# Arbetsförmedlingen, free, Open data, GET /search, JobSearch: Search using parameters and/or freetext: Job postings API

> Search and retrieve Arbetsförmedlingens (AF) job ads. Used for online operations.

Arbetsförmedlingen's job postings API on its Open data plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 jobs. It returns 9 of the 13 key fields we check: Description, Location, Salary, Terms, Level, Recruiter, Company, Posted, Status.
In [our job postings API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-job-postings-api.txt), Arbetsförmedlingen scores 74.7 out of 100 on this plan.
Half of the 277 plans we rank by price cost $0.25 per 1,000 jobs or less. This plan and 17 others tie for the lowest price per 1,000 jobs of the 277 plans.
[Hirebase's $50 monthly plan (/v2/jobs/expired-jobs/export)](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/hirebase/50-monthly-web-pro-post-v2-jobs-expired-jobs-export/llms.txt) covers any number of jobs. Hirebase's $50 monthly plan costs less up front than JobDataAPI's $345 monthly plan.
[freehire](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/freehire/29-monthly-api-get-jobs-search/llms.txt), [Himalayas](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/himalayas/free-api-key-get-jobs-api-search/llms.txt) and [Arbetsförmedlingen](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/arbetsformedlingen/free-open-data-get-search-jobsearch-search-using-parameters-and-or-freetext/llms.txt) are the best job postings API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/arbetsformedlingen/free-open-data-get-search-jobsearch-search-using-parameters-and-or-freetext
- [Job postings API: 30+ providers compared on price and data](https://datacircle.dev/best-job-postings-api.txt)
- Get it: https://data.arbetsformedlingen.se/dataservice/jobsearch/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-postings-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://jobsearch.api.jobtechdev.se/search`, JobSearch: Search using parameters and/or freetext
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://gitlab.com/arbetsformedlingen/job-ads/jobsearch-apis/-/blob/main/docs/GettingStartedJobSearchEN.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-postings-api-pricing#ad-search
- Sold by: Arbetsförmedlingen (https://arbetsformedlingen.se?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-postings-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-04

## In the answer

- Completeness: 69%
- Description: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Salary: ✓
- Terms: ✓
- Level: ✓
- Recruiter: ✓
- Company: ✓
- Posted: ✓
- Status: ✓

## Score

- Overall score: 74.7
- Price score: 100
- Accuracy score: 37
- Cost to get started score: 100
- Bundle score: 75
- Performance score: 100

## Price

- $ per 1,000 jobs: $0.00
- Per: page of 100
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 2,100
- Also pays for: Load a job ad by ID · Load a logo binary file by ID · Typeahead / Suggest next searchword

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search and retrieve Arbetsförmedlingens (AF) job ads. Used for online operations.

## Data

- History: open only
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: any

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.26 s

## The call

- You send: nothing required. Optional: x-feature-freetext-bool-method, x-feature-disable-smart-freetext, x-feature-enable-false-negative, published-before, published-after, occupation-name, occupation-group, occupation-field, occupation-collection, skill, language, worktime-extent, parttime.min, parttime.max, driving-license-required, driving-license, employment-type, experience, municipality, region, country, workplace-model, unspecified-sweden-workplace, abroad, remote, open_for_all, trainee, larling, franchise, hire-work-place, position, position.radius, employer, q, qfields, duration, relevance-threshold, resdet, offset, limit, sort, stats, stats.limit, label, X-Fields
- Method: GET
- Path: /search

## About the plan

- Plan: Open data
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 85 fields the plan's answer can hold

total results, total positions, query time, result time, stats, free text concepts, relevance, job ID, external ID, original ID, labels, job URL, logo URL, title, application deadline, number of vacancies, description, formatted description, company information, needs, requirements, conditions, employment type, salary type, salary description, duration, working hours type, scope of work min, scope of work max, employment start, company phone number, company email address, company website, company organisation number, company name, workplace name, application information, application reference, apply email, apply via Arbetsförmedlingen, apply URL, other application method, experience required, access to own car, driving licence required, driving licence types, occupation, occupation group, occupation field, workplace model, municipality, municipality code, municipality concept ID, region, region code, region concept ID, country, country code, country concept ID, street address, postcode, city, coordinates, workplace addresses, required skills, required languages, required work experiences, required education, required education level, preferred skills, preferred languages, preferred work experiences, preferred education, preferred education level, contact name, contact description, contact email, contact phone, contact type, posted at, last publication date, removed, removed at, source type, timestamp

