USAJobs Scraper: US Federal Government Jobs

The NanoScrape Usajobs Federal Scraper is an Apify actor that extracts job listings from Usajobs Federal. It returns 39 fields per result including title, location, description, company_name, company_website, priced at $5/1k result, with no API key or monthly subscription required.

USAJobs (Federal Government, US): official US federal job board via public REST API. 30+ fields including GS pay grade, security clearance level, hiring path, and application deadline.

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Pricing

$5.00 / 1,000 detail result

Runtime

Cloud (Apify)

Proxy

None

Coverage

What you can scrape — 39 fields per result

Field	Type	Example	Group	Fill %
`_type`	string	job	Core	100%
`id`	string	888934300	Core	100%
`title`	string	GENERAL ENGINEER	Core	100%
`job_url`	string	https://www.usajobs.gov/job/888934300	Core	100%
`source_url`	string	https://www.usajobs.gov/job/888934300	Core	100%
`source_platform`	string	usajobs.gov	Core	100%
`company_name`	string \| null	Naval Air Systems Command	Core	100%
`contact_urls`	array	`[]`	Core	35%
`job_category_name`	string \| null	General Engineering	Core	100%
`application_url`	string \| null	https://www.usajobs.gov:443/job/888934300	Core	100%
`company_website`	string \| null	(populated when data available)	Company	—
`location`	string	Patuxent River, Maryland	Location	100%
`country`	string	US	Location	100%
`description`	string \| null	Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivale...	Description	100%
`description_full`	string \| null	Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivale...	Description	100%
`description_html`	string \| null	<p>Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equiv...	Description	100%
`description_md`	string \| null	Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivale...	Description	100%
`pay_grade`	string \| null	GS-DP	Salary	59%
`pay_min`	number \| null	`143913`	Salary	100%
`pay_max`	number \| null	`197200`	Salary	100%
`pay_currency`	string	USD	Salary	100%
`pay_period`	string \| null	year	Salary	100%
`employment_type`	string \| null	full-time, permanent	Employment	100%
`remote_type`	string \| null	on-site	Employment	100%
`posted_at_text`	string \| null	2026-10-22T00:00:00.0000	Metadata	100%
`posted_at_datetime`	string \| null	2026-10-22T00:00:00Z	Metadata	100%
`closing_at_datetime`	string \| null	2026-10-29T23:59:59Z	Metadata	100%
`job_category_code`	string \| null	0801	Metadata	100%
`scraped_at`	string	2026-10-22T04:36:11Z	Metadata	100%
`closing_at_text`	string \| null	2026-10-29T23:59:59.9970	Other	100%
`security_clearance`	string \| null	(populated when data available)	Other	—
`travel_percentage`	string \| null	(populated when data available)	Other	—
`contact_emails`	array	`[]`	Other	—
`contact_phones`	array	`[]`	Other	—
`agency_hierarchy`	array	`["Department of the Navy", "Naval Air Systems Command"]`	Other	100%
`announcement_number`	string \| null	ST-13092584-27-CGP	Other	100%
`hiring_path`	array	`[]`	Other	—
`search_query`	string \| null	software engineer	Other	100%
`detail_status`	string \| null	(populated when data available)	Other	—

Input example — showcase (full detail)

{
  "searchQueries": [
    "software engineer"
  ],
  "maxResults": 30,
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 10,
  "includeJobDetails": true,
  "includeCompanyDetails": true
}

Output example — real dataset item (PII scrubbed)

