# LinkedIn Jobs Intel (`mfrostbutter/linkedin-jobs-scraper`) Actor

Scrape LinkedIn job listings by keyword, location, work type, and date posted. No login required. Structured, harvestapi compatible records with full descriptions. MCP-ready for AI agents.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/mfrostbutter/linkedin-jobs-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Michael Frostbutter](https://apify.com/mfrostbutter) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Automation, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.50 / 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

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

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).


# README

## LinkedIn Jobs Scraper

Scrape LinkedIn job listings by keyword, location, work type, and date posted. **No login, no cookies, no browser** — just fast, structured job data with `harvestapi`-compatible field names for drop-in migration.

Built for sales, recruiting, and outreach teams who need fresh LinkedIn jobs data without managing logins, proxies, or parsers.

### What it does

- **Search** LinkedIn's public job listings by keyword, location, work arrangement, and recency.
- **No login required.** Uses LinkedIn's public guest endpoints — no account, no `li_at` cookie, no ban risk.
- **Full descriptions + structured detail.** Optionally fetch each job's detail page for the complete description plus applicant count, seniority, employment type, job function, industries, and company URL.
- **harvestapi-compatible output.** Field names match `harvestapi~linkedin-job-search`, so you can swap this actor in without rewriting downstream code.
- **Salary parsing.** When LinkedIn exposes compensation, it is parsed into `salary_low` / `salary_high`.

### Pricing

Pay-per-event. **$0.50 per 1,000 results** — you pay only for jobs written to the dataset.

| Event | Price | Charged per |
|---|---|---|
| Job scraped (`job-scraped`) | **$0.50 / 1,000** | Each job written to the dataset |
| Actor start (`apify-actor-start`) | $0.00005 | Per run (first 5 seconds of compute waived) |

Cost examples: 200 jobs ≈ $0.10 · 1,000 jobs ≈ $0.50 · 1,500/month (daily monitoring) ≈ $0.75/month. Cap total spend per run with **Max cost per run** in the run settings.

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `keywords` | string | *required* | Job title or keywords (e.g. `"Director of AI"`). |
| `location` | string | `"United States"` | City, state, or country. |
| `workType` | enum | `"any"` | `remote` / `hybrid` / `onsite` / `any`. |
| `datePosted` | enum | `"past_week"` | `past_24h` / `past_week` / `past_month` / `any`. |
| `maxResults` | integer | `100` | Cap on records returned (1–1000). |
| `fetchFullDescription` | boolean | `true` | Fetch each job's detail page for full description and structured detail fields (one request per job). |
| `proxyConfig` | object | `{}` | Apify proxy settings. Datacenter proxy is sufficient; residential recommended for very large runs. |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "keywords": "Director of AI",
  "location": "United States",
  "workType": "remote",
  "datePosted": "past_week",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "fetchFullDescription": true
}
````

### Output

Each dataset record (`harvestapi`-compatible field names):

```json
{
  "id": "4424285589",
  "title": "Director of Artificial Intelligence",
  "companyName": "Akerman LLP",
  "companyUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/akerman",
  "companyLogo": "https://media.licdn.com/.../company-logo.png",
  "location": "Miami, FL",
  "postedAt": "2026-06-04T00:00:00.000Z",
  "applicantCount": 25,
  "salary": null,
  "salary_low": null,
  "salary_high": null,
  "seniorityLevel": "Director",
  "employmentType": "Full-time",
  "jobFunctions": ["Engineering", "Information Technology"],
  "industries": ["Law Practice"],
  "descriptionText": "Full job description text...",
  "link": "https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/...-4424285589",
  "applyUrl": null,
  "workplaceTypes": ["On-site"],
  "workRemoteAllowed": false,
  "source_platform": "linkedin",
  "scraped_at": "2026-06-12T12:00:00Z"
}
```

Detail fields (`companyUrl`, `companyLogo`, `applicantCount`, `seniorityLevel`, `employmentType`, `jobFunctions`, `industries`, `descriptionText`) are populated when `fetchFullDescription` is `true`.

### Notes

- **Applicant count** is null when LinkedIn hides it. **Salary** is null on most listings — LinkedIn structurally omits compensation from the majority of public postings.
- **`applyUrl`** is present for `harvestapi` compatibility but is often `null` — LinkedIn resolves the apply link client-side.
- **Respect LinkedIn's terms** and applicable law in your jurisdiction when using scraped data.

### Use with AI agents (MCP)

This actor is callable from any MCP-compatible AI agent (Claude, Cursor, and others) through Apify's hosted MCP server. Add it as a tool by its actor ID:

