Data Dictionary: Glassdoor Jobs

Overview

Contains explanations and examples of all data fields available in the Glassdoor Jobs dataset.

All personal/company information mentioned within this context is entirely fictional and is solely intended for illustrative purposes.

Data fields by category

1. Metadata

2. Employer information

3. Job posting information

The data fields in the example snippets have been rearranged for better grouping. To see where a specific data field stands, check the full data sample here.

Metadata

Record metadata

Data field	Description	Data type
created_at	Date when the record was initially scraped	Timestamp
updated_at	Date when the record was last updated	Timestamp
deleted	Indicates if the record is available on Glassdoor	Integer

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Metadata fields

"created_at": "2025-01-29 16:57:22",
"updated_at": "2025-10-18 01:55:52",
"deleted": 0,

Job posting metadata

Data field	Description	Data type
id	Record identifier in our database	String
source_id	Job posting identifier on Glassdoor	String
company_id	Company profile identifier on Glassdoor	String
expired	Indicates if the job posting is still active	Boolean

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Meta information

"id": "glassdoor_job_123456789",
"source_id": "123456789",
"company_id": "1122334455",
"expired": false,

Employer information

Data field	Description	Data type
company_name	Employer company	String
image	Company logo	String
country	Job location (country)	String
city	Job location (city)	String

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Employer information

"company_name": "Example Company",
"image": "https://media.glassdoor.com/banner/example-company.png",
"country": "United States",
"city": "Wilmington, DE",

Job posting information

Data field	Description	Data type
title	Job posting title	String
url	Job posting URL	String
description	Job description Note: Contains control characters	String
website	Employer's official website	String

Job posting information

"title": "Client Manager",
"url": "https://www.glassdoor.com/partner/example-company/client-manager",
"description": "Example Company is looking for a Client Manager. Here is a job description",
"website": "www.example-company.com/careers",

Offered salary

Data field	Description	Data type
salary	Job salary details	Struct
min	Lower end of the salary	Integer
max	Upper end of the salary	Integer
currency	Salary currency	String
pay_period	Salary estimate pay period	String
salary_estimate_type	Employer's official salary estimate type (Glassdoor est., Employer est,)	String

See a snippet of the dataset for reference:

Salary

"salary": {
    "min": 70000,
    "max": 90000,
    "currency": "USD",
    "pay_period": "YEAR"
  },
"salary_estimate_type": "Employer est."