## ZipRecruiter Jobs Scraper
**💰 $1.70 / 1 000 results** · pay only for results · no credit card to try
*We do the dirty work so your dataset stays clean.* 😈
Scrape ZipRecruiter.com job postings by keyword and/or location. Get normalized rows with title, company, location, remote flag, structured salary, posted date, job type, and apply URL, ready for CSV, JSON, or API export. No login, no API key required.
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### 🎯 What this scrapes
ZipRecruiter is one of the largest general job boards in the US, aggregating postings across every industry from thousands of employers and ATS platforms. This Actor searches ZipRecruiter's own listings by job title/keyword and/or location and writes one normalized row per posting: title, company, location, a remote flag, structured salary (min/max/currency/period), posted date, job type, and the apply URL. Filter further by radius, remote-only, job type, and days-posted. Built for recruiters, staffing agencies, job-aggregator operators, and HR-tech builders sourcing candidates or market data off ZipRecruiter.
### 🔥 What we handle for you
- 🛡️ **We rotate browser fingerprints** — `curl-cffi` impersonation (Chrome / Firefox / Safari) so the target sees real-browser TLS, not Python.
- 🌐 **We rotate proxies** through Apify Proxy on every block — fresh session ID, fresh exit IP.
- 🔁 **We retry with exponential backoff** on `408 / 429 / 5xx` and honour `Retry-After` — up to 5 attempts per page.
- 🧱 **We fail loud, not silent** — a hard block surfaces a clear status message instead of a quietly empty dataset.
- 🧊 **We keep the dataset clean** — Pydantic-validated rows, ISO-8601 timestamps, stable IDs, JSON / CSV / Excel export straight from the Apify Console.
- 💰 **Pay-Per-Event pricing** — you only pay for results that hit your dataset. No data, no charge.
### 💡 Use cases
- **Recruiting pipelines** — pull fresh ZipRecruiter postings matching a role profile into your ATS or sourcing sheet.
- **Job-aggregator feeds** — normalize ZipRecruiter listings into a consistent schema alongside other boards.
- **Market-rate research** — aggregate structured salary data by title and location to benchmark comp bands.
- **Remote-role monitoring** — track newly posted remote roles across a keyword or location on a schedule.
### ⚙️ How to use it
1. Click **Try for free** at the top of the page.
2. Fill in the input form — most fields have sensible defaults.
3. Click **Start**. Output streams into the run's dataset.
4. Export from **Storage → Dataset** as JSON, CSV, or Excel — or fetch via the API.
### 📥 Input
| Field | Type | Required | Default | Notes |
|---|---|:--:|---|---|
| `searchQuery` | `string` | no | 'software engineer' | Job title or keyword to search for. At least one of Search query / Location is required. |
| `location` | `string` | no | 'Austin, TX' | City, state, or ZIP to center the search on, e.g. 'Austin, TX'. At least one of Search query / Location is required. |
| `radiusMiles` | `integer` | no | 25 | Search radius in miles around Location. Matches ZipRecruiter's own web UI default. |
| `remoteOnly` | `boolean` | no | False | Restrict results to postings flagged as remote-eligible. |
| `jobType` | `string` | no | '—' | Filter by employment type. Leave empty to include all types. Applied client-side unless a matching server-side… |
| `daysPosted` | `string` | no | '—' | Only include postings from the last N days. Leave empty for no date filter. Applied client-side unless a matching… |
| `maxResults` | `integer` | no | 100 | Hard cap on dataset rows for this run. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | `object` | no | {'useApifyProxy': True} | Apify Proxy configuration. No group is forced by default — override here if you need a specific group (e.g.… |
#### Example input
```json
{
"searchQuery": "software engineer",
"location": "Austin, TX",
"maxResults": 5
}
```
### 📤 Output
Every row is one dataset item.
| Field | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| `job_id` | `string` | Canonical source ID if present, else a deterministic hash of source\_url. |
| `source_url` | `string` | Canonical posting URL, copied verbatim from the source. |
| `title` | `string` | Posting title. |
| `company` | `['string', 'null']` | Employer name. |
| `location` | `['string', 'null']` | Display location text. |
| `is_remote` | `['boolean', 'null']` | Remote-work flag. |
| `salary_min` | `['number', 'null']` | Parsed minimum salary from salary text. |
| `salary_max` | `['number', 'null']` | Parsed maximum salary from salary text. |
| `salary_currency` | `['string', 'null']` | Defaults 'USD' (US site) when a numeric salary is present. |
| `salary_period` | `['string', 'null']` | One of 'hour' / 'day' / 'week' / 'month' / 'year', parsed from salary text. |
| `posted_at` | `['string', 'null']` | ISO-8601 normalized posting date. |
| `apply_url` | `string` | Source-provided apply link, copied verbatim (never reconstructed). |
| `job_type` | `['string', 'null']` | Normalized employment type. |
| `scraped_at` | `string` | ISO-8601 wall-clock time of row construction. |
#### Example output
```json
{
"job_id": "e3b0c44298fc1c14",
"source_url": "https://www.ziprecruiter.com/c/Acme-Co/Job/Senior-Backend-Engineer/-in-Austin,TX",
"title": "Senior Backend Engineer",
"company": "Acme Co",
"location": "Austin, TX",
"is_remote": false,
"salary_min": 130000.0,
"salary_max": 165000.0,
"salary_currency": "USD",
"salary_period": "year",
"posted_at": "2026-08-04T00:00:00Z",
"apply_url": "https://www.ziprecruiter.com/c/Acme-Co/Job/Senior-Backend-Engineer/-in-Austin,TX",
"job_type": "full_time",
"scraped_at": "2026-08-06T12:00:00Z"
}
```
### 💰 Pricing
Pay-Per-Event — you pay only when these events fire:
| Event | USD | What it is |
|---|---:|---|
| `actor-start` | $0.20 | One-off warm-up charge per run |
| `result` | $0.0015 | Per dataset item |
Example: 1 000 results at the rates above ≈ **$1.70**. No subscription, no minimum, no card to start — Apify gives every new account $5 of free credit.
### 🚧 Limitations
v1 covers ZipRecruiter.com's US public job-search surface only — applying to jobs, resume upload, and account/login flows are out of scope. Full job description bodies and employer profile pages are not included in v1. Only what the live search index returns is available — no historical or removed postings.
### ❓ FAQ
**Do I need a ZipRecruiter account or API key?**
No. This Actor scrapes ZipRecruiter's own publicly listed job postings — no login, no API key.
**What happens if I leave every filter blank besides Search query or Location?**
The Actor pulls the newest matching postings, up to Max results.
**Why is salary sometimes null?**
ZipRecruiter doesn't require employers to publish a salary. We surface parsed numbers only when the listing shows one, never an estimate.
**What if ZipRecruiter blocks the run?**
We rotate browser fingerprints, proxies, and sessions automatically. If a run still gets blocked, it fails loudly with a clear status message instead of returning an empty dataset.
### 💬 Your feedback
Spotted a bug, hit a weird edge case, or need a new field? Open an
issue on the Actor's **Issues** tab on Apify Console — we ship
fixes weekly and we read every report.
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# Actor input Schema
## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):
Job title or keyword to search for. At least one of Search query / Location is required.
## `location` (type: `string`):
City, state, or ZIP to center the search on, e.g. 'Austin, TX'. At least one of Search query / Location is required.
## `radiusMiles` (type: `integer`):
Search radius in miles around Location. Matches ZipRecruiter's own web UI default.
## `remoteOnly` (type: `boolean`):
Restrict results to postings flagged as remote-eligible.
## `jobType` (type: `string`):
Filter by employment type. Leave empty to include all types. Applied server-side if confirmed, else client-side post-filter.
## `daysPosted` (type: `string`):
Only include postings from the last N days. Leave empty for no date filter. Applied server-side if confirmed, else client-side post-filter on posted\_at.
## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):
Hard cap on dataset rows for this run.
## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):
Apify Proxy configuration. Defaults to RESIDENTIAL — ZipRecruiter blocks the automatic/datacenter pool on most sessions. Override only if you know what you are doing.
## Actor input object example
```json
{
"searchQuery": "software engineer",
"location": "Austin, TX",
"radiusMiles": 25,
"remoteOnly": false,
"maxResults": 5,
"proxyConfiguration": {
"useApifyProxy": true,
"apifyProxyGroups": [
"RESIDENTIAL"
]
}
}
```
# Actor output Schema
## `datasetItems` (type: `string`):
All dataset items as JSON.
## `datasetItemsCsv` (type: `string`):
Same data exported to CSV.
## `datasetView` (type: `string`):
Open the run dataset in the Console.
# 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 '