{
  "_type": "job",
  "id": "888934300",
  "title": "GENERAL ENGINEER",
  "job_url": "https://www.usajobs.gov/job/888934300",
  "source_url": "https://www.usajobs.gov/job/888934300",
  "source_platform": "usajobs.gov",
  "company_name": "Naval Air Systems Command",
  "company_website": null,
  "location": "Patuxent River, Maryland",
  "country": "US",
  "posted_at_text": "2026-10-22T00:00:00.0000",
  "posted_at_datetime": "2026-10-22T00:00:00Z",
  "closing_at_text": "2026-10-29T23:59:59.9970",
  "closing_at_datetime": "2026-10-29T23:59:59Z",
  "employment_type": "full-time, permanent",
  "pay_grade": "GS-DP",
  "pay_min": 143913,
  "pay_max": 197200,
  "pay_currency": "USD",
  "pay_period": "year",
  "security_clearance": null,
  "travel_percentage": null,
  "remote_type": "on-site",
  "description": "Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the grade level (GS-12/13) or pay band (DP-04) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: (1) Serving as a principal systems engineer or technical authority directing multidisciplinary engineering teams through the entire system lifecycle, from initial requirements definition and architectural design through s...",
  "description_full": "Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the grade level (GS-12/13) or pay band (DP-04) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: (1) Serving as a principal systems engineer or technical authority directing multidisciplinary engineering teams through the entire system lifecycle, from initial requirements definition and architectural design through system integration, verification, and validation; (2) Indicating proven expertise in establishing and executing rigorous technical review frameworks, risk management strategies, and system safety or airworthiness certification processes to support critical program milestones; (3) Advising senior leadership on strategic technical decisions, resolving high-impact engineering bottlenecks, and managing complex interfaces across diverse hardware, software, and testing environments to ensure operational readiness and mission success; (4) Participating in the development and design of new systems by assessing if available or imminent technology is sufficient to meet requirements or system concepts are applicable to fleet operational requirements; and (5) Providing guidance to engineering and other personnel in the functional divisions regarding Requests for Proposals, Type Specifications, Procurement Requests, and Acquisition Plans to ensure all project system engineering management requirements are fulfilled. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.",
  "description_html": "<p>Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the grade level (GS-12/13) or pay band (DP-04) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: (1) Serving as a principal systems engineer or technical authority directing multidisciplinary engineering teams through the entire system lifecycle, from initial requirements definition and architectural design through system integration, verification, and validation; (2) Indicating proven expertise in establishing and executing rigorous technical review frameworks, risk management strategies, and system safety or airworthiness certification processes to support critical program milestones; (3) Advising senior leadership on strategic technical decisions, resolving high-impact engineering bottlenecks, and managing complex interfaces across diverse hardware, software, and testing environments to ensure operational readiness and mission success; (4) Participating in the development and design of new systems by assessing if available or imminent technology is sufficient to meet requirements or system concepts are applicable to fleet operational requirements; and (5) Providing guidance to engineering and other personnel in the functional divisions regarding Requests for Proposals, Type Specifications, Procurement Requests, and Acquisition Plans to ensure all project system engineering management requirements are fulfilled. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.</p>",
  "description_md": "Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the grade level (GS-12/13) or pay band (DP-04) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: (1) Serving as a principal systems engineer or technical authority directing multidisciplinary engineering teams through the entire system lifecycle, from initial requirements definition and architectural design through system integration, verification, and validation; (2) Indicating proven expertise in establishing and executing rigorous technical review frameworks, risk management strategies, and system safety or airworthiness certification processes to support critical program milestones; (3) Advising senior leadership on strategic technical decisions, resolving high-impact engineering bottlenecks, and managing complex interfaces across diverse hardware, software, and testing environments to ensure operational readiness and mission success; (4) Participating in the development and design of new systems by assessing if available or imminent technology is sufficient to meet requirements or system concepts are applicable to fleet operational requirements; and (5) Providing guidance to engineering and other personnel in the functional divisions regarding Requests for Proposals, Type Specifications, Procurement Requests, and Acquisition Plans to ensure all project system engineering management requirements are fulfilled. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.",
  "contact_emails": [],
  "contact_phones": [],
  "contact_urls": [],
  "agency_hierarchy": [
    "Department of the Navy",
    "Naval Air Systems Command"
  ],
  "job_category_code": "0801",
  "job_category_name": "General Engineering",
  "application_url": "https://www.usajobs.gov:443/job/888934300",
  "announcement_number": "ST-13092584-27-CGP",
  "hiring_path": [],
  "search_query": "software engineer",
  "detail_status": null,
  "scraped_at": "2026-10-22T04:36:11Z"
}

Cost math

Priced at $0.0050 per detail result. 10 detail results ≈ $0.05, 100 ≈ $0.50, 1,000 ≈ $5.00. The first runs land inside Apify's $5/mo free-tier credit — pay only for what you extract, no monthly subscription.

Who should use this

Defense and government contractors use this actor to identify open federal roles before candidates apply, giving their placement teams advance intelligence on which agencies are actively hiring.

Veteran hiring researchers filter by hiring_path: veterans to measure federal veteran-preference opportunity volume by agency, location, and GS grade.

Federal job board operators and salary benchmarking teams use the occupational series codes and GS pay tables to build structured compensation databases without manual data entry.

