Indeed Hiring Lab

What Indeed Hiring Lab does

Indeed Hiring Lab is the economic research division of Indeed, established in 2016 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, where it operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary unit of Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed parent). The lab produces data-driven labor market analysis using Indeed's proprietary job posting data, resume database, and job seeker behavior metrics, supplemented by a deep learning-based skill extraction pipeline that classifies over 3,000 individual skills across 47 categories and 108 subcategories. Its analytical output includes monthly US Labor Market Snapshots, a quarterly Employment Cost Index, industry vertical briefs, and topical research on AI's impact on employment, workforce demographics, skills requirements, retirement benefits, and immigration.

The lab distributes research freely through hiringlab.org, email newsletters, and social channels (Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Instagram), with a dedicated Policy Partners Program supporting government and academic stakeholders. Geographically, it covers the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Australia, and Japan through regional Indeed sites. The lab does not sell commercial products; its research is a free publication whose value accrues indirectly to Indeed's employer recruitment platform by reinforcing brand authority in labor market intelligence. The customer base is horizontal, spanning employers, HR professionals, job seekers, policymakers, and academic researchers, with no direct revenue attribution or transactional pricing model.

Name

Indeed Hiring Lab

Legal name

Indeed Hiring Lab

Website

https://hiringlab.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Indeed Hiring Lab is the economic research division of Indeed, founded in 2016, that publishes free labor market analysis using proprietary job posting, resume, and job seeker data across eight countries. It serves employers, HR professionals, policymakers, job seekers, and academic researchers with monthly snapshots, skills research, and AI impact studies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Labor Market Research and Analytics

NAICS

Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling (54191), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)

akta.pro primary industry

Workforce Data, Labor Market Intelligence (LMI) & Program Evaluation (EDAAAOAN)

Keywords

• Labor market research
• Workforce analytics
• Job market trends
• Employment data
• Labor economics reporting

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Research and Insights Publication: Indeed Hiring Lab operates as Indeed's research arm, producing labor market intelligence that supports Indeed's employer value proposition and brand positioning. The organization does not appear to directly monetize its research; rather, its insights contribute to Indeed's overall recruitment platform business under parent company Recruit Holdings.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Indeed Hiring Lab is the economic research division of Indeed, producing free labor market research and data-driven insights drawn from Indeed's proprietary job posting, resume, and job seeker behavior datasets. It publishes monthly US labor market snapshots, quarterly industry vertical analyses, topical research on AI impact, skills, wages, and demographics, and makes labor market data accessible through its data portal. The research is distributed globally across the United States, Canada, UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Australia, and Japan.

Product overview

Indeed Hiring Lab operates as Indeed's research division, offering a portfolio of labor market research products including regular published reports (such as the monthly US Labor Market Snapshot and Employment Cost Index), specialized topic-based research on workforce trends, and access to underlying labor market data through its data portal. The research covers areas including AI's impact on jobs, workforce demographics, skills requirements, retirement benefits, and immigration's role in the labor force.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Labor Market Research Reports Regular research reports analyzing US and global labor market trends, including monthly labor market snapshots, employment cost indices, and targeted studies on workforce topics such as AI's impact on jobs, demographic shifts, and skills requirements. Targeted at employers, HR professionals, policymakers, researchers, and job seekers.
• US Labor Market Snapshot A monthly report summarizing key US labor market indicators including job postings, wages, unemployment, and openings, with trend analysis for the months ahead.
• Data Portal Access to labor market data through data.indeed.com, which offers job posting trends, wage trackers, and other labor market metrics.
• Better Work Project A research initiative analyzing labor market trends based on data from job postings, resumes, and job seeker behavior across the United States and globally to inform talent management, hiring strategies, and labor policies.

Quantifiable outcome

• Advanced digital skills command a 31% wage premium in India based on analysis of over 6 million job postings
• +4 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Asian Development BankcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 August 2026Research partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to study digital skills and wage premiums. Published joint research revealing that advanced digital skills command a 31% wage premium in India, based on analysis of over six million job postings. India emerged as one of the most digitally intensive hiring markets in the Asia-Pacific region.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Glassdoor Economic Research: Glassdoor's research team publishing reports on wages, hiring, and workplace trends derived from its job postings and salary database. Closely comparable in mission, data source structure, and free-publication model.
• LinkedIn Economic Graph: LinkedIn's research initiative analyzing labor market trends using its own professional network data. Most direct parallel to Hiring Lab — a major recruitment platform's research arm producing publicly available labor market insights.

Broad incumbents

• ZipRecruiter: Major US online employment marketplace competing with Indeed and publishing periodic labor market commentary. Comparable as a recruitment platform with adjacent workforce insights output.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS): The US federal agency producing authoritative labor market statistics (unemployment, JOLTS, ECI, wages). The principal public-sector benchmark for Hiring Lab's research and a key comparative source for policymakers and employers.
• OECD Employment Statistics: Multilateral source of cross-country employment, wage, and labor market data. Comparable to Hiring Lab's global labor market research function, particularly for international and policy audiences.
• ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey: Quarterly survey-based hiring outlook report covering40+ countries, produced by a global staffing major. Comparable as a recurring, internationally comparative workforce intelligence publication.
• ADP Research Institute: ADP's research arm publishing payroll and workforce analyses drawn from ADP's massive payroll dataset. Comparable as an HR/payroll platform's research division producing labor market intelligence.

Emerging players

• Revelio Labs: Workforce intelligence company using public online profiles and labor data to deliver real-time hiring and talent trends. Comparable as a labor market data and analytics provider competing for the same insight-driven audience.
• World Economic Forum – Future of Jobs Report: Annual multilateral research report on global labor market trends, skills, and AI's workforce impact. Comparable topical overlap, particularly around AI-driven labor market transformation.
• Lightcast (formerly Emsi Burning Glass): Workforce analytics firm aggregating job postings and skills data to produce labor market intelligence for employers and educators. Comparable in skills taxonomy and postings analytics, with a more commercial product model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/indeedlab
• Facebookindeedhi.re/HLFacebook
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/indeed-hiring-lab
• Instagramindeedhi.re/HLInstagram

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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