The Muse Jobs Scraper — Scrape themuse.com Job Listings (No API Key)

Extract job postings from The Muse, a US job board known for quality professional roles at established companies. This The Muse scraper turns the live board into a clean, structured dataset with title, company, categories, seniority levels, locations, job type, apply URL and publish date — filter by keyword, category, seniority and location, and let the Actor paginate automatically through the full result set. No login and no API key required.

🏆 Why this The Muse scraper?

8 fields per job · thousands of listings per run · filter by keyword, category, seniority level & location · automatic pagination (~20/page) · export to JSON / CSV / Excel. The unofficial The Muse jobs API alternative for recruiting, sourcing and job-aggregator feeds — with no API key and no login.

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✨ What this Actor does / Key features

• 🔎 Keyword search — free-text term matched against title, company and description.
• 🗂️ Category filter — Engineering, Data Science, Marketing, Sales, Accounting & Finance, Design and more.
• 🎚️ Seniority filter — Entry Level, Mid Level, Senior Level, Management.
• 📍 Location filter — any location text, including "Remote".
• 🏢 Company & apply link — the hiring company name and a direct URL to the original listing / apply page.
• 🗓️ Publish date — publishedAt on every job for recency tracking.
• 📄 Automatic pagination — walks the full result set (~20 jobs per page); cap with maxJobs / maxPages.
• 🧾 Flat, tidy schema — one clean record per job, ready for a spreadsheet, BI tool or ATS.
• 🟢 No account, no key, no login — reads public listings directly.

🚀 Quick start (3 steps)

1. Configure — enter a Search Keyword (or leave blank for everything), and optionally add Categories, Seniority Levels and a Location.
2. Run — click Start. The Actor paginates the board and streams one record per job into your dataset until it hits your maxJobs cap.
3. Get your data — open the Output tab and export to JSON, CSV, JSONL, Excel or XML, or pull it via the Apify API.

📥 Input

Everything is optional — an empty input pulls all current listings.

Example — senior remote engineering roles

{
  "searchKeyword": "software engineer",
  "categories": ["Engineering"],
  "levels": ["Senior Level"],
  "location": "Remote",
  "maxJobs": 200
}

Example — all marketing jobs in New York

{
  "categories": ["Marketing"],
  "location": "New York",
  "maxJobs": 500
}

Example — everything for a keyword (full board sweep)

{
  "searchKeyword": "product manager",
  "maxJobs": 0
}

Field	Type	Description	Default
searchKeyword	string	Free-text keyword matched against title, company and description.	""
categories	array	Filter by category (Engineering, Data Science, Marketing, Sales, Design…). Empty = all.	[]
levels	array	Filter by seniority (Entry Level, Mid Level, Senior Level, Management). Empty = all.	[]
location	string	Filter by location text (e.g. New York, Remote). Empty = all.	""
maxJobs	integer	Maximum matching jobs to save. 0 = all.	100
maxPages	integer	Maximum API pages to fetch (~20 jobs per page). 0 = all.	very high (all)

📤 Output

One flat record per job — 8 fields, exportable to JSON, CSV, JSONL, Excel or XML. Here is a trimmed sample record:

{
  "title": "Senior Software Engineer, Platform",
  "company": "HubSpot",
  "categories": ["Engineering"],
  "levels": ["Senior Level"],
  "locations": ["Remote", "Cambridge, MA"],
  "jobType": "Full Time",
  "url": "https://www.themuse.com/jobs/hubspot/senior-software-engineer-platform",
  "publishedAt": "2026-07-04T14:22:00Z"
}

💡 Use cases

• Recruiting & sourcing leads — find companies actively hiring in your category and seniority band, and use the data for outreach.
• Job-market research — measure hiring volume and in-demand roles by category, level and location.
• Power a job aggregator or board — ingest fresh, structured The Muse listings into your own site or app.
• Build a curated jobs feed — combine category and level filters to maintain a targeted list (e.g. senior engineering, remote).
• Daily monitoring — schedule the Actor to track newly published roles for your target filters.
• Talent-market intelligence — benchmark which companies and roles dominate a category over time.

👥 Who uses it

Recruiters & sourcers · talent-intelligence and HR analysts · job-board and aggregator builders · career coaches curating role feeds · market researchers tracking hiring demand · founders monitoring competitor hiring.

💰 Pricing

This Actor runs on a simple pay-per-result model — you pay for the jobs you extract, with no separate Apify platform fees to calculate. Try it on the free tier first, then scale up. See the Pricing tab on this page for the current rate.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need a The Muse account or API key? No. The scraper reads public job listings directly — no login, no cookies and no API key to manage. Only an Apify account is needed.

Is this a The Muse API alternative? Yes. It works as a The Muse jobs API alternative — you get structured job postings without registering for an official API or managing keys.

Does it page through all results automatically? Yes. The Actor paginates on its own (~20 jobs per page). Use Max Pages and Max Jobs to cap how much it collects.

Can I filter by seniority and category? Yes. Use the Seniority Levels filter (Entry, Mid, Senior, Management) and the Categories filter (Engineering, Data Science, Marketing and more) to target exactly the roles you want.

How do I scrape remote engineering jobs from The Muse? Set categories to Engineering and location to Remote, then run to export remote engineering roles with company and apply link to CSV or JSON.

Can I scrape The Muse without an API key or login? Yes. Just enter your filters and run. The Actor reads public themuse.com listings directly, so no API key, account or login is needed.

How much data can I get? Thousands of jobs per run. Set maxJobs: 0 to pull the full result set for your filters, or cap it for smaller, frequent runs.

How do I export The Muse jobs data to CSV or JSON? Run the scraper, then download the dataset as CSV, JSON, JSONL, Excel or XML — a ready-made themuse.com job-postings dataset for analysis or import — or pull it via the Apify API.

Is it legal to scrape The Muse? The Actor collects only publicly available job listing data. You are responsible for using the data in compliance with The Muse's terms and applicable laws.

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⏰ Scheduling & integration

Schedule this Actor on Apify to track newly published roles daily or hourly. Export results to JSON, CSV or Excel, sync to Google Sheets, or push to your ATS, database, BI tools and webhooks through the Apify API. Connect it to Make, n8n or Zapier to build automated recruiting and job-feed pipelines.

⭐ Support & feedback

Found a bug or need an extra field? Open an issue on the Issues tab — response is usually fast. If this Actor saves you time, a ★★★★★ review on the Store page genuinely helps and is hugely appreciated. 🙏

⚖️ Legal

This Actor extracts only publicly available job listing data and is intended for legitimate recruiting, research and analytics use. You are responsible for complying with The Muse's terms of service and any applicable local laws.

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📝 Changelog

2026-07-06

• ✨ README overhaul: added shields badges, a green "why" callout, a richer output sample and full field reference, extra ready-to-run example scenarios, a jobs cross-promo grid, and a clearer quick-start.

2026-07-01

• Maintenance pass: re-verified end-to-end on live data and confirmed successful runs within the 5-minute quality window on the default input.
• Sharpened Store metadata (SEO title & description) and expanded the FAQ with high-intent, long-tail questions for easier discovery in Google and Apify Store search.
• Added ready-to-run example tasks that cover common real-world use cases.

2026-06-15

• Reliability pass: re-verified end-to-end on live data with real-world inputs. Routine maintenance build.

2026-06-07

• Docs: added coverage for The Muse API alternative, scraping without an API key or login, and exporting job postings data to CSV/JSON.