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Understand LinkedIn Jobs pricing

Compare and contrast free vs. promoted

Learn about our pay-per click model

Find out how your charges will accrue

How promoting your job works.

Receive 3x the number of applicants when you promote your LinkedIn Job Post compared to when you post it for free. Learn how to get quality applicants fast by promoting your job post on LinkedIn.

Compare free vs. promoted job posts.

Post a job for free on LinkedIn for visibility among your connections and in search results. You can have only one free job post open at a time.

Shown in search results
Your job post appears in search results and is searchable on LinkedIn.

Applicant management tools
Easily filter and manage your applicants.

Add a budget to your job post to get 3x more qualified applicants through a more targeted and broader reach to the most relevant candidates on LinkedIn.

Shown in search results
Your job post appears in search results and is searchable on LinkedIn.

Applicant management tools
Easily filter and manage your applicants.

Shown at the top of search results
Your job post is eligible to appear at the top of search results with a "Promoted" tag when job seekers search for jobs like yours.

Top placement in job recommendations
Your job post is placed in front of qualified candidates when they're browsing jobs in "Based on Your Profile" and "Similar Jobs."

Instant mobile alerts to qualified candidates
Your job post is instantly recommended to qualified local candidates through mobile notifications. These notifications can help you receive 3–5x more applicants than a free post.

Receive smart alerts for qualified applicants
You'll receive notifications powered by our matching algorithm when a candidate who matches your job criteria applies to your job post.

Learn more about applicants with Video Intro
Invite applicants to answer questions in a two-minute video submission. Get a read on applicant personalities and communication skills at scale.

Set a daily or total budget to promote your job.

Promote your job post by setting up a daily or total budget. You decide your budget and can close the post whenever you find the right person.

The higher the daily budget, the further up your job post will be advertised in job searches and the longer it will be actively marketed to LinkedIn members.

You won't be charged for:

  • Viewing your own job post
  • Multiple views from the same person
  • Views from people not signed in to LinkedIn

Important tip: keep your job post open for at least five days to get enough qualified applicants.

What happens when your job has been promoted.

Where your job post is promoted

  1. Instant mobile notifications
    Your job post is instantly recommended to qualified local candidates through mobile notifications.

    Who sees it:
    LinkedIn members who are a good match for your job.

  2. Top of search results
    Your job post is eligible to appear at the top of search results with a "promoted" tag when job seekers search for job posts like yours.

    Who sees it:
    LinkedIn members who are a good match for your job.

    Anyone searching for your job post on LinkedIn.

  3. Emails
    Relevant candidates receive emails that recommend job posts to apply to.

    Who sees it:
    LinkedIn members who are a good match for your job.

  4. LinkedIn feed
    Relevant candidates will see your job post recommended while scrolling through their LinkedIn feed.

    Who sees it:
    LinkedIn members who are a good match for your job.

  5. LinkedIn Jobs tab
    Relevant candidates will see your job post on the "recommended for you" section of the LinkedIn Jobs page.

    Who sees it:
    LinkedIn members who are a good match for your job.

Budgeting for your job post.

From setting a budget to understanding how cost is determined, our pricing system is built for whatever budget you're working with.

Cost of posting a job on LinkedIn.

With our pay-per click pricing model, the cost of each job is entirely up to you.


For example:
If you use a $10 daily budget and run a job post for 30 days, your total cost will be $300 (if the post reaches the daily budget).

Alternatively, you can set a total budget instead so you don't have to remember to close your job. A job post with a total budget will automatically pause once your spend reaches the total budget amount.

For example: if you have a $300 total budget, your job post will automatically pause once the $300 has been spent.

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Important tip: this job post will not close on its own. You can edit or close it at any time, but it will keep spending until you close it.

How we determine our budget recommendation.

When setting your budget, we'll recommend a value based on the job title, location, and market activity that ensures your job post gets placed in a competitive spot. Ultimately, you get the final say in your budget.

How cost-per-click is determined.

The cost of each click is determined by an algorithm that looks at where your job is located and how many competing, similarly titled posts have been created within that market.

Calculate the cost of each click (clicks and views are one in the same) bydividing the total spend amount by the number of views the job has received. All this information can be found on the job details page.

Learn more about pay-per-click pricing

Billing for pay-per-click job posts.

Learn more about when you're charged, how your charges are calculated, and how you'll receive your bill.

Answers to frequently asked questions.

Your charges will accrue daily. You can monitor the spend from your account. Your card will be charged within 48 hours of closing your job, 30 days from the day you posted if the job is still active, or if you hit a $500 balance first (USD specific).

You only pay for job views by candidates. You aren't billed for views from LinkedIn employees or the job poster. As a result, you might see a discrepancy in the number of views and the amount charged.

Your bill will come via email at the end of your billing cycle. You can also view and print receipts from your billing history page.

Visit our Billing FAQ to learn more about billing for your job post.