Monster.com Jobs Scraper

Extract job listings from monster.com at scale, in a clean, consistent structure ready for analysis, job boards, recruiting tools and market research. No API key required.

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Why this scraper?

🎯 Built for the United States

A dedicated US scraper, not a global tool with a country dropdown. Search, locations and currency (USD) are tuned for monster.com.

📄 Complete job data

Full job title and description, direct listing URL and publish date for every record.

💶 Salary data

Salary information parsed from the listing where the employer publishes it, in USD. Missing salaries are returned as null, never guessed.

🏢 Company details

Hiring company name plus the profile details the source publishes, such as logo and company page.

📍 Location fields

Structured location data for every listing, ready for filtering and analysis.

🔁 Repost & change detection

Every record carries isRepost and changeStatus, so daily feeds return genuinely new jobs instead of reposted duplicates.

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Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchQuery	string	"developer"	Job title or keyword to search for. All words must appear in the job title.
location	string	"New York"	US state name, state code, or city+state (e.g. 'New York', 'NY', 'California', 'Austin, TX').
daysOld	integer	0	Only return jobs posted or updated within this many days. 0 = no limit.
fetchDetails	boolean	false	Fetch full job description, company info, salary, and employment type from each job page. Recommended: true. Set to false for URL-only discovery.
skipReposts	boolean	(empty)	Skip jobs already seen in a previous run (cross-run deduplication, 90-day window).
startUrls	array	(empty)	Directly process specific Monster.com job-openings URLs.
maxItems	integer	100	Maximum number of job listings to return.

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Output schema

Every field below is present on every record. Fields the source does not publish for a given job are returned as null rather than omitted.

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Monster.com internal listing ID
url	string	Direct link to the listing
applyUrl	string	Direct application link.
directApply	boolean	Direct apply.
expiresDate	string	Expires date.
title	string	Job title
company	string	Hiring company name
companyWebsite	string	Company website.
employerSize	string	Company size range
employerDescription	string	Employer description.
industry	string	Industry as published.
location	string	Location as displayed
city	string	City of the position.
stateCode	string	State code.
country	string	Country of the position.
workTypes	array	e.g. ["Full-time"], ["Contract"]
isRemote	boolean	true for remote-eligible listings
salaryMin	string	Minimum salary (null if not published by the employer).
salaryMax	string	Maximum salary (null if not published by the employer).
salaryText	string	Salary range as displayed, or null
salaryCurrency	string	Currency code of the salary.
salaryPeriod	string	Pay period the salary refers to (e.g. year, month, hour).
publishDate	string	Date posted
publishDateISO	string	Publish date iso.
descriptionHtml	string	Full job description in HTML.
descriptionText	string	Full job description in plain text.
descriptionMarkdown	string	Description markdown.
contentHash	string	Stable hash of the listing content, used for repost and change detection.
isRepost	boolean	true if seen in a previous run
originalPublishDate	string	Original publish date.
originalUrl	string	Original url.
source	string	Source.
scrapedAt	string	Timestamp when this record was scraped.

Example record

{
  "id": "59a3ce42-767e-46a9-8494-f6b6a4635635",
  "url": "https://www.monster.com/job-openings/discovery-database-administrator-dba-top-secret-clearance-required--59a3ce42-767e-46a9-8494-f6b6a4635635",
  "applyUrl": null,
  "directApply": false,
  "expiresDate": null,
  "title": "Discovery Database Administrator Dba Top Secret Clearance Required",
  "company": null,
  "companyWebsite": null,
  "employerSize": null,
  "employerDescription": null,
  "industry": null,
  "location": null,
  "city": null,
  "stateCode": null,
  "country": "US",
  "workTypes": [],
  "isRemote": false,
  "salaryMin": null,
  "salaryMax": null,
  "salaryText": null,
  "salaryCurrency": "USD",
  "salaryPeriod": null,
  "publishDate": "2026-06-18",
  "publishDateISO": "2026-06-18",
  "descriptionHtml": null,
  "descriptionText": null,
  "descriptionMarkdown": null,
  "contentHash": "022262579662fcef",
  "isRepost": false,
  "originalPublishDate": null,
  "originalUrl": null,
  "source": "monster.com",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-24T17:06:30.927Z"
}

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Examples

Search for registered nurse roles in Chicago, IL:

{
  "searchQuery": "registered nurse",
  "location": "Chicago, IL",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Only jobs from the last 3 days:

{
  "searchQuery": "registered nurse",
  "location": "Chicago, IL",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "daysOld": 3
}

Scrape a specific search URL:

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.monster.com/"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 200
}

Daily feed (run on a schedule):

{
  "searchQuery": "registered nurse",
  "daysOld": 1,
  "skipReposts": true,
  "maxItems": 500
}

Schedule this input to run once a day in the Apify Scheduler — each run returns only jobs posted in the last 24 hours.

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💰 Pricing

$0.89 per 1,000 results — you only pay for successfully retrieved listings. Failed retries are never charged.

Results	Cost
100	~$0.09
1,000	~$0.89
10,000	~$8.90
100,000	~$89.00

Flat-rate alternatives typically charge $29–$49/month regardless of usage.

Subscription tiers lower the rate further, down to $0.53 per 1,000 at the highest tier. Use the Max results cap in the input to control your spend exactly.

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Performance

Run size	Typical time
100 results	under 1 minute
1,000 results	2–4 minutes
10,000 results	20–35 minutes

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Known limitations

• Salary is only returned when the employer publishes it — many listings carry null salary fields.
• Company details vary per listing; the scraper returns what the source publishes and never invents data.
• Very large result sets are bounded by the source's own paging limits.
• Listings can be removed by the source at any time, so a small share of URLs may expire shortly after scraping.

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Technical details

• Source: monster.com — the United States job listings
• Coverage: everything the public search exposes, filterable via the input parameters above
• Retry: automatic retry on network errors with exponential backoff

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