The Job Search API is designed to support lightweight JOA content consumption by consumers and delivers currently open job opportunity announcements. It is anticipated that this endpoint will be leveraged by Commercial Job Boards, Mobile Applications and Social Media sites who desire to provide employment opportunities on their site. Typically, in these commercial venues, the breadth of data presented to a user (job seeker) is much smaller than the detailed content provided on USAJOBS, as required by law.
GET /api/Search
API Key Authentication
The query parameters are appended to the URL to drive the specific results desired. Each consumer can leverage any combination of these parameters. The query parameters are:
Keyword
Issues search to find hits based on a keyword. Optional. Keyword will search for all of the words specified (or synonyms of the word) throughout the job announcement.
https://data.usajobs.gov/api/search?Keyword=Software
PositionTitle
Issues search to find hits in the title of the job.
This is the job title - e.g. IT Specialist, Psychologist, etc. The title search will be treated as "contains" and will select all job announcements where the job title contains the value provided.
The following query will return all job announcements with "psychologist" or a synonym of psychologist in the title: https://data.usajobs.gov/api/Search?PositionTitle=Psychologist
The following query will return all job announcements with "Electrical Engineer" in the title: https://data.usajobs.gov/api/Search?PositionTitle=Electrical%20Engineer
RemunerationMinimumAmount
Issues search to find hits with the minimum salary specified.
Jobs are placed in salary buckets: $0-$24,999, $25,000-$49,999, $50,000-$74,999, $75,000-$99,999, $100,000-$124,999, $125,000-$149,999, $150,000-$174,999, $175,000-$199,999 and $200,000 or greater. So a search with a minimum salary of $15,500 will return jobs with a minimum salary in the $0-$24,999 range.
https://data.usajobs.gov/api/Search?RemunerationMinimumAmount=15000
RemunerationMaximumAmount
Issues search to find hits with the maximum salary specified.
Jobs are placed in salary buckets: $0-$24,999, $25,000-$49,999, $50,000-$74,999, $75,000-$99,999, $100,000-$124,999, $125,000-$149,999, $150,000-$174,999, $175,000-$199,999 and $200,000 or greater. So a search with a maximum salary of $72,000 will return jobs with a maximum salary in the $50,000-$74,999 range.
For example, combining MinSalary and MaxSalary, the following query: https://data.usajobs.gov/api/Search?RemunerationMinimumAmount=26000&RemunerationMaximumAmount=85000 - will return all job announcements where the starting and/or ending salary are between $25,000 and $99,999.
PayGradeHigh
Issues search to find hits with the maximum pay grade specified. Must be 01 through 15. This is the ending grade for the job. (Caution: Fed speak ahead but it cannot be helped.) The grade along with series is used by the Federal government to categorize and define jobs. For more information on what series and grade are, please visit: https://help.usajobs.gov/index.php/What_is_a_series_and_or_grade%3F. However, grade is also used to define salary. USAJOBS search uses grades for the General Schedule (GS) pay plan ( http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages). For jobs that use a different pay plan than the GS schedule, USAJOBS will derive the corresponding grade by using the minimum and maximum salary and the wages for the GS schedule for the Rest of the United States (for 2014, see: http//www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/14Tables/html/RUS.aspx). For federal employees, especially those who have a GS pay plan, searching by grade is extremely useful since they would already know which grades they are or qualify for. However, for non-GS employees, searching by salary is much simpler.
https://data.usajobs.gov/api/Search?PayGradeHigh=07
PayGradeLow
Issues search to find hits with the minimum pay grade specified. Must be 01 through 15. This is the beginning grade for the job. See PayGradeHigh for more information.
https://data.usajobs.gov/api/Search?PayGradeLow=04 https://data.usajobs.gov/api/Search?PayGradeLow=07&PayGradeHigh=09
JobCategoryCode
Issues a search to find hits with the job category series specified.
See Code List for a listing of the Job Category codes.
https://data.usajobs.gov/api/Search?JobCategoryCode=0830
Note: Multiple values are semicolon delimited.
LocationName
Issues a search to find hits within the specified location. This is the city or military installation name. LocationName simplifies location based search as the user does not need to know or account for each and every Location Code. LocationName will search for all location codes and ZIP codes that have that specific description.
For example, to find all job announcements in Washington, DC, use: https://data.usajobs.gov/api/Search?LocationName=Washington%20DC,%20District%20of%20Columbia.
To find all job announcements in Atlanta, GA use: https://data.usajobs.gov/api/Search?LocationName=Atlanta,%20Georgia.
NOTE: Multiple values are semicolon delimited.
Organization
Issues a search to find jobs for the specified agency using the Agency Subelement Code. See Code List for a listing of the Organization codes.
The following will get a listing of job announcements from the Department Of The Treasury: https://data.usajobs.gov/api/Search?Organization=TR
PositionOfferingTypeCode
Issues a search to find jobs within the specified type. This field is also known as Work Type.
TravelPercentage
Issues a search to find hits for jobs matching the specified travel level. Acceptable values for travel percentage parameter are:
https://data.usajobs.gov/api/Search?TravelPercentage=0 https://data.usajobs.gov/api/Search?TravelPercentage=7
PositionScheduleTypeCode
Issues a search to find hits for jobs matching the specified job schedule. This field is also known as work schedule. Acceptable values for Position Schedule Type Code are:
https://data.usajobs.gov/api/Search?PositionSchedule=4
RelