats:** 4 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$25.00/month + usage

To use this Actor, you pay a monthly rental fee to the developer. The rent is subtracted from your prepaid usage every month after the free trial period.
You also pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher Apify subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#rental-actors

# README

***

## 📄 Glassdoor Reviews Scraper

**Actor ID:** `glassdoor-reviews-scraper`\
**Target Site:** [Glassdoor](https://www.glassdoor.com)

### 🧾 Description

The **Glassdoor Reviews Scraper** lets you extract authentic employee reviews from [Glassdoor.com](https://www.glassdoor.com) for any public company. This is ideal for competitive research, sentiment analysis, HR analytics, or personal career decisions.

Built to be efficient and reliable, this actor scrapes detailed reviews with ratings, job roles, pros, cons, and much more.

***

### 🔧 Input Parameters

```json
{
  "company_name": "google",
  "item_limit": 25,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

#### Fields:

| Field                | Type    | Required | Description                                                                 |
| -------------------- | ------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `company_name`       | String  | ✅        | The name of the company (e.g., `"google"`)                                  |
| `item_limit`         | Integer | ❌        | Number of reviews to scrape (default: all available)                        |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Object  | ✅        | Use Apify proxy with `"RESIDENTIAL"` group for optimal scraping performance |

***

### 📤 Output

The actor returns an array of JSON objects, each representing a single review.

#### Sample Output:

```json
{
  "review_id": 96900164,
  "summary": "Good place to work",
  "pros": "Good marketing pay and benefits",
  "cons": "You tend to develop very specialized and niche soft skills...",
  "advice": "Create decision gates, stop changing mind at last second...",
  "rating_overall": 4,
  "rating_recommend_to_friend": "POSITIVE",
  "rating_ceo": "DISAPPROVE",
  "rating_business_outlook": "POSITIVE",
  "rating_career_opportunities": 4.0,
  "rating_compensation_and_benefits": 5.0,
  "rating_culture_and_values": 4,
  "rating_diversity_and_inclusion": 5,
  "rating_senior_leadership": 3.0,
  "rating_work_life_balance": 3.0,
  "review_date_time": "2025-04-24T00:18:33.887",
  "is_current_job": true,
  "length_of_employment": 4,
  "job_title": "Product Marketing Manager",
  "location": "Mountain View, CA",
  "employer_id": 9079,
  "employer_short_name": "Google",
  "employer_logo_url": "https://media.glassdoor.com/sql/9079/google-squarelogo-1441130773284.png",
  "count_helpful": 0,
  "has_employer_response": false,
  "featured": false
}
```

***

### 📊 Data Fields Explained

- **summary, pros, cons, advice** – Review content
- **job\_title, location** – Employee’s role and place of work
- **rating\_**\* – Multiple review metrics (e.g., work-life balance, compensation)
- **employer\_short\_name, logo\_url** – Company branding
- **review\_date\_time** – When the review was published
- **is\_current\_job, length\_of\_employment** – Employment details

***

### 🔒 Proxy Use

✅ **Residential proxies** are required to prevent blocks and ensure access to the content behind login/auth layers.
Using the default Apify proxy settings is highly recommended.

***

### 📬 Support

Need help, feature requests, or bug reports?

- 📧 Email us: **<support@getdataforme.com>**
  *Subject Line*: `"Support: glassdoor-reviews-scraper"`
- 🌐 Fill out our contact form: <https://getdataforme.com/contact>

***

### ✅ Use Cases

- Competitor benchmarking
- Company culture analysis
- Sentiment tracking
- Talent research for HR teams
- Startup validation and research

***

> Get transparent reviews. Empower smarter decisions. 💼

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# Actor input Schema

## `jobname` (type: `string`):

job_name is required
## `country` (type: `string`):

location is required
## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Specifies proxy servers that will be used by the scraper in order to hide its origin.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "jobname": "python developer",
  "country": "United States",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
````

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "jobname": "python developer",
    "country": "United States",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("getdataforme/glassdoor-salaries-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "jobname": "python developer",
    "country": "United States",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("getdataforme/glassdoor-salaries-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "jobname": "python developer",
  "country": "United States",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call getdataforme/glassdoor-salaries-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=getdataforme/glassdoor-salaries-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Glassdoor Salaries Scraper",
        "description": "Scrape salary insights by job title and country from Glassdoor. Get average base pay, percentiles, employer ratings, logos, and more. Ideal for salary research, HR analytics, and job market insights.",
        "version": "0.0",
        "x-build-id": "8gOI67duXel4vIuvs"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/getdataforme~glassdoor-salaries-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-getdataforme-glassdoor-salaries-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/getdataforme~glassdoor-salaries-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-getdataforme-glassdoor-salaries-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/getdataforme~glassdoor-salaries-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-getdataforme-glassdoor-salaries-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "jobname"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "jobname": {
                        "title": "job_name",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "job_name is required"
                    },
                    "country": {
                        "title": "location",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "location is required"
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "Proxy configuration",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Specifies proxy servers that will be used by the scraper in order to hide its origin.",
                        "default": {
                            "useApifyProxy": true,
                            "apifyProxyGroups": [
                                "RESIDENTIAL"
                            ]
                        }
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```
