SimplyHired Scraper

Extract structured job listings from SimplyHired.com — one of the largest US job aggregators with over 100,000 active listings across all industries and locations. No API key required, no account needed.

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Why this scraper?

🔍 Keyword + location search

Search by any keyword and any US city, state, or ZIP code. Combine both to target the exact market you are monitoring.

📋 Full job descriptions

Three formats in every result: HTML (for rendering), plain text (for analysis), and Markdown (for LLMs and pipelines). Fetched from the canonical job page.

💰 Structured salary data

Where published by the employer, salary minimum, maximum, and period (hourly, annual) are returned as numeric fields — ready for aggregation and comparison without string parsing.

🔁 Repost detection

Cross-run deduplication flags listings that reappear under a new posting ID. Filter them out to keep your dataset clean, or track them to measure time-on-market.

🗓️ Date filtering

The Max age (days) filter limits results to listings posted in the last 1, 3, 7, 14, or 30 days — ideal for scheduled runs tracking only new postings.

🎯 Employment type filtering

Filter by full-time, part-time, contract, temporary, or internship in a single input field.

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Input parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | descriptionHtml | String | Full job description as raw HTML. null if not fetched. | | descriptionText | String | Plain-text version of the description, HTML tags removed. | | descriptionMarkdown | String | Markdown version of the job description. | |-----------|------|----------|-------------| | searchQuery | String | No | Keywords to search for (e.g. nurse, Java developer) | | location | String | No | City, state, or ZIP code (e.g. Austin, TX, 10001) | | jobType | String | No | fulltime, parttime, contract, temporary, internship | | daysOld | Integer | No | Max age of listings in days (1, 3, 7, 14, or 30) | | maxResults | Integer | No | Maximum listings to return (default: 100, max: 10,000) | | fetchDetails | Boolean | No | Fetch full description from each listing page (default: true) | | skipReposts | Boolean | No | Skip listings seen in previous runs (default: false) | | startUrls | Array | No | Specific SimplyHired job URLs to scrape directly |

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Output schema

Each result contains the following fields.

Always present:

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Unique job listing ID from the source platform.
url	string	Direct URL to the job listing.
title	string	Job title as published.
company	string	Employer / company name.
location	string	Full location as published (city, region, or country).
salary	string	Raw salary string as shown on the site (null if not published).
salaryMin	number	Minimum salary (null if not published by employer).
salaryMax	number	Maximum salary (null if not published by employer).
salaryPeriod	string	Salary period: YEAR / MONTH / WEEK / DAY / HOUR.
currency	string	currency field.
jobType	string	Type of employment (Full-time, Part-time, Contract, etc.).
remote	boolean	True if the role allows remote work.
companyRating	integer	companyRating field.
sponsored	boolean	sponsored field.
latitude	number	GPS latitude of the work location.
applyUrl	string	Direct application URL (null if not available).
publishDate	string	Publication date (YYYY-MM-DD).
publishDateISO	string	Publication date in ISO 8601 format.
contentHash	string	MD5 hash of key fields for change detection (16 chars).
summary	string	Human-readable one-line summary of the listing.
source	string	Source domain name (e.g. 'pracuj.pl').
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when this item was scraped.
isRepost	boolean	True if this listing was seen in a previous run (90-day window).
originalPublishDate	string	Original publish date if this is a repost (null otherwise).
originalUrl	string	Original URL if this is a repost (null otherwise).

With fetchDetails: true (default):

Field	Type	Description
benefits	array	Employee benefits listed by the employer.
requirements	array	requirements field.
description	string	Full job description as raw HTML (null if fetchDetails is false).
descriptionText	string	Full job description as plain text (null if fetchDetails is false).
descriptionMarkdown	string	Full job description in Markdown format (null if fetchDetails is false).

