# The Muse Jobs Scraper – Job Listings, Companies & Locations (`ninhothedev/themuse-jobs-scraper`) Actor

Scrape jobs from The Muse: title, company, location, category, level, description & apply link. Filter by category, location or company. Clean JSON, no API key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ninhothedev/themuse-jobs-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ninhothedev](https://apify.com/ninhothedev) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Lead generation, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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?

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- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## The Muse Jobs Scraper 💼

Scrape job listings from **[The Muse](https://www.themuse.com/)** — one of the most popular curated job boards for tech, design, marketing, healthcare and more. Get clean, structured JSON with **job title, company, location, category, level, publication date, full description and the direct apply link**. No login, no API key, no browser — datacenter-proxy friendly and fast.

> Built by [ninhothedev](https://apify.com/ninhothedev) · runs on The Muse's official public jobs API.

***

### ✨ What it does

- Pulls live job postings straight from The Muse's public jobs API.
- Filter by **category** (e.g. `Software Engineering`), **location** (e.g. `New York, NY`) and **company** (e.g. `SpaceX`).
- Returns clean, deduplicated, ready-to-use JSON — every field nullable so downstream code never breaks.
- Strips HTML from job descriptions into readable plain text (capped at 5,000 chars).
- Handles pagination automatically up to your `maxItems` limit.

### 🚀 Use cases

- **Recruiting & sourcing** — build a live feed of open roles at target companies.
- **Job boards & aggregators** — enrich or seed your own listings with fresh data.
- **Company research** — track which companies are hiring, where, and for what.
- **Lead generation** — find hiring companies as sales signals for HR/dev-tool products.
- **Market & salary research** — analyze demand by category, level and location.

### 🔧 Input

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `mode` | select | What to scrape. Currently only `jobs`. |
| `category` | string | Optional. Full Muse category name, e.g. `Software Engineering`, `Data Science`, `Sales`, `Design and UX`. |
| `location` | string | Optional. `City, ST` format, e.g. `New York, NY` or `Flexible / Remote`. |
| `company` | string | Optional. Company name, e.g. `SpaceX`. |
| `maxItems` | integer | Max jobs to return. Default `100`, max `1000`. |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "mode": "jobs",
  "category": "Software Engineering",
  "location": "New York, NY",
  "maxItems": 200
}
```

### 📤 Output

Each dataset item:

```json
{
  "id": 19225596,
  "title": "Senior Software Engineer",
  "company": "SpaceX",
  "locations": ["New York, NY", "Austin, TX"],
  "categories": ["Software Engineering"],
  "levels": ["Senior Level"],
  "publication_date": "2025-06-10T09:59:33Z",
  "description": "Build rockets. We need a great engineer...",
  "url": "https://www.themuse.com/jobs/spacex/senior-software-engineer-abc123",
  "scraped_at": "2026-07-04T20:50:00+00:00"
}
```

The **Overview** tab shows title, company, locations, categories and the apply URL at a glance. Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or pull via the Apify API.

### 💰 Pricing

Pay-per-result: roughly **$1 per 1,000 jobs** scraped. A typical run of 100–200 jobs costs a few cents. You only pay for what you extract, plus tiny Apify platform usage. No monthly commitment.

### ⚖️ Comparison

| | The Muse Jobs Scraper | Generic scrapers |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Official public API | ✅ | ❌ |
| No API key / login | ✅ | varies |
| Datacenter-proxy friendly | ✅ | ❌ often needs residential |
| Clean plain-text descriptions | ✅ | ❌ raw HTML |
| Category / location / company filters | ✅ | varies |

### 🔗 Related actors by ninhothedev

- [RemoteOK Scraper](https://apify.com/ninhothedev/remoteok-scraper)
- [Remote Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/ninhothedev/remote-jobs-scraper)
- [ATS Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/ninhothedev/ats-jobs-scraper)
- [Workday Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/ninhothedev/workday-jobs-scraper)

### 🆘 Support

Questions, a filter that isn't behaving, or a feature request? Open an issue or contact the developer through the Apify actor page — replies usually come within a day.

### 🏷️ Keywords

the muse, themuse jobs, jobs scraper, job listings, hiring data, recruiting api, job board scraper, company hiring, tech jobs, remote jobs, job aggregator, career data, apply link scraper, employment data

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

What to scrape. Currently only 'jobs' is supported: it fetches job postings from The Muse public jobs API.

## `category` (type: `string`):

Optional job category to filter by. Use The Muse's full category names, e.g. 'Software Engineering', 'Data Science', 'Sales', 'Design and UX'. Leave empty for all categories.

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

Optional location filter in 'City, ST' format, e.g. 'New York, NY' or 'Flexible / Remote'. Leave empty for all locations.

## `company` (type: `string`):

Optional company name to filter by, e.g. 'SpaceX'. Leave empty for all companies.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of jobs to scrape. Defaults to 100, capped at 1000.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "jobs",
  "category": "Software Engineering",
  "location": "New York, NY",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ninhothedev/themuse-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ninhothedev/themuse-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 '{}' |
apify call ninhothedev/themuse-jobs-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/AeVwV0VfdfJH2Iazt/builds/9ftrrl99ADoXldotr/openapi.json