🏛️ USAJOBS Federal Jobs Scraper

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-05

Collect federal government job listings from USAJOBS.gov without coding or API keys. Search by keyword, location, salary range, agency, GS grade level, and 20+ filters. Perfect for anyone looking to download USAJOBS data as CSV, build a federal jobs database, monitor government hiring trends, or find a USAJOBS API alternative that works out of the box.

The USAJOBS Federal Jobs Scraper collects up to 50+ data fields per job listing, including salary, qualifications, duties, benefits, and application links, with smart keyword-to-series mapping that works without an API key.

✨ What Does It Do

• 📝 positionTitle - Identify open federal positions by their official title to match your skills or hiring needs
• 💰 salaryMin / salaryMax - Compare GS pay scales and salary ranges across agencies to benchmark federal compensation
• 🌍 locationDisplay / locations - Find jobs in specific cities, states, or remote positions with full geographic coordinates
• 🏢 organizationName / departmentName - Filter by federal agency or department to target specific branches of government
• 🔒 securityClearance - Know upfront if a position requires Secret, Top Secret, or no clearance at all
• 📋 majorDuties / qualificationSummary - Review full job duties, qualification requirements, and education criteria before applying

🔧 Input

• Keyword - The search term to find jobs (e.g., "software engineer", "nurse", "data analyst"). Automatically maps to federal occupational series codes
• Location - City or state to filter results (e.g., "Washington, DC", "San Francisco")
• Radius (miles) - Search within a distance from your location, up to 200 miles
• Max Items - How many job listings to collect. Free users get up to 100, paid users up to 1,000,000
• Minimum/Maximum Pay Grade (GS) - Filter by General Schedule grade level (01-15)
• Minimum/Maximum Salary - Set salary range boundaries
• Position Title - Filter by exact position title (contains match)
• Agency/Organization Code - Target specific agency subelements (e.g., "HE38;HE46")
• Job Category Code - Filter by occupational series (e.g., "2210" for IT, "0610" for Nursing)
• Schedule Type - Full-time, part-time, shift work, intermittent, or job sharing
• Hiring Path - Who may apply: public, veterans, federal employees, etc.
• Security Clearance - Required clearance level from Not Required to Top Secret/SCI
• Remote Work - Filter for remote-only or exclude remote positions
• Posted Within (days) - Jobs posted in the last N days (0-60)
• Sort By - Order results by open date, close date, title, salary, location, or agency
• Travel Required - Filter by travel percentage from Not Required to 76%+
• Relocation Offered - Filter by relocation expense reimbursement

{
    "keyword": "software engineer",
    "maxItems": 10
}

📊 Output

Each job listing includes up to 50+ data fields. Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

📝 Position Title	🏢 Agency Name	🏛️ Department Name
🌍 Location Display	📍 City, State, Country	🗺️ Longitude / Latitude
💰 Min Salary	💰 Max Salary	💵 Pay Interval
📊 Pay Grade	📈 Grade Range	⬆️ Promotion Potential
📋 Schedule Type	📄 Appointment Type	🏷️ Service Type
👥 Hiring Paths	🔒 Security Clearance	🏠 Remote / Telework
✈️ Travel Required	💊 Drug Test Required	👔 Supervisory Status
🔄 Relocation Offered	✅ Opening Status	👤 Total Openings
📅 Open Date	📅 Close Date	📅 Expire Date
🔗 Job URL	🔗 Apply URL	🔗 Benefits URL
📝 Qualification Summary	📝 Job Summary	📝 Major Duties
🎓 Education	📋 Requirements	📋 Evaluations
📝 How to Apply	📝 What to Expect Next	📄 Required Documents
🎁 Benefits	ℹ️ Other Information	🔑 Key Requirements
👤 Who May Apply	📝 Position Description	📂 Job Categories
🏢 Organization Codes	🆔 Position ID	🆔 Control Number

💎 Why Choose the USAJOBS Scraper?