## Arbetsförmedlingen's plans (1)

- [Arbetsförmedlingen, free, Open data, GET /search, JobSearch: Search using parameters and/or freetext](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/arbetsformedlingen/free-open-data-get-search-jobsearch-search-using-parameters-and-or-freetext/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 69% complete

## Arbetsförmedlingen's calls for this API (2)

- `GET /search`, Historical job ads: Search using parameters and/or freetext: [Arbetsförmedlingen, free, Open data, GET /search, Historical job ads: Search using parameters and/or freetext](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/arbetsformedlingen/free-open-data-get-search-historical-job-ads-search-using-parameters-and-or-freetext/llms.txt)
- `GET /search`, JobSearch: Search using parameters and/or freetext: [Arbetsförmedlingen, free, Open data, GET /search, JobSearch: Search using parameters and/or freetext](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/arbetsformedlingen/free-open-data-get-search-jobsearch-search-using-parameters-and-or-freetext/llms.txt)

## Arbetsförmedlingen's APIs (2)

- [Arbetsförmedlingen: job posting details API pricing, 1 plan, GET /ad/{id}, Historical job ads: Load a job ad by ID](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-details-apis/arbetsformedlingen/free-open-data-get-ad-id-historical-job-ads-load-a-job-ad-by-id/llms.txt)
- [Arbetsförmedlingen: job posting details API pricing, 1 plan, GET /ad/{id}, JobSearch: Load a job ad by ID](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-details-apis/arbetsformedlingen/free-open-data-get-ad-id-jobsearch-load-a-job-ad-by-id/llms.txt)
- [Arbetsförmedlingen: job postings API pricing, 1 plan, GET /search, JobSearch: Search using parameters and/or freetext](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/arbetsformedlingen/free-open-data-get-search-jobsearch-search-using-parameters-and-or-freetext/llms.txt)

## Arbetsförmedlingen: job postings API alternatives

- [freehire, free (no key), GET /jobs](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/freehire/free-no-key-get-jobs/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 85% complete, stored
- [Himalayas, free, No API key, GET /jobs/api](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/himalayas/free-no-api-key-get-jobs-api/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 62% complete, 24 hours
- [ReefAPI, free, POST /indeed/v1/jobs/search](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/reefapi/free-free-post-indeed-v1-jobs-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 62% complete, live
- [Fantastic.jobs, free 14-day trial, GET /v1/active-jb](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/fantastic-jobs/free-14-day-trial-get-v1-active-jb/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 92% complete, 2 hours
- [Arbeitnow, free](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/arbeitnow/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 46% complete, 1 hour

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-04.

- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.en?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-postings-api-pricing
- https://data.arbetsformedlingen.se/dataservice/historiska_annonser/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-postings-api-pricing
- https://data.arbetsformedlingen.se/dataservice/jobsearch/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-postings-api-pricing
- https://data.arbetsformedlingen.se/dataset/job-ads/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-postings-api-pricing
- https://gitlab.com/arbetsformedlingen/job-ads/jobsearch-apis/-/raw/main/docs/GettingStartedJobSearchEN.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-postings-api-pricing
- https://gitlab.com/arbetsformedlingen/job-ads/jobsearch/jobsearch-api/-/blob/main/docs/AdFields.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-postings-api-pricing
- https://historical.api.jobtechdev.se/swagger.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-postings-api-pricing
- https://jobsearch.api.jobtechdev.se/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-postings-api-pricing
- https://jobsearch.api.jobtechdev.se/search?offset=2000&limit=100&resdet=brief&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-postings-api-pricing
- https://jobsearch.api.jobtechdev.se/search?q=utvecklare&limit=10&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-postings-api-pricing
- https://jobsearch.api.jobtechdev.se/swagger.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-postings-api-pricing