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Search Monster.com job listings by keyword and location. Returns structured job data including salary ranges, company info, employment type, and full job descriptions.
curl -X POST 'https://api.parse.bot/scraper/8a4302b1-c5b9-4559-b9ed-a9a99018513e/search_jobs' \
-H 'X-API-Key: $PARSE_API_KEY' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"limit": "5",
"query": "Software Engineer",
"location": "New York, NY"
}'Search for job listings by keyword and/or location. Returns up to 50 structured job results per request with full details including descriptions, salary ranges, company info, and locations. Does not support pagination beyond a single page of results.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | Number of results to return (max 50) |
| query | string | Search keyword or job title |
| location | string | Location to search in (e.g., 'New York, NY', 'San Francisco, CA'). Leave empty for nationwide search. |
{
"type": "object",
"fields": {
"jobs": "array of job objects with jobId, title, company, description, url, locations, salary, employmentType, remoteType, applyType, status, datePosted, validThrough, dateRecency",
"limit": "integer - results requested",
"totalSize": "integer - number of results returned",
"estimatedTotalSize": "integer - estimated total matching jobs"
},
"sample": {
"data": {
"jobs": [
{
"url": "https://www.monster.com/job-openings/senior-staff-software-engineer-new-york-ny--f2f51ca7-2782-4bf3-b171-8beb417399ed?mstr_dist=true",
"jobId": "f2f51ca7-2782-4bf3-b171-8beb417399ed",
"title": "Senior/Staff Software Engineer",
"salary": {
"currency": "USD",
"maxValue": 250000,
"minValue": 185000,
"unitText": "YEAR"
},
"status": "ACTIVE",
"company": "Jobot",
"promoted": false,
"seoJobId": "senior-staff-software-engineer-new-york-ny--f2f51ca7-2782-4bf3-b171-8beb417399ed",
"applyType": "INTEGRATED",
"locations": [
{
"city": "New York",
"state": "NY",
"country": "US",
"postalCode": ""
}
],
"datePosted": "2026-05-04T18:08:58.012Z",
"remoteType": "UNKNOWN",
"dateRecency": "3 days ago",
"description": "<b>Join a high-growth profitable AI startup...</b>",
"canonicalUrl": "https://www.monster.com/job-openings/senior-staff-software-engineer-new-york-ny--f2f51ca7-2782-4bf3-b171-8beb417399ed?mstr_dist=true",
"validThrough": "2027-05-05T00:55:57.927Z",
"employmentType": [
"OTHER"
]
}
],
"limit": 5,
"totalSize": 5,
"estimatedTotalSize": 1636
},
"status": "success"
}
}About the monster.com API
The Monster.com API provides 3 endpoints for searching and retrieving job listings from Monster.com. The search_jobs endpoint returns up to 50 structured results per request, including salary ranges, employment type, remote work classification, and full job descriptions. You can search by keyword, job title, or location, or pull nationwide results by omitting the location parameter.
Search Jobs
The search_jobs endpoint accepts a query string (job title or keyword) and an optional location string such as 'Austin, TX' or 'Remote'. Omitting location performs a nationwide search. Each result in the jobs array includes jobId, title, company, description, url, locations, salary, employmentType, remoteType, applyType, and status. The salary field carries minValue, maxValue, currency, and unitText when the posting includes compensation data. The estimatedTotalSize field tells you how many total matching jobs Monster has, even though the endpoint returns at most 50 results per call.
Job Details
The get_job_details endpoint accepts either a job_id (UUID format) or a full job_url from Monster. When a URL is provided, the job ID is extracted from it automatically. The response includes all core fields — title, company, salary, status, locations, applyType, promoted, and seoJobId. The applyType field distinguishes between INTEGRATED applications (handled on Monster) and OFFSITE applications (redirected to the employer's site).
Job Categories
The get_job_categories endpoint takes no inputs and returns a static list of popular job search categories from Monster, each with a human-readable name and a slug usable as a URL identifier. This is useful for building category-based browsing or filtering UIs without requiring a live search query.
- Aggregate job listings by keyword and city for a niche job board.
- Monitor salary range data across job titles using the
salaryfields fromsearch_jobs. - Build a remote-work job feed by filtering results on
remoteType. - Pull full job descriptions via
get_job_detailsfor NLP classification or tagging. - Identify promoted job postings using the
promotedboolean in job detail responses. - Populate a category navigation menu using slugs from
get_job_categories. - Track employer hiring activity by querying company name as the
queryparameter insearch_jobs.
| Tier | Price | Credits/month | Rate limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | 100 | 5 req/min |
| Hobby | $30/mo | 1,000 | 20 req/min |
| Developer | $100/mo | 5,000 | 250 req/min |
One credit = one API call regardless of which marketplace API you call. Exceeding the rate limit returns a 429 response. Authenticate with the X-API-Key header.
Does Monster.com have an official developer API?+
Can I paginate through more than 50 results from a single search?+
search_jobs endpoint returns at most 50 results per request and does not support offset or cursor-based pagination. The estimatedTotalSize field tells you how many total matches exist, but retrieving beyond the first 50 requires narrowing your query or location. You can fork this API on Parse and revise it to add pagination support.What does the `applyType` field tell me in job results?+
applyType appears in both search_jobs and get_job_details responses. A value of INTEGRATED means the application is submitted directly on Monster. OFFSITE means the applicant will be redirected to the employer's own site to apply. This distinction matters if you're building an application-tracking workflow.Does the API return job application history or candidate profiles?+
How fresh is the job listing data?+
status field (e.g., ACTIVE), but the API does not expose a posting date or expiration timestamp in the current response shape. Listings reflect what is live on Monster at the time of the request, but there is no built-in staleness filter. You can fork this API on Parse and revise it to add date-based filtering if that field becomes available.