Feature	Our Actor	USA Jobs Scraper (shahidirfan)	USAJobs Listing Scraper (powerbox)
No API key required	✔️	❌	❌
Smart keyword-to-series mapping	✔️	❌	❌
50+ output fields per job	✔️	❌	❌
20+ search filters	✔️	❌	Partial
Security clearance filter	✔️	❌	❌
Remote work filter	✔️	❌	❌
GS pay grade filtering	✔️	❌	❌
Salary range filtering	✔️	❌	❌
Promotion potential field	✔️	❌	❌
Position opening status	✔️	❌	❌
Key requirements extraction	✔️	❌	❌
Location coordinates (lat/lng)	✔️	❌	❌
Up to 1M results per run	✔️	❌	❌
Pay-per-event pricing	✔️	❌	❌

📋 How to Use

No technical skills required. Follow these simple steps:

1. Sign Up: Create a free account w/ $5 credit
2. Find the Tool: Search for "USAJOBS Federal Jobs Scraper" in the Apify Store and configure your input
3. Run It: Click "Start" and watch your results appear

That's it. No coding, no setup, no complicated configuration. Now you can export your data in CSV, Excel, or JSON format.

🎯 Business Use Cases

• 📊 HR Analysts - Track federal hiring volume across agencies and GS grades monthly to forecast government workforce expansion in your sector
• 💼 Government Contractors - Monitor new IT Specialist and Cybersecurity positions at DoD agencies to identify upcoming contract opportunities before RFPs drop
• 🔬 Policy Researchers - Collect salary data across all federal nursing positions nationwide to analyze geographic pay disparities in government healthcare

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✨ Why choose this Actor

	Capability
🎯	Built for the job. Scoped specifically to this data source so you skip the parser engineering entirely.
🔖	Structured output. Clean, typed fields ready for analysis, dashboards, or downstream pipelines.
⚡	Fast. Optimized request patterns return results in seconds, not minutes.
🔁	Always fresh. Every run pulls live data, so the dataset reflects the source as of run time.
🌐	No infra to manage. Apify handles proxies, retries, scaling, scheduling, and storage.
🛡️	Reliable. Battle-tested across many runs and edge cases, with graceful error handling.
🚫	No code required. Configure in the UI, run from CLI, schedule via cron, or call from any language with the Apify SDK.

📊 Production-grade structured data without the engineering overhead of building and maintaining your own scraper.

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📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Cost	Coverage	Refresh	Filters	Setup
⭐ USAJOBS Federal Jobs Scraper (this Actor)	$5 free credit, then pay-per-use	Full source coverage	Live per run	Source-native filters supported	⚡ 2 min
Build your own scraper	Engineering hours	Full once built	Whenever you maintain it	Custom code	🐢 Days to weeks
Paid managed APIs	$$$ monthly	Vendor-defined	Live	Vendor-defined	⏳ Hours
Third-party data dumps	Varies	Subset, often stale	Periodic	None	🕒 Variable

Pick this Actor when you want broad coverage, server-side filtering, and no pipeline maintenance.

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🚀 How to use

1. 📝 Sign up. Create a free account with $5 credit (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 Open the Actor. Go to the USAJOBS Federal Jobs Scraper page on the Apify Store.
3. 🎯 Set input. Configure the input fields in the form (or paste a JSON), then set maxItems.
4. 🚀 Run it. Click Start and let the Actor collect your data.
5. 📥 Download. Grab your results in the Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

⏱️ Total time from signup to downloaded dataset: 3-5 minutes. No coding required.

