Question 1

What is a credit?

Accepted Answer

One credit = one API request. Searching jobs, fetching a job by handle, or querying facets each cost 1 credit. Your free account starts with 1,000 credits.

Question 2

Do credits expire?

Accepted Answer

No. Purchased credits never expire. Use them whenever you need.

Question 3

What data is included in the API?

Accepted Answer

Each job includes title, company, location, salary (USD), remote type, seniority, required skills, employment type, and more. We enrich raw postings with AI to extract structured fields.

Question 4

How often is the data updated?

Accepted Answer

Jobs are scraped directly from 20,000+ company career pages and ATS platforms and updated hourly. New jobs are typically indexed within 3 hours of being posted.

Question 5

Do you support semantic search?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Use the semantic_query parameter to search in plain English. Currently supported for remote and tech jobs.

Question 6

Is there a rate limit?

Accepted Answer

The default rate limit is 10 requests per second per API key. Contact us if you need higher throughput.

Question 7

Can I use the API to build a job board?

Accepted Answer

Absolutely. Many customers power niche job boards, career tools, resume builders, and AI career assistants with our data.

Question 8

What is the MCP server?

Accepted Answer

JobDataLake has a free MCP server that lets you search 1M+ jobs directly from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible AI tool. 500 calls/day, no signup required. Connect at https://mcp.jobdatalake.com