--- title: "Paylocity ghost jobs: what the sightings say." description: "[NewSearch millions of jobs from your AI agent with MCP→](/blog/jobspipe-mcp-server)" canonical: https://jobspipe.dev/ghost-jobs/paylocity last_updated: 2026-09-10 --- [NewSearch millions of jobs from your AI agent with MCP→](/blog/jobspipe-mcp-server) # Paylocity ghost jobs: what the sightings say. 2.4% of scored active Paylocity postings carry at least one ghost-job warning sign, against 17.8% across all ten boards JobsPipe collects. Here is the full picture for Paylocity: score bands, the reasons behind them, reposts, age and how quickly postings close. 2.4% Score 25 or higher all boards 17.8% 2.2% Reposted after a 10+ day gap all boards 8.0% 44.6% Older than 30 days all boards 28.6% 13 Median days live when closed removals detected continuously ## How Paylocity scores Paylocity career sites belong to mid-market US employers. The board is small in JobsPipe and reads as live: postings score low and close on a normal cadence. | Ghost score band | Paylocity | All boards | | --- | --- | --- | | 0-24: looks live | 97.6% | 82.3% | | 25-49: one warning sign | 2.4% | 16.4% | | 50-74: several warning signs | 0.0% | 1.3% | | 75-100: almost certainly stale | 0.0% | <0.5% | - No salary stated89.7% - Posted date far behind first sighting37.7% - Thin description (under 400 characters)2.1% - Reposted (seen again after a gap of 10+ days)1.8% Reasons attached to the ghost score on Paylocity, share of scored active postings. A posting can carry several. ## How long Paylocity postings stay up Paylocity removals are detected from the board feed at every crawl, so days live is a real measure here. Among Paylocity postings that closed in the last 60 days, the median was live for 13 days and three in four were gone within 14 days; 22.7% closed within a week and 96.5% within 30 days. - Still open 14 days after first sighting100.0% - Still open 30 days after first sighting13.7% Share of Paylocity postings first sighted 14 and 30 days ago that are still open. The cross-board comparison is on [How long do job postings stay up?](/job-posting-lifespan) ## Exclude Paylocity ghost jobs from a feed ``` curl -X POST https://api.jobspipe.dev/v1/jobs/search \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $JOBSPIPE_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "source_or": ["paylocity"], "max_ghost_score": 24, "status": "active", "posted_at_max_age_days": 30, "limit": 25 }' ``` How this was measured Measured from active postings on the ten collected boards; score bands and reasons cover the postings that carry a ghost score (seen at least twice or older than 14 days), age and repost shares use the crawl sighting log, which starts between 21 June and 23 July 2026 depending on the board. Generated 2026-09-09. Shares only: JobsPipe publishes percentages, not counts. Score bands and reasons cover Paylocity postings that carry a ghost score (last scoring run 2026-08-29). Reposted means three or more sightings with a gap of ten days or more; age is measured from the first sighting in the crawl log. ``` curl -X POST https://api.jobspipe.dev/v1/jobs/search \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $JOBSPIPE_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"source_or":["paylocity"],"max_ghost_score":24,"status":"active","limit":25}' ``` ## FAQ How common are ghost jobs on Paylocity? 2.4% of scored active Paylocity postings carry at least one warning sign, against 17.8% across all ten boards JobsPipe collects. 2.2% of active Paylocity postings were seen again after a gap of ten days or more, and 44.6% were first sighted more than 30 days ago. Why does Paylocity score the way it does? Paylocity career sites belong to mid-market US employers. The board is small in JobsPipe and reads as live: postings score low and close on a normal cadence. How do I check whether a Paylocity job is still open? Use the JobsPipe jobs search endpoint with source\_or set to paylocity and status set to any; every record returns discovered\_at, last\_seen\_at, status and ghost\_score. How do I exclude Paylocity ghost jobs from an API feed? Send max\_ghost\_score 24 with status active and source\_or \["paylocity"\] to the jobs search endpoint. Raise the score cap to 49 if a missing salary is acceptable. ### Other boards - [Indeed](/ghost-jobs/indeed) - [Workable](/ghost-jobs/workable) - [Ashby](/ghost-jobs/ashby) - [SmartRecruiters](/ghost-jobs/smartrecruiters) - [LinkedIn](/ghost-jobs/linkedin) - [Greenhouse](/ghost-jobs/greenhouse) - [Lever](/ghost-jobs/lever) - [Y Combinator](/ghost-jobs/ycombinator) - [Workday](/ghost-jobs/workday) - [All boards](/ghost-jobs) --- Canonical URL: https://jobspipe.dev/ghost-jobs/paylocity --- AI agents: the full machine-readable index of this site is https://jobspipe.dev/llms.txt?src=md-twin - API quickstart, no-key sandbox (POST https://api.jobspipe.dev/v1/sandbox/jobs/search), MCP server, pricing. Free key: https://jobspipe.dev/signup