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💼 Business use cases

📊 Data & Analytics Build trend reports and dashboards from live source data Feed BI tools, warehouses, and ML pipelines with structured records Run periodic snapshots to track changes over time Compare segments, regions, or categories with consistent fields	🏢 Operations & Strategy Monitor competitor moves, pricing, and inventory shifts Build internal directories and lookup tools backed by current data Power workflows that depend on fresh source records Cut manual data-gathering time from hours to minutes
🎯 Marketing & Growth Identify market opportunities and trending topics Research target audiences and customer personas at scale Power lead-generation pipelines with verified records Track sentiment, reviews, or social signals over time	🛠️ Engineering & Product Prototype features that need real-world data without owning a crawler Replace fragile in-house scrapers with a managed Actor Wire datasets into your apps via the Apify API or webhooks Skip the proxy, retry, and parsing maintenance entirely

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

🎓 Research and academia Empirical datasets for papers, thesis work, and coursework Longitudinal studies tracking changes across snapshots Reproducible research with cited, versioned data pulls Classroom exercises on data analysis and ethical scraping	🎨 Personal and creative Side projects, portfolio demos, and indie app launches Data visualizations, dashboards, and infographics Content research for bloggers, YouTubers, and podcasters Hobbyist collections and personal trackers
🤝 Non-profit and civic Transparency reporting and accountability projects Advocacy campaigns backed by public-interest data Community-run databases for local issues Investigative journalism on public records	🧪 Experimentation Prototype AI and machine-learning pipelines with real data Validate product-market hypotheses before engineering spend Train small domain-specific models on niche corpora Test dashboard concepts with live input

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💰 How much does it cost?

Apify gives you $5 in free monthly credits on the Apify Free plan, enough to test USAJOBS Federal Jobs Scraper and pull a real sample dataset. For ongoing usage:

• Starter plan ($49/month) — Recommended for individuals running USAJOBS Federal Jobs Scraper regularly. Includes higher concurrency and larger datasets.
• Scale plan ($499/month) — Recommended for teams running USAJOBS Federal Jobs Scraper at production scale.

Pay-Per-Event pricing means you only pay for what you actually use. Failed runs are never charged. See the Pricing tab on this Actor's page for exact event prices.

💡 Tips for using USAJOBS Federal Jobs Scraper

• Start with a small maxItems (3-10) to validate output format before running larger jobs.
• Use Apify Schedules to run USAJOBS Federal Jobs Scraper on a recurring basis and keep your dataset fresh.
• Export via Integrations: Apify connects to Google Sheets, Airbyte, Make, Zapier, and direct webhooks — pipe your data anywhere.
• Monitor with webhooks: trigger downstream workflows the moment a run finishes.
• Re-run failed items: if any individual records error out, re-run with their inputs only. Failed events are not charged.

⚖️ Is it legal to use USAJOBS Federal Jobs Scraper?

Yes. USAJOBS Federal Jobs Scraper only collects publicly available data. Web scraping public data has been confirmed as legal by US courts (see hiQ Labs v. LinkedIn) and is widely used for research, market analysis, and business intelligence.

However, you are responsible for:

• Respecting the source website's Terms of Service.
• Complying with GDPR, CCPA, and other applicable data-protection laws when personal data is involved.
• Not republishing copyrighted content without permission.

If you have specific compliance concerns, consult your legal team. See the Apify legal docs for more.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

🔌 Integrate with any app

USAJOBS Federal Jobs Scraper connects to any cloud service via Apify integrations:

• Make - Automate multi-step workflows
• Zapier - Connect with 5,000+ apps
• Slack - Get run notifications in your channels
• Airbyte - Pipe results into your warehouse
• GitHub - Trigger runs from commits and releases
• Google Drive - Export datasets straight to Sheets

You can also use webhooks to trigger downstream actions when a run finishes. Push fresh data into your product backend, or alert your team in Slack.

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🚀 Ready to Start?

Create a free account with $5 credit and collect your first 100 results for free. No coding, no setup.

🆘 Need Help?

• Check the FAQ section above for common questions
• Visit the Apify support page for documentation and tutorials
• Contact us to request a new scraper, propose a custom project, or report an issue at Tally contact form

⚠️ Disclaimer

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by USAJOBS, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), or any U.S. government agency. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

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