Monster Job Search API Search US jobs on Monster or CareerBuilder by keyword, place, radius, date posted, job type and remote. Each job has its id, title, links, dates, company (name, id, logo, slug), location with coordinates, salary range, job types, career level, education, skills, SOC code, the employer apply link and the description as text. A page has up to 18 jobs and the source stops after page 30. Paid jobs repeat across pages, so deep paging adds few new jobs; repeats inside a page are removed. The total is an estimate. The date filter of the source is loose, so every job is checked on its posting date and jobs outside the period are removed (filtered_out counts them). A search with no match answers 200 with an empty list. Cost: 1 credit per successful search.
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Parameters
Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.
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This endpoint has no required query parameters.
8 optional filters available.
string
Optional
Job title or keyword, up to 200 characters. Example: nurse. Send q, location or remote=true.
coffee shops
string
Optional
City, state or ZIP, up to 200 characters. Example: Boston, MA. Use the location autocomplete for exact names. Do not combine it with remote.
Austin, Texas
integer
Optional
Search radius around the location in miles. Default 30.
10
string
Optional
Only jobs posted in this period. The result is checked on the posting date of every job.
2026-06-15
string
Optional
Only jobs of this type.
example
boolean
Optional
Set true to get remote jobs only. Remote jobs have no location, so do not send location with it.
true
string
Optional
Which job site to search. The jobs are the same dataset; the links and ranking differ. Default monster.
example
integer
Optional
Page number, 1 to 30. A page has up to 18 jobs. The source returns nothing beyond page 30.
1
Response Schema
Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.
Example response fields
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data
meta
success
{
"data": {
"jobs": [
{
"url": "https://www.monster.com/job-openings/registered-nurse-boston-ma--5aa4f010-1124-4aba-aec8-73123886710e",
"site": "monster",
"apply": {
"url": "https://careers.example.com/job/12345",
"type": "OFFSITE"
},
"title": "Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical",
"job_id": "5aa4f010-1124-4aba-aec8-73123886710e",
"remote": false,
"salary": {
"max": 96000,
"min": 78000,
"unit": "YEAR",
"period": "Annually",
"currency": "USD"
},
"skills": [
"Nursing",
"Patient Care",
"Registered Nurse (RN)"
],
"company": {
"guid": "r4xsdtochnhljenumzslum5s5f",
"logo": "https://media.newjobs.com/example/logo.png",
"name": "Example Health",
"slug": "example-health",
"normalized_name": "Example Health"
},
"location": {
"city": "Boston",
"text": "Boston, MA",
"region": "MA",
"country": "US",
"latitude": 42.3601,
"longitude": -71.0589,
"postal_code": "02115"
},
"soc_code": "29-1141.00",
"education": [
"Bachelor's Degree",
"Nursing (RN, LPN)"
],
"job_types": [
"Employee"
],
"locations": [
{
"city": "Boston",
"text": "Boston, MA",
"region": "MA",
"country": "US",
"latitude": 42.3601,
"longitude": -71.0589,
"postal_code": "02115"
}
],
"schedules": [
"Day Shift"
],
"soc_title": "Registered Nurses",
"clean_title": "Registered Nurse",
"date_posted": "2026-10-28T11:49:53.894Z",
"career_level": "Experienced",
"canonical_url": "https://www.monster.com/job-openings/registered-nurse-boston-ma--5aa4f010-1124-4aba-aec8-73123886710e",
"date_modified": "2026-10-30T03:07:13.055Z",
"valid_through": "2027-10-28T11:49:53.894Z",
"description_text": "Provide direct patient care on a medical surgical unit...",
"employment_types": [
"FULL_TIME"
],
"remote_work_level": "No Remote Work",
"short_description": "Provide direct patient care on a medical surgical unit."
}
],
"pagination": {
"page": 1,
"has_more": true,
"returned": 1,
"page_size": 18,
"total_estimate": 11100
},
"filtered_out": 0
},
"meta": {
"credits": 14,
"billable": true,
"endpoint_family": "search"
},
"success": true
}Errors
Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.
Validation Error
A parameter is missing or invalid. This response is not billable.
{
"errors": {
"q": [
"Send q, location or remote=true."
]
},
"message": "The request validation failed"
}Service Unavailable
Monster could not be reached or refused the request. This response is not billable. Retry shortly.
{
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": true,
"endpoint_family": "search"
},
"error": {
"code": "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE",
"message": "Monster could not be reached. Please retry shortly. You are not charged."
},
"success": false
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