# StepStone Scraper - German Job Listings & Salaries (`aolmo/stepstone-jobs`) Actor

Job listings from StepStone Germany by keyword and location or search URL, without login: title, company, location, salary range, posting and expiry dates, snippet, benefits and skills. Follows the result pages automatically. Scheduled runs flag new jobs. $0.001 per job.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/aolmo/stepstone-jobs.md
- **Developed by:** [Antonio del Olmo Tena](https://apify.com/aolmo) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 job scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

Export job listings from StepStone, one of the largest job boards in Germany. Give keywords with a location, or search URLs with your filters, and the Actor returns one row per job with title, company, location, salary range, posting and expiry dates, snippet, benefits and skills, following the result pages automatically. Schedule it and jobs that appear since the previous run are flagged. Recruiting research, salary benchmarks, lead generation and job alerts at $0.001 per job.

### What you get

**Job** (one row each): `id`, `url`, `title`, `companyName`, `companyId`, `companyUrl`, `companyLogoUrl`, `location`, `postCode`, `workFromHome`, `datePosted`, `expiresAt`, `salaryMin`, `salaryMax`, `salaryPeriod`, `salaryCurrency`, `salaryIsEstimate`, `snippet`, `benefits`, `skills`, `labels`, `isSponsored`, `isTopJob`, `section`, `position`.

**Search** on every row: `search` (the URL used) and `totalCount`.

**Changes** on scheduled runs: `isNew` is true for jobs that were not in the search in the previous run.

Searches without results return nothing and are not charged.

### How to use it

1. Open the **Input** tab.
2. Add **Keywords or search URLs**, one per line (up to 100 per run): `software engineer` or a URL copied from the browser such as `https://www.stepstone.de/jobs/python/in-koeln?radius=30`, which keeps your filters.
3. Set the **Location** for keywords, such as `Berlin`.
4. Set **Max jobs per search** (25 per page, up to 2,500).
5. Click **Start** and export the rows as JSON, CSV or Excel.
6. Schedule the Actor to get alerts on new jobs.

### Input

```json
{
  "searches": ["software engineer", "https://www.stepstone.de/jobs/python/in-koeln?radius=30"],
  "location": "Berlin",
  "maxJobs": 100
}
```

### Output

```json
{
  "search": "https://www.stepstone.de/jobs/software-engineer/in-berlin",
  "totalCount": 589,
  "position": 1,
  "id": "14594592",
  "url": "https://www.stepstone.de/stellenangebote--Software-Engineer-Test-m-w-d-Berlin-BIOTRONIK-Corporate-Services-SE--14594592-inline.html",
  "title": "Software Engineer Test (m/w/d)",
  "companyName": "BIOTRONIK Corporate Services SE",
  "companyId": "222677",
  "companyUrl": "https://www.stepstone.de/cmp/de/biotronik-corporate-services-se-222677/jobs",
  "location": "Berlin",
  "datePosted": "2026-10-30T19:01:08.42Z",
  "expiresAt": "2026-11-29T19:01:08.42Z",
  "salaryMin": 55000,
  "salaryMax": 75000,
  "salaryPeriod": "Annually",
  "salaryCurrency": "EUR",
  "salaryIsEstimate": true,
  "snippet": "BIOTRONIK ist einer der weltweit führenden Hersteller...",
  "benefits": ["Flexible Arbeitszeiten"],
  "skills": [],
  "isSponsored": false,
  "isTopJob": false,
  "section": "main",
  "isNew": false,
  "timestamp": "2026-11-01T10:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Pricing

Pay per event: **$0.001 per job** and **$0.002 per new job** detected on a scheduled run. Empty searches are free. A search of 1,000 jobs costs $1.00.

### Limits and notes

- Most salary ranges are estimates by StepStone and not figures from the employer: `salaryIsEstimate` is true on those. Treat them as a guide.
- Only stepstone.de is supported.
- `section` tells where the job comes from: `main` matches the search and others are related results StepStone adds.
- The full job description is on the job page and is not opened; `snippet` is the summary from the results.

### Related Actors

- **Dice Scraper**: tech jobs in the US.
- **Remote Jobs Aggregator**: remote jobs from several boards.
- **LinkedIn Jobs Scraper**: job listings from LinkedIn.

# Actor input Schema

## `searches` (type: `array`):

One per line: software engineer or a URL copied from the browser such as https://www.stepstone.de/jobs/python/in-koeln?radius=30, which keeps your filters. Up to 100 per run.

## `location` (type: `string`):

City or region for the keywords, such as Berlin. Ignored for URLs.

## `maxJobs` (type: `integer`):

25 jobs per page, up to 2,500.

## `product` (type: `string`):

Internal. Leave as is.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searches": [
    "software engineer"
  ],
  "location": "Berlin",
  "maxJobs": 100,
  "product": "stepstone-jobs"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset items: url, changed, events, data, timestamp and error (when the target failed).

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searches": [
        "software engineer"
    ],
    "location": "Berlin"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("aolmo/stepstone-jobs").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searches": ["software engineer"],
    "location": "Berlin",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("aolmo/stepstone-jobs").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searches": [
    "software engineer"
  ],
  "location": "Berlin"
}' |
apify call aolmo/stepstone-jobs --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,aolmo/stepstone-jobs"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/aW8MF0ekv7xWbWP6d/builds/iakOslcCTBK5wgmDJ/openapi.json