Regional Federal Jobs Finder

Find regional federal openings in seconds

Search current U.S. federal jobs by city, region, keyword, occupational series, posting age, eligibility, and response detail. Receive normalized job summaries with geographic fields, compensation details when available, and official USAJOBS announcement and application links.

Use the results for recruiter research, regional workforce analysis, staffing pipelines, local-news reporting, and internal market studies. USAJOBS remains the authoritative source for announcement details and applications.

Example result

{
  "positionTitle": "Software Engineer",
  "organizationName": "Department of Example",
  "locations": [{"cityName": "Rochester", "stateCode": "NY"}],
  "salary": [{"minimum": "70000", "maximum": "110000", "rateIntervalDescription": "Per Year"}],
  "positionUri": "https://www.usajobs.gov/job/100001",
  "applyUri": "https://www.usajobs.gov/job/100001/apply",
  "source": "USAJOBS"
}

Quick start

1. Add the approved USAJOBS developer API key through the Actor's protected runtime secret configuration.
2. Enter a keyword such as software engineer.
3. Enter a location such as Rochester, New York and optionally set a radius.
4. Choose posting age, occupational series, page size, and response detail.
5. Run the Actor and open the dataset results.

The API key is injected by the runtime and is not included in inputs, outputs, or logs. The connector uses documented HTTPS GET requests only.

API and MCP examples

API input example:

{
  "query": "software engineer",
  "locationName": "Rochester, New York",
  "radius": 50,
  "datePosted": 30,
  "resultsPerPage": 10,
  "fields": "Min",
  "maxResults": 100
}

Use the Apify API or MCP dataset tools to read the run's default dataset. The results link is:

{links.apiDefaultDatasetUrl}/items

Value and pricing

This Actor reduces the time required to assemble a location-first federal opportunity dataset. It avoids employer-site scraping and browser automation while providing reproducible filters and official links. Run pricing depends on your Apify compute and storage usage; source access remains subject to USAJOBS API-key limits and terms.

Inputs

• Keyword and position title
• City, region, or other USAJOBS location name
• Radius in miles
• Posted-within-days filter from 0 to 60
• Occupational-series code
• Eligibility, including public
• Results per page, starting page, optional page limit, and maximum results
• Min or Full response detail

Outputs

Each dataset record includes the USAJOBS control number, position ID and title, official announcement and application URLs, agency and department names, locations, job categories, schedules, salary ranges and intervals when available, publication and closing dates, qualification summary, and the constant attribution value USAJOBS.

Source attribution and license

Source: USAJOBS Job Search API, official public API at https://data.usajobs.gov/api/Search.

USAJOBS attribution must be preserved, displayed values must not be materially altered, and users should be directed to USAJOBS for authoritative details and applications. Access requires a protected developer API key obtained from the USAJOBS developer portal. USAJOBS API Terms of Service allow internal normalization and reformatting with restrictions, but prohibit standalone redistribution, resale, licensing, or creation of a competing job-data product without written OPM approval. Do not imply endorsement by USAJOBS, OPM, or the U.S. Government.

Limitations and troubleshooting

• Authentication error: confirm that the approved developer key is configured in the protected runtime and associated headers are being injected. Never place the key in Actor input.
• Rate limit: reduce page size or run frequency and respect limits associated with the issued key.
• Empty data or silent failure: verify spelling, location format, date range, eligibility, and occupational-series code; broaden filters and use Fields: Min.
• Schema drift: if records stop appearing, inspect the official API documentation for changes to SearchResultItems or announcement fields.
• Upstream outage: retry later and check USAJOBS developer service availability.
• Results change as announcements open, close, or update. Descriptions and other government-provided text may require the selected Full response mode and should be treated as source content.

Store publication requires manual approval.