# US Education / K12 Jobs API (`aspen-technology-labs-inc/us-education-k12-jobs-api`) Actor

Find US education and K-12 job postings by role, location, employer, salary, posting age, employment type, remote status, and seniority.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/aspen-technology-labs-inc/us-education-k12-jobs-api.md
- **Developed by:** [Aspen Technology Labs, Inc.](https://apify.com/aspen-technology-labs-inc) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Jobs, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.80 / 1,000 job records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## US Education (Including K-12) Jobs API - JobsIndex by Aspen Tech Labs

This Actor provides direct access to education job postings across the United States, including K-12. It currently covers **250,000+ active US education jobs**, sourced directly from employer career sites and applicant tracking systems and updated daily.

The dataset covers the full US education employment landscape, from pre-K and childcare through K-12 schools to colleges and universities. It includes roles such as teachers, paraprofessionals, school counselors, school nurses, principals, professors, deans, academic advisors, and athletic directors. Because the underlying Education category is intentionally broad, results include both K-12 and higher-education jobs.

Use title, sub-category, employer, and structured location filters to narrow the dataset toward pre-K, primary, or secondary education use cases. K-12 role coverage includes teachers, teaching assistants, early-childhood teachers, special-education teachers, counselors, school nurses, paraprofessionals, custodians, school directors, and principals. Records include location, posting age, and salary information where disclosed by the employer.

Use the broad dataset for sector-wide labor market research, or narrow it for school-focused job backfill, staffing workflows, EdTech recruiting tools, and teacher supply-and-demand analysis. It is also suited to academic and policy research by universities, labor economists, and think tanks studying US education employment trends, teacher shortages, and regional pay gaps, and can serve as a live, structured complement to slower government sources such as BLS or state education reports.

### Need More or Something Different?

If this Actor is working well for you, we'd love a review. For more data, custom feeds, feedback, or questions, reach out through our [website](https://jobsindex.com/) or by [email](mailto:inquiry+apify@aspentechlabs.com). You can also explore [JobMarketPulse](https://jobmarketpulse.com/), our labor and job market intelligence platform.

### Built-In Search Preset

This Actor always enforces `country=United States` and `category=Education`. User input cannot replace either preset. Use the available structured fields to narrow results.

### Quick Start

```json
{
  "title": "Teacher",
  "region": "Texas",
  "size": 5
}
```

### Input Parameters

| Parameter | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| `salary` | Salary amount or range filter. | `50000y-90000y` |
| `country` | Fixed preset. Runtime always uses `United States`. | `United States` |
| `region` | State or region. | `Texas` |
| `city` | City filter. | `Houston` |
| `postal_code` | ZIP code filter. | `77002` |
| `metro_area` | Metropolitan area filter. | `Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX` |
| `title` | Education job title. | `Teacher` |
| `company_name` | School district or employer name. | `Houston Independent School District` |
| `company_domain` | Employer website domain. | `houstonisd.org` |
| `category` | Fixed preset. Runtime always uses `Education`. | `Education` |
| `sub_category` | More specific education role group. | `Teacher` |
| `industry` | Employer industry. | `Education` |
| `posted` | Relative posting age or ISO date. | `1w` |
| `employment_type` | Employment type. | `Full-Time` |
| `remote` | Work arrangement: `remote`, `on-site`, or `hybrid`. | `on-site` |
| `seniority` | Seniority level. | `Entry Level` |
| `page` | Page number, starting from 0. | `0` |
| `size` | Results per page, from 1 to 100. | `5` |

### Location Filtering

The country is fixed to the United States. Narrow results with `region`, `city`, `postal_code`, and `metro_area`.

### Salary Filter Format

Use `NUMBER[UNIT]` or `NUMBER[UNIT]-NUMBER[UNIT]`. Supported units are `h`, `d`, `w`, `m`, and `y`.

Examples: `25h-40h`, `50000y-90000y`.

### Limits and Pagination

This Actor uses the JobsIndex jobs API. Results are paginated with `page` and `size`.

| Parameter | Default | Min | Max |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| `page` | 0 | 0 | Depends on `size` and the item cap |
| `size` | 5 | 1 | 100 |

Invalid `page` or `size` values can return `400 Invalid page or size parameters`.

#### Item Caps

The maximum number of retrievable jobs depends on the query shape:

| Query shape | Max items | Effective max `size` | Over-size behavior |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| No company filter | 1000 | 100 | Validation error; not silently capped |
| Company filter plus another keyword or filter | 20 | 20 | Silent cap with capping metadata |
| Company filter only | 5 | 5 | Silent cap with capping metadata |

A company filter means `company_name`, `company_domain`, or a company field referenced inside `what`. Another keyword or filter means anything in `what` other than `company_*`, or a value in fields such as `title`, `category`, `sub_category`, `industry`, `posted`, `salary`, `employment_type`, `remote`, or `seniority`.

This Actor always applies the Education preset, so company-filtered requests normally use the 20-item `company|keywords` cap.

When capping applies, response metadata includes `size_requested` and `size_capped_by`: `"company"` for the 5-item cap or `"company|keywords"` for the 20-item cap. These fields are absent from uncapped responses.

No-company-filter requests are not silently capped. Requests beyond the 1000-item retrieval window can return `400 Item limit reached. Maximum of 1000 items can be retrieved`.

#### Field Validation

Invalid filter values can return `400 Invalid value for parameter: <name>`. Common validation examples include malformed company domains, invalid dates or relative `posted` values, invalid salary format, unsupported location formats, or overly long field values.

### Output

Each run stores job records in the default Apify dataset. The dataset schema includes an `Overview` table for the most useful fields and a `Raw data (all fields)` table for the complete JobsIndex record.

Example dataset item:

```json
{
  "id": "example-education-job-id",
  "title": "Teacher",
  "title_raw": "High School Mathematics Teacher",
  "company_name": "Example School District",
  "company_domain": "example.com",
  "category": "Education",
  "sub_category": "Teacher",
  "country": "United States",
  "region": "Texas",
  "city": "Houston",
  "metro_area": "Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX",
  "salary_value": "60000.00-78000.00",
  "salary_currency": "USD",
  "salary_unit": "YEAR",
  "employment_type": "Full-Time",
  "remote": "on-site",
  "posted": "2026-08-01",
  "url_source": "https://example.com/careers/mathematics-teacher",
  "url_apply": "https://example.com/careers/mathematics-teacher/apply"
}
```

Field availability depends on the source job posting.

# Actor input Schema

## `salary` (type: `string`):

Salary amount/range filter. Format: 1-9 digits followed by y, m, w, d, or h; optional range A-B. Examples: 20h-30h, 35h, 20h-200000y.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Fixed preset for this Actor. The runtime always uses United States; changing this value in input is ignored.

## `region` (type: `string`):

State, province, or region. Maximum 80 characters.

## `city` (type: `string`):

City filter. Maximum 100 characters.

## `postal_code` (type: `string`):

Postal or ZIP code. Maximum 20 characters.

## `metro_area` (type: `string`):

Metropolitan area filter. Maximum 100 characters. Example: Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO.

## `title` (type: `string`):

Education job title filter, for example Teacher, Paraprofessional, or School Counselor. Maximum 200 characters.

## `company_name` (type: `string`):

Company name filter. Company filters reduce the retrievable item cap; see README.

## `company_domain` (type: `string`):

Employer website domain in valid DNS form, for example a school district domain. Company filters reduce the retrievable item cap; see README.

## `category` (type: `string`):

Fixed preset for this Actor. The runtime always uses Education; changing this value in input is ignored.

## `sub_category` (type: `string`):

More specific education role group, for example Teacher, Paraprofessional, or School Administration. Maximum 100 characters.

## `industry` (type: `string`):

Employer industry. Maximum 100 characters. Example: Education.

## `posted` (type: `string`):

Relative posting age, such as 1h, 1d, 1w, 1m, or an ISO date: YYYY, YYYY-MM, YYYY-MM-DD.

## `employment_type` (type: `string`):

Employment type, for example Full-Time. Comma-separated values are supported; each value can be up to 31 characters.

## `remote` (type: `string`):

Work arrangement filter. Supported values: remote, on-site, hybrid.

## `seniority` (type: `string`):

Seniority level, for example Junior, Middle, Senior. Comma-separated values are supported; each value can be up to 31 characters.

## `page` (type: `integer`):

Page number. Starts from 0. Pagination is capped by query shape: no company filter up to 1000 items, company filter with another filter up to 20 items, company filter only up to 5 items.

## `size` (type: `integer`):

Number of results per page. Default 5, min 1, max 100. Effective maximum can be lower for company-filtered queries; see README.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "salary": "",
  "country": "United States",
  "region": "",
  "city": "",
  "postal_code": "",
  "metro_area": "",
  "title": "",
  "company_name": "",
  "company_domain": "",
  "category": "Education",
  "sub_category": "",
  "industry": "",
  "posted": "",
  "employment_type": "",
  "remote": "",
  "seniority": "",
  "page": 0,
  "size": 5
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

## `meta` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("aspen-technology-labs-inc/us-education-k12-jobs-api").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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("aspen-technology-labs-inc/us-education-k12-jobs-api").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 '{}' |
apify call aspen-technology-labs-inc/us-education-k12-jobs-api --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,aspen-technology-labs-inc/us-education-k12-jobs-api"
        }
    }
}

```

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/swTQb8eTx55MKJqqx/builds/jkpQnclyBlqaoCNMH/openapi.json