```
Mfrostbutter/linkedin-jobs-scraper
```

Point your MCP client at `https://mcp.apify.com` (authenticated with your Apify token) and the agent can run LinkedIn job searches on demand. The input schema is fully described, so the agent fills `keywords`, `location`, `workType`, and `datePosted` without extra prompting.

### Compatibility

Output field names match `harvestapi~linkedin-job-search` at the base level, so existing pipelines built against that actor work without changes.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `string`):

Job title or keywords to search for.

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

City, state, country, or 'United States' for national search.

## `workType` (type: `string`):

Filter by work arrangement.

## `datePosted` (type: `string`):

Filter by how recently the job was posted.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of job records to return (LinkedIn caps a single search around 1000).

## `fetchFullDescription` (type: `boolean`):

If true, fetches each job's detail page for the full description plus applicant count, seniority, employment type, job function, industries, and company URL. Slower (one request per job). If false, only search-card fields are returned.

## `proxyConfig` (type: `object`):

Apify proxy settings. Defaults to automatic (datacenter) proxy, which rotates IPs to avoid LinkedIn rate limits. Switch to residential for very large runs. Set useApifyProxy to false only for local dev.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": "Director of AI",
  "location": "United States",
  "workType": "any",
  "datePosted": "past_week",
  "maxResults": 100,
  "fetchFullDescription": true,
  "proxyConfig": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `jobs` (type: `string`):

Structured LinkedIn job records written to the default dataset.

# 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 = {
    "proxyConfig": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("mfrostbutter/linkedin-jobs-scraper").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 = { "proxyConfig": { "useApifyProxy": True } }

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

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "proxyConfig": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call mfrostbutter/linkedin-jobs-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=mfrostbutter/linkedin-jobs-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "LinkedIn Jobs Intel",
        "description": "Scrape LinkedIn job listings by keyword, location, work type, and date posted. No login required. Structured, harvestapi compatible records with full descriptions. MCP-ready for AI agents.",
        "version": "0.7",
        "x-build-id": "oG84Eosm0DtHvB1Wq"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/mfrostbutter~linkedin-jobs-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-mfrostbutter-linkedin-jobs-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/mfrostbutter~linkedin-jobs-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-mfrostbutter-linkedin-jobs-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/mfrostbutter~linkedin-jobs-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-mfrostbutter-linkedin-jobs-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "keywords"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "keywords": {
                        "title": "Search keywords",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Job title or keywords to search for."
                    },
                    "location": {
                        "title": "Location",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "City, state, country, or 'United States' for national search.",
                        "default": "United States"
                    },
                    "workType": {
                        "title": "Work type",
                        "enum": [
                            "remote",
                            "hybrid",
                            "onsite",
                            "any"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Filter by work arrangement.",
                        "default": "any"
                    },
                    "datePosted": {
                        "title": "Date posted",
                        "enum": [
                            "past_24h",
                            "past_week",
                            "past_month",
                            "any"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Filter by how recently the job was posted.",
                        "default": "past_week"
                    },
                    "maxResults": {
                        "title": "Max results",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 1000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of job records to return (LinkedIn caps a single search around 1000).",
                        "default": 100
                    },
                    "fetchFullDescription": {
                        "title": "Fetch full description and details",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "If true, fetches each job's detail page for the full description plus applicant count, seniority, employment type, job function, industries, and company URL. Slower (one request per job). If false, only search-card fields are returned.",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "proxyConfig": {
                        "title": "Proxy configuration",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Apify proxy settings. Defaults to automatic (datacenter) proxy, which rotates IPs to avoid LinkedIn rate limits. Switch to residential for very large runs. Set useApifyProxy to false only for local dev.",
                        "default": {
                            "useApifyProxy": true
                        }
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```