ClearanceJobs Scraper - Security Cleared Job Listings

Scrape security-cleared job listings from ClearanceJobs.com and export structured data in JSON/CSV.

This actor is built for recruiters, talent intelligence teams, GovCon BD teams, and researchers who need filtered cleared-job data at scale.

What this actor does

• Searches ClearanceJobs listings by keyword
• Supports filtering by:
  • clearance level
  • location (city/state)
  • remote only
  • job type
• Paginates results until maxResults is reached
• Optionally opens job detail pages to enrich records
• Returns normalized structured output fields

Input

{
  "keywords": "systems engineer",
  "location": "Virginia",
  "clearanceLevel": "TS/SCI",
  "remoteOnly": false,
  "maxResults": 50,
  "jobType": "Any",
  "fetchJobDetails": true
}

Input fields

• keywords (string, required): search query
• location (string, optional):
  • City format: "San Diego, CA" maps to city filter
  • State format: "Virginia" or "VA" maps to state filter
• clearanceLevel (enum, optional, default Any):
  • Any, Secret, Top Secret, TS/SCI, TS/SCI Poly
• remoteOnly (boolean, default false): applies remote filter
• maxResults (integer, default 50, max 500)
• jobType (enum, default Any):
  • Any, Full Time, Part Time, Contract, Internship
• fetchJobDetails (boolean, default true):
  • when enabled, actor fetches detail pages for salary, full description, travel, and other enriched fields

Output

Each dataset item contains:

• jobTitle
• company
• location
• remoteAvailable
• clearanceLevel
• polygraphRequired
• salary
• jobType
• postedDate
• description (truncated to 1000 chars)
• jobUrl
• applyUrl (empty if no stable public apply URL is available)
• requiredSkills (heuristic extraction)
• travel

Example record:

{
  "jobTitle": "Systems Engineer",
  "company": "Example Company",
  "location": "Chantilly, VA (On-Site/Office)",
  "remoteAvailable": false,
  "clearanceLevel": "TS/SCI",
  "polygraphRequired": true,
  "salary": "$125,000 - $150,000",
  "jobType": "Employee",
  "postedDate": "2026-04-14T02:26:32-05:00",
  "description": "Truncated description text...",
  "jobUrl": "https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/1234567/systems-engineer",
  "applyUrl": "",
  "requiredSkills": ["kubernetes", "docker", "ci/cd"],
  "travel": "No Traveling"
}

Pay Per Event (PPE)

This actor emits these events:

• apify-actor-start (once per run)
• result-scraped (after each pushed job result)

Configure pricing for these events in the actor monetization settings.

Notes and limitations

• Some listings do not expose salary, travel, or job type in a consistent way. Those fields may be empty.
• applyUrl is often unavailable because many jobs use on-platform/email/login apply flows.
• Part Time does not have a dedicated ClearanceJobs facet; actor runs without a strict type filter in that case.
• Site structure can change over time. If extraction quality drops, update parsing rules.

Local development

Install and run:

python3.11 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
PATH="$(pwd)/.venv/bin:$PATH" npx apify-cli run --input '{"keywords":"systems engineer","maxResults":10}'

Changelog guidance

When updating this actor, prioritize:

• parser stability
• output quality normalization
• clear input/output schema compatibility