Example output record:

{
  "id": "AbCdEfGhIjKlMnOpQrSt",
  "url": "https://www.simplyhired.com/job/AbCdEfGhIjKlMnOpQrSt",
  "title": "Senior Software Engineer",
  "company": "Acme Corp",
  "location": "Austin, TX",
  "salary": "$120,000 - $160,000 a year",
  "salaryMin": 120000,
  "salaryMax": 160000,
  "salaryPeriod": "YEAR",
  "currency": "USD",
  "jobType": "FULL_TIME",
  "remote": false,
  "companyRating": 4.2,
  "sponsored": false,
  "latitude": 30.2672,
  "longitude": -97.7431,
  "benefits": ["Health insurance", "401(k)", "Dental insurance"],
  "requirements": ["Python", "AWS", "5+ years experience"],
  "description": "<div class=\"jobDescription\">...</div>",
  "descriptionText": "We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer...",
  "descriptionMarkdown": "## About the role\n\nWe are looking for...",
  "applyUrl": "https://acme.com/careers/apply/123",
  "publishDate": "2026-04-01",
  "publishDateISO": "2026-04-01",
  "contentHash": "a1b2c3d4e5f67890",
  "summary": "Senior Software Engineer at Acme Corp — Austin, TX",
  "source": "simplyhired.com",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-04-04T09:15:33.000Z",
  "isRepost": false,
  "originalPublishDate": null,
  "originalUrl": null
}

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Examples

Example 1 — Browse all nursing jobs nationwide

{
  "searchQuery": "nurse",
  "maxResults": 200,
  "fetchDetails": true
}

Example 2 — Recent software engineering jobs in San Francisco

{
  "searchQuery": "software engineer",
  "location": "San Francisco, CA",
  "jobType": "fulltime",
  "daysOld": 7,
  "maxResults": 100
}

Example 3 — Fast list-level snapshot without descriptions

{
  "searchQuery": "marketing",
  "daysOld": 3,
  "fetchDetails": false,
  "maxResults": 500,
  "skipReposts": true
}

Example 4 — Scrape specific known job listings

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.simplyhired.com/job/AbCdEfGhIjKlMnOpQrSt" },
    { "url": "https://www.simplyhired.com/job/LmNoPqRsTuVwXyZ12345" }
  ]
}

Example 5 — Daily monitor: new contract jobs in New York

{
  "searchQuery": "data analyst",
  "location": "New York, NY",
  "jobType": "contract",
  "daysOld": 1,
  "skipReposts": true,
  "maxResults": 1000
}

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💰 Pricing

$1.99 per 1,000 results — you only pay for successfully retrieved listings. Failed retries and filtered reposts are never charged.

Results	Cost
100	~$0.20
1,000	~$1.99
10,000	~$19.90
100,000	~$199.00

Flat-rate alternatives typically charge $29–$99/month regardless of usage. At 5,000 results/month, this scraper costs far less with no commitment.

Use the Max results cap and fetchDetails: false to control your spend precisely.

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Pricing

This actor uses Pay Per Result pricing at $1.99 per 1,000 results.

Volume	Cost
100 results	$0.20
1,000 results	$1.99
10,000 results	$19.90

No subscription fees. Pay only for successfully scraped listings.

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Performance

Run size	fetchDetails	Approx. duration
100 results	true	~3–5 min
500 results	true	~12–20 min
1,000 results	false	~5–8 min
5,000 results	false	~20–35 min

SimplyHired serves approximately 20 results per page.

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Known limitations

• Apply URL: SimplyHired routes applications through a tracking layer. The applyUrl field contains the employer's redirected destination where available; it may be null when the application flow is handled internally.
• Salary: Not published by all employers — will be null for listings without disclosed compensation.
• Sponsored listings: Sponsored results appear in the same feed as organic results and are not filtered out. Use skipReposts across scheduled runs to avoid double-counting.
• Remote/hybrid status: Only flagged when the listing explicitly contains "remote" in the location field. Hybrid arrangements may not always be captured.

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Technical details

• Source: simplyhired.com — US job aggregator with 100,000+ active listings
• Memory: 512 MB
• Repost storage: KeyValueStore simplyhired-job-dedup, 90-day TTL
• Retry: Automatic retry on network errors, exponential backoff, 3 attempts per request
• Concurrency: Sequential page fetching with session pinning

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Additional services

Need a custom actor, additional filters, scheduled runs, or integration support? Send an email to info@unfencedgroup.nl — we build on request.

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