# StepStone Jobs Scraper: Germany, Austria, Belgium & NL (`niches/stepstone-jobs-scraper`) Actor

StepStone job ads for any keywords and place: title, company, location, salary when shown, remote option, posted date, labels, skills and link, with the full job description on request. Filter to jobs posted in the last day or week. Germany, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/niches/stepstone-jobs-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Niches](https://apify.com/niches) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Lead generation
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 75.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.20 / 1,000 jobs

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## StepStone Jobs Scraper: job ads, companies and salaries (Germany, Austria, Belgium, NL)

Get **StepStone job ads without an account**: **title, company, location, salary when shown, remote option, posted date, labels, skills and link**, with the **full job description, contract type, closing date and address** on request.

Search by **keywords and place** with a radius, filter to jobs **posted in the last 24 hours or 7 days**, or paste any StepStone result link.

Built for **recruiters and staffing agencies**, **job boards and aggregators**, **labour market research** and **sales teams finding companies that are hiring**.

### What you get

| Field | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Jobs | `jobId`, `title`, `company`, `companyId`, `companyJobsUrl`, `companyLogo`, `location`, `postCode`, `salary`, `remote`, `datePosted`, `snippet`, `labels`, `skills`, `isSponsored`, `isTopJob`, `url`, `country`, `search`, `rank` |
| With full descriptions | `description`, `employmentType`, `validThrough`, `address`, `salaryMin`, `salaryMax`, `salaryUnit`, `salaryCurrency` |

### What people use it for

- **Recruiting:** fresh jobs every morning for the roles you fill
- **Hiring signals:** companies hiring for a role in a region
- **Job aggregators:** a clean daily feed of new ads
- **Salary research:** salary ranges where employers publish them
- **Labour market research:** volumes by role, place and remote option

### How to use it

1. Type **keywords** and a **place**, or paste **StepStone result links**.
2. Pick **Posted within** for a daily feed, and turn on **Full job descriptions** if you need the text.
3. Click **Start**. Schedule it daily.

### Input

| Field | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Keywords or result links | `pflege` | One search per line |
| Place | `Berlin` | Optional |
| Radius (km) | `30` | Around the place |
| StepStone site | Germany | Austria, Belgium, Netherlands |
| Posted within | Any time | Last 24 hours or 7 days |
| Jobs per search | `50` | Up to 1,000 |
| Full job descriptions | off | Charged per description |

### Output

Each result is one row in the run's dataset (download it as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML, or read it through the API). An example row (values shortened):

```json
{
  "jobId": "14000001",
  "title": "Sample Care Specialist (m/w/d)",
  "company": "Sample Care GmbH",
  "location": "Berlin",
  "salary": null,
  "remote": "partly remote",
  "datePosted": "2026-11-03T08:00:00Z",
  "snippet": "Sample text from the start of the ad.",
  "labels": [
    "Schnelle Bewerbung"
  ],
  "isSponsored": false,
  "url": "https://www.stepstone.de/stellenangebote--Sample-Care-Specialist--14000001-inline.html",
  "country": "de",
  "search": "pflege",
  "rank": 1
}
```

A record named `SUMMARY` in the run's key-value store says what each input returned, with any notes (for example an account that does not exist), what was charged and how much traffic the run used.

### Pricing

- **$0.0015 per job**, plus **$0.0015 per full description** when you ask for them, plus **$0.001 per run**
- Refused pages are free

What typical jobs cost at the list price:

| Job | Cost |
|---|---|
| 1,000 jobs | $1.50 |
| 1,000 jobs with full descriptions | $3 |
| A daily feed of 200 new jobs for a month | about $9 |

On Apify's Scale and Business plans the per-event prices are lower (Store discounts). Set **Maximum cost per run** and the Actor stops cleanly when it is reached: you never pay more than that.

### Tips

- For a daily feed, set Posted within to the last 24 hours and schedule the run every morning.
- Build complex searches on stepstone.de and paste the result link.
- Salary appears only when the employer publishes it.

### Use it through the API

**Python**

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("Niches/stepstone-jobs-scraper").call(run_input={"searches": ["pflege"], "location": "Berlin", "maxResults": 50})
for row in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(row)
```

**JavaScript**

```js
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client.actor('Niches/stepstone-jobs-scraper').call({"searches": ["pflege"], "location": "Berlin", "maxResults": 50});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
```

**HTTP (one call, results back)**

```bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/Niches~stepstone-jobs-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"searches": ["pflege"], "location": "Berlin", "maxResults": 50}'
```

### Integrations and schedules

- **Schedules:** run it every hour, day or week from the Apify Console (Schedules) and keep a history of results.
- **Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, Slack, Airtable:** connect it through Apify's integrations, or send each finished run to a **webhook**.
- **Datasets:** results stay in the run's dataset; export them or read them by API whenever you need them.

### Use it with AI agents (MCP)

Add Apify's MCP server with this Actor already pinned (`https://mcp.apify.com?tools=Niches/stepstone-jobs-scraper`) to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code or any MCP client. The agent can find this Actor and run it for you: ask it for "nursing jobs in Berlin posted in the last 24 hours with company names". AI agents can also pay for runs directly through Apify's agentic payments.

### Limits

- StepStone shows 25 jobs per page; the Actor reads up to 40 pages per search.
- Salary appears only when the employer shows it.
- If an address is refused the Actor tries another and never solves a check. Pages it could not read are listed in SUMMARY and not charged.

### FAQ

**Do I need an account?**

No. It reads what any visitor sees on StepStone.

**Which countries work?**

stepstone.de, stepstone.at, stepstone.be and stepstone.nl.

**How do I get only new jobs?**

Set Posted within to Last 24 hours and schedule a daily run.

**What does it cost to run?**

Only the events above; there is no monthly fee.

### Support

Questions, a site that changed, or a field you need? Open an issue on this Actor's **Issues** tab: we answer there, usually within a day.

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# Actor input Schema

## `searches` (type: `array`):

Job titles or skills to search (one per line), or links copied from a StepStone result list with your filters.

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

Optional city or region for keywords, for example Berlin.

## `radius` (type: `integer`):

Distance around the place.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Which StepStone site to search for keywords. A pasted link keeps its own site.

## `postedWithinDays` (type: `string`):

Only recent jobs (keywords only).

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

StepStone pages hold 25 jobs.

## `includeDescriptions` (type: `boolean`):

Open each job page for its full text, contract type, closing date and address. Charged as a Job description per job.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searches": [
    "pflege"
  ],
  "location": "Berlin",
  "radius": 30,
  "country": "de",
  "postedWithinDays": "any",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "includeDescriptions": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset: the results.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

What each input returned, and notes.

# 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 = {
    "searches": [
        "pflege"
    ],
    "location": "Berlin"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("niches/stepstone-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 = {
    "searches": ["pflege"],
    "location": "Berlin",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("niches/stepstone-jobs-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 '{
  "searches": [
    "pflege"
  ],
  "location": "Berlin"
}' |
apify call niches/stepstone-jobs-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,niches/stepstone-jobs-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/OqURDdQNfoX5C4Fth/builds/FFne1kv4XCXtvUw9A/openapi.json