# USAJOBS Job Scraper (`moving_beacon-owner1/usajobs-job-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes open US federal job announcements from USAJOBS, returning position, agency, location, salary, grade, schedule, hiring path, dates, job category, URL, and raw listing data.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/moving\_beacon-owner1/usajobs-job-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Jamshaid Arif](https://apify.com/moving_beacon-owner1) (community)
- **Categories:**
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $9.99 / 1,000 results

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## USAJOBS Job Scraper

Scrapes currently open US federal job announcements from **usajobs.gov**.

### Input

| Field | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `keyword` | `""` | Free-text keyword, e.g. `nurse`, `engineer`. Empty = all open announcements. |
| `location` | `""` | Full USAJOBS location name(s), e.g. `Denver, Colorado`; comma-separate several. |
| `job_category_code` | `""` | OPM occupational series, e.g. `2210` (IT), `0610` (Nurse); comma-separate several. |
| `api_key` | *(secret, unset)* | Optional key from https://developer.usajobs.gov/apirequest/ — switches to the official API. |
| `email` | `""` | E-mail the key was registered with (sent as `User-Agent`); required only with `api_key`. |
| `limit` | `50` | Max announcements (1–10000; USAJOBS caps any one query at 10000 hits). |

### Output

```json
{
    "job_id": "875547700",
    "position_title": "Nurse (Clinical/Emergency Department)",
    "announcement_number": "HSJW-26-Nurse C/ED-1159-DHA",
    "agency": "Military Treatment Facilities under DHA",
    "department": "Department of Defense",
    "location": "Fort Carson, Colorado",
    "location_count": 1,
    "salary_display": "Starting at $105,053 Per year (GS 12)",
    "salary_min": 105053.0,
    "salary_max": null,
    "pay_plan": "GS",
    "low_grade": "12",
    "high_grade": "12",
    "work_schedule": "Full-time",
    "work_type": "Permanent",
    "open_date": "2026-07-09",
    "close_date": "2026-12-03",
    "date_display": "Open 07/09/2026 to 12/03/2026",
    "hiring_paths": ["Open to the public"],
    "job_category_codes": ["0610"],
    "job_category_names": ["Nurse"],
    "url": "https://www.usajobs.gov/job/875547700",
    "source": "usajobs.gov/Search/ExecuteSearch",
    "raw": { "...full source payload...": "" }
}
```

### Data source

USAJOBS data is public US government information. Keep request volume modest and follow the usajobs.gov terms (https://help.usajobs.gov/terms-and-conditions).

# Actor input Schema

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Free-text keyword matched against the announcement (title, agency, duties), e.g. nurse, engineer, cyber. Leave empty to list all currently open announcements.

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

Duty location filter exactly as USAJOBS spells it, e.g. 'Denver, Colorado' or 'Washington, District of Columbia'. Comma-separate several full location names to combine them. Leave empty for all locations.

## `job_category_code` (type: `string`):

OPM occupational series codes, e.g. 2210 (IT), 0610 (Nurse), 1102 (Contracting). Comma-separate several. Leave empty for all series.

## `api_key` (type: `string`):

Optional free Authorization-Key from https://developer.usajobs.gov/apirequest/. When set (together with the e-mail below), the actor uses the official data.usajobs.gov/api/search API instead of the keyless usajobs.gov search endpoint. Leave empty to run without any key.

## `email` (type: `string`):

The e-mail address the API key was requested with — the official USAJOBS API requires it as the User-Agent header. Only needed when api\_key is set.

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of job announcements to return. USAJOBS search never returns more than 10000 hits for one query.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keyword": "",
  "location": "",
  "job_category_code": "",
  "email": "",
  "limit": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (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 = {
    "keyword": "",
    "location": "",
    "job_category_code": "",
    "email": "",
    "limit": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/usajobs-job-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 = {
    "keyword": "",
    "location": "",
    "job_category_code": "",
    "email": "",
    "limit": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/usajobs-job-scraper").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 '{
  "keyword": "",
  "location": "",
  "job_category_code": "",
  "email": "",
  "limit": 50
}' |
apify call moving_beacon-owner1/usajobs-job-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,moving_beacon-owner1/usajobs-job-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

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/AmMwAsM5d9TwaIVQ9/builds/OP31ciLxrNk9m8C7I/openapi.json