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Monster API

Monster and CareerBuilder API for US Job Search, Job Details, Salary, Skills, and Company Jobs

Scrappa's Monster API returns structured JSON from Monster and CareerBuilder, the US job boards. Search jobs by keyword, place, radius, date posted, job type and remote, open a job with the full description, salary range, skills and employer apply link, list the open jobs of a company and autocomplete job titles and places.

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Make one request. Inspect structured JSON.

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Request 
curl -X GET "https://scrappa.co/api/monster/search?q=nurse&location=Boston%2C+MA&radius=30" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "X-API-KEY: YOUR_API_KEY"
JSON response 
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "jobs": [
      {
        "job_id": "5aa4f010-1124-4aba-aec8-73123886710e",
        "title": "Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical",
        "company": {"name": "Example Health", "slug": "example-health"},
        "location": {"text": "Boston, MA", "latitude": 42.3601, "longitude": -71.0589},
        "salary": {"min": 78000, "max": 96000, "unit": "YEAR", "currency": "USD"},
        "employment_types": ["FULL_TIME"],
        "remote": false,
        "apply": {"type": "OFFSITE", "url": "https://careers.example.com/job/12345"}
      }
    ],
    "pagination": {"page": 1, "page_size": 18, "returned": 18, "has_more": true, "total_estimate": 11100}
  },
  "meta": {"endpoint_family": "search", "billable": true, "credits": 14}
}

What you can build

Structured data for real applications. Here are some ideas.

Job Aggregation

Add US jobs with salary, location and apply link to your own job board.

Salary Research

Collect salary ranges by title and city across thousands of postings.

Hiring Signals

Track which companies hire and for which roles with company jobs.

Skills Demand

Read the skills, education and career level of each posting.

Search Boxes

Add title and place suggestions to a job search form.

Monster scraper API

Monster API for US job search and job details

The Monster API is built for job boards, salary research and hiring analysis. Search jobs, then open a job by id for the full description and the employer apply link. Use the company slug of a job to list all jobs of that company.

Search by keyword, place, radius, date posted, job type and remote.

Read salary range, skills, education, career level and SOC code.

Get the employer apply link and the full description.

Choose Monster or CareerBuilder links with the site parameter.

Autocomplete job titles and places for a search box.

Choose the right Monster API endpoint

Use Job Search to find jobs

Send a keyword and a place. Each page has up to 18 jobs with salary, location and apply link. A search costs 14 credits.

Open Monster Job Search API docs

Use Job Details for the full posting

Pass the job id from a search to get the full description as HTML and text. A job call costs 8 credits.

Open Monster Job Details API docs

Available endpoints

Everything you need in one API.

Related resources

Indeed Jobs API overview

Compare Monster jobs with Indeed jobs.

Scrappa vs ScrapingBee / ScraperAPI

See how Scrappa compares to ScrapingBee / ScraperAPI.

Monster jobs as JSON with salary and skills
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Build your own parser
Bot gate handled for you
Scrappa
ScrapingBee / ScraperAPI
Varies by plan
Unified API key
Scrappa
Yes (80+ APIs)
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Scraping only
Free tier
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500 credits/month
ScrapingBee / ScraperAPI
Trial credits

Key features

Job search with place, radius, date posted, job type and remote filters
Full description as HTML and text, salary range, skills and SOC code
Employer apply link, company name, id and logo
Company jobs and job title and place autocomplete
Monster and CareerBuilder links in one API

Frequently asked questions

No. Scrappa is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Monster or CareerBuilder. The API returns structured JSON from public job pages.

Every Scrappa account includes 500 free credits each month. Every successful call costs 1 credit. A failed call costs nothing.

A search has up to 30 pages of 18 jobs. Paid jobs repeat across pages, so narrow the search with filters to reach other jobs.

No. CareerBuilder now shows the same job dataset as Monster. Use the site parameter to get CareerBuilder links.

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