Integrations

n8n / Make / Zapier — trigger runs and process results via webhook
AI Agents (MCP) — Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, LangChain, LlamaIndex
Python / Node.js — Apify SDK for programmatic access
Google Sheets / Airtable — export via Apify integrations

Run this actor directly on Apify (no code)

Click Open on Apify above to run usajobs-federal-scraper in your browser - no code, no install. In the Apify console you get:

One-click test - fill in the input form, or paste the JSON example above into the JSON editor tab, then hit Start.
Live output - watch rows stream into an interactive Output table as they arrive, or flip to the raw JSON / Log view.
Export in any format - one click to download the dataset as JSON, CSV, XML, Excel, HTML table, RSS, or JSONL.
Schedules - run this actor daily, weekly, hourly, or on a custom cron. Apify handles timing and stores every dataset run.
Integrations & webhooks - fire a webhook on success/failure, or plug into Zapier, n8n, Make, Airbyte, Google Sheets, Slack, S3, Postgres, and more from the Actions tab.
Transparent cost - see exact usage against your $5/month free tier before you spend a cent.

Get your Apify API token

To run this actor from your own code you need an Apify API token. Get one in about a minute:

Sign up for a free Apify account (Google, GitHub, or email).
Go to Settings → Integrations → API tokens.
Click Create a new API token. Copy it and keep it secret.

Free tier: Apify credits your account with $5 of platform usage every month, no credit card required. Enough to test any actor meaningfully. How many results that covers depends on the actor's price per result.

Call from code

Run this actor from any language via the Apify REST API. Replace YOUR_TOKEN with your API token and adapt the input JSON to your needs.

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/santamaria-automations~usajobs-federal-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'

// npm install apify-client
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('santamaria-automations/usajobs-federal-scraper').call({});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

# pip install apify-client
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient('YOUR_TOKEN')
run = client.actor('santamaria-automations/usajobs-federal-scraper').call(run_input={})
items = list(client.dataset(run['defaultDatasetId']).iterate_items())
print(items)

// dotnet add package Apify.Client
using Apify.Client;

var client = new ApifyClient("YOUR_TOKEN");
var run = await client.Actor("santamaria-automations/usajobs-federal-scraper").CallAsync(new { });
var items = await client.Dataset(run.DefaultDatasetId).ListItemsAsync();

// Maven: com.apify:apify-client
import com.apify.client.ApifyClient;

ApifyClient client = new ApifyClient("YOUR_TOKEN");
ActorRun run = client.actor("santamaria-automations/usajobs-federal-scraper").call(Map.of());
List<Map<String,Object>> items = client.dataset(run.getDefaultDatasetId()).listItems();

Use with AI agents (MCP)

This actor is available on the Apify MCP server, so you can drive it from any MCP-compatible AI client - Claude Desktop, Claude.ai, Cursor, VS Code, LangChain, LlamaIndex, or a custom agent - without writing any code.

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=santamaria-automations/usajobs-federal-scraper

Example prompt once connected:

"Use <code>usajobs-federal-scraper</code> to run a scrape on my target list and give me the results as a table."

Clients that support dynamic tool discovery (Claude.ai, VS Code) receive the full input schema automatically via add-actor.

Use with no-code platforms

Trigger this actor from your favorite automation tool. Every platform below can call the Apify API in a few clicks - no code required.

Add the n8n Apify node (installed by default on n8n Cloud; on self-hosted install @apify/n8n-nodes-apify).
Set Actor to santamaria-automations/usajobs-federal-scraper.
Choose operation Run Actor and get dataset, paste your input JSON, and connect a downstream node (Google Sheets, Postgres, webhook, ...).

Create a new Zap with any trigger.
Add a Webhooks by Zapier POST action to https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/santamaria-automations~usajobs-federal-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN.
Body: your input JSON. Content-Type: application/json.

Create a new scenario.
Add an HTTP module: URL https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/santamaria-automations~usajobs-federal-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN, method POST, body raw JSON.
Parse the response with a JSON module to iterate items downstream.

Create a new workflow.
Add an HTTP Request step: POST to https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/santamaria-automations~usajobs-federal-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN.
Access steps.http.$return_value in subsequent steps.

Install the API Connector plugin.
Add a new API: POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/santamaria-automations~usajobs-federal-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN, body type JSON.
Initialize the call with your input, then reference the response array in workflow actions.

FAQ

How much does the usajobs-federal-scraper cost?

$5.00 / 1,000 detail result, billed per result on Apify. Apify's $5/month free tier covers the first runs. No monthly subscription — you only pay for what you extract.

What fields does it return?

39 fields per result. Full field catalog is listed in the 'What you can scrape' table above — includes core identifiers, descriptive text, dates, and any category-specific data.

Is scraping this site legal?

Scraping publicly available data is generally permitted in most jurisdictions, but GDPR applies to any personal data you collect. Review your local rules and consult a lawyer for commercial use.

How fresh is the data?

Every run pulls live data at execution time. Set up a schedule (daily/hourly/weekly cron) in the Apify console to keep your dataset current automatically.