SimplyHired Jobs Scraper

Extract job listings from SimplyHired.com — one of the largest US job aggregators, pulling listings from company career sites, staffing agencies, and niche job boards. Get structured job data including title, company, salary, employment type, remote work status, full description, and direct application URLs.

Features

• Keyword + location search — search any job title, skills, or keywords across any US location
• Direct URL scraping — scrape specific SimplyHired job posting pages
• Employment type filter — full-time, part-time, contract, temporary, internship, freelance
• Date posted filter — past 24 hours, 3 days, week, or month
• Minimum salary filter — client-side filter by annual salary
• Remote work filter — filter for remote or hybrid positions
• Cursor-based pagination — retrieve beyond the first page of results
• Full job details — description, benefits, qualifications, salary breakdown, expiration date

Input

Field	Type	Description
mode	select	search (keyword search) or byUrl (scrape specific job URLs)
searchQuery	string	Job title, skills, or keywords (mode=search)
location	string	City, state, zip, or "remote" (mode=search)
jobUrls	array	SimplyHired job URLs to scrape (mode=byUrl)
employmentType	select	Full-time, Contract, Part-time, Temporary, Permanent, Internship, Temp-to-hire, Freelance
datePosted	select	Any time, Past 24h, Past 3 days, Past week, Past month
minSalary	integer	Minimum annual salary in USD
remoteType	select	Any, Remote, Hybrid
maxItems	integer	Maximum records to return (1–500)

Output

Each record contains:

Field	Description
jobId	Unique SimplyHired/Indeed job key
title	Job title
company	Employer name
location	City, state location string
city	City name
state	State abbreviation
remoteType	Remote / Hybrid work / on-site (if available)
employmentType	Full-time, Contract, etc.
salary	Salary display string (e.g., "$100,000 - $150,000 a year")
salaryMin	Minimum salary in cents-base unit (e.g., 100000 = $100k)
salaryMax	Maximum salary
salaryCurrency	ISO currency code (e.g., "USD")
salaryPeriod	annual / monthly / weekly / hourly
description	Full job description (HTML stripped)
benefits	List of benefits offered
qualifications	Required skills and qualifications
datePosted	ISO UTC timestamp of posting date
expirationDate	Expiration date (if available)
jobUrl	SimplyHired job listing URL
applicationUrl	Direct application URL
companyPageUrl	Company page on SimplyHired
companyRating	Overall employer rating (if available)
sponsored	Whether the listing is sponsored
sourceUrl	Source URL of the scraped record
scrapedAt	ISO UTC timestamp of scrape time
recordType	Always "job"

Example Usage

Search for software engineers in New York:

{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQuery": "software engineer",
  "location": "New York",
  "employmentType": "CF3CP",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Find remote Python jobs posted in the last week:

{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQuery": "python developer",
  "remoteType": "Remote",
  "datePosted": "7",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Scrape specific job URLs:

{
  "mode": "byUrl",
  "jobUrls": [
    "https://www.simplyhired.com/job/abc123KEY",
    "https://www.simplyhired.com/job/xyz789KEY"
  ]
}

FAQs

How often is the data updated? SimplyHired updates its listings in real-time. Scraping reflects the current state of the site.

Can I search without specifying a location? Yes — leave the location field empty to search across all locations.

What is the maximum number of results? SimplyHired shows up to ~100 pages of 20 results each. Set maxItems accordingly (max 500).

Why are some jobs missing salary information? SimplyHired only shows salary when employers provide it. The salary field will be absent if not available.

Does this work for remote jobs? Yes — you can set location to "remote" or use the remoteType filter.

Is this actor free to use? Yes — it uses SimplyHired's public website and requires no API keys or credentials.