Arbeitsagentur Scraper

Extract job listings from Arbeitsagentur.de, the official job board of the German Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit) — the largest single source of vacancies in Germany with well over a million active postings.

This Actor pulls job titles, employers, locations, occupations, posting dates, start dates, and reference numbers directly from the public Jobsuche API. No login, no cookies, no browser automation. It is fast and stable because it reads structured data straight from the source instead of scraping HTML.

What does Arbeitsagentur Scraper do?

Give it a German keyword (for example verkäufer, softwareentwickler, or pflegekraft) and, optionally, a location. The Actor queries the Federal Employment Agency's Jobsuche API, paginates through the results, and returns clean, structured records you can download as JSON, CSV, Excel, or HTML — or pull through the Apify API into your own systems.

Because it runs on the Apify platform, you also get scheduling, monitoring, proxy rotation, and integrations (webhooks, Make, Zapier, Google Sheets) out of the box.

Why use Arbeitsagentur Scraper?

• Largest job pool in Germany. The Bundesagentur für Arbeit aggregates vacancies from employers and dozens of external job boards in one place.
• Labour-market research. Track hiring demand by occupation, region, or employer over time.
• Recruitment and sourcing. Build lead lists of companies actively hiring for a role.
• Salary and skills analysis. Combine occupation and location data to map the German job market.
• Job aggregators. Feed a niche job site or newsletter with fresh, structured listings.
• No anti-bot headaches. The public API is open, so runs are fast and reliable.

How to scrape Arbeitsagentur data

1. Open the Actor and go to the Input tab.
2. Enter a Search Query in German (e.g., verkäufer, elektroniker, bürokauffrau).
3. Optionally set a Location (city, region, or postal code) and a Search Radius in kilometres.
4. Optionally set Published Within (days) to only get recent postings.
5. Set Max Results to control how many listings you want.
6. Click Start. When the run finishes, open the Output tab and download your data as JSON, CSV, Excel, or HTML.

That's it. You can also schedule the Actor to run daily and be notified of new listings.

Input

Field	Type	Description
searchQuery	string	German keyword to search for. Defaults to verkäufer.
location	string	City, region, or postal code. Leave empty to search all of Germany.
radius	integer	Radius in km around the location (only applies with a location).
publishedSince	integer	Only return jobs published within this many days.
maxResults	integer	Maximum number of listings to return (default 100).
proxyConfiguration	object	Proxy settings. Apify datacenter proxies from Germany work well.

Example input

{
  "searchQuery": "softwareentwickler",
  "location": "Berlin",
  "radius": 25,
  "maxResults": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}

Output

Each job is returned as one dataset record. You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

Example output item

{
  "jobTitle": "Verkäufer (m/w/d)",
  "employer": "Skechers USA Deutschland GmbH",
  "occupation": "Verkäufer/in",
  "location": "Berlin",
  "postalCode": "10179",
  "street": "Grunerstraße 20",
  "region": "Berlin",
  "country": "Deutschland",
  "latitude": 52.520013,
  "longitude": 13.4151885,
  "distanceKm": 1,
  "publishedDate": "2026-07-08",
  "entryDate": "2026-07-09",
  "modifiedDate": "2026-07-09T07:50:57.416",
  "referenceNumber": "10001-1003355569-S",
  "isExternalPosting": false,
  "externalUrl": null,
  "url": "https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/jobsuche/jobdetail/10001-1003355569-S",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-09T21:10:00.000Z"
}

Data fields

Field	Description
jobTitle	Job posting title
employer	Hiring company or organisation
occupation	Standardised occupation / profession
location	City or town of the workplace
postalCode	Postal code (PLZ)
street	Street address
region	Federal state or region (Bundesland)
country	Country of the workplace
latitude / longitude	Workplace coordinates
distanceKm	Distance from the searched location
publishedDate	Date the job was published
entryDate	Earliest possible start date
modifiedDate	Last modification timestamp
referenceNumber	Arbeitsagentur reference number
isExternalPosting	True if the job comes from an external board
externalUrl	Link to the original external posting, if any
url	Arbeitsagentur job detail page URL
scrapedAt	ISO 8601 collection timestamp

How much does it cost to scrape Arbeitsagentur?

The Actor reads a lightweight JSON API, so runs are cheap and fast. A typical run of a few hundred listings finishes in well under a minute and uses a tiny amount of compute. Pricing follows this Actor's pay-per-result configuration on the Apify Store — check the pricing box on the Actor page for the current rate. Larger runs simply scale linearly with the number of results.

Tips and advanced options

• Narrow with location + radius. Combine location and radius to focus on a commuting area.
• Fresh listings only. Use publishedSince (e.g., 7) to pull just the last week's postings when scheduling daily runs.
• German keywords. The board is German. Use German job titles for the best coverage.
• Deduplication. Results are de-duplicated by reference number within a run.

FAQ, disclaimers, and support

Is scraping Arbeitsagentur legal? This Actor reads a public API that the Federal Employment Agency exposes for its own web and mobile clients. Use the data responsibly and in line with applicable terms and data-protection law. You are responsible for how you use the extracted data.

Do I need an account or API key? No. The Actor handles API access for you. No login or cookies are required.

Why are some jobs marked as external? Many postings on Arbeitsagentur are syndicated from other job boards. Those items have isExternalPosting: true and, where available, an externalUrl to the original posting.

Something's not working. Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab with your input and the run link. Custom fields or a tailored version can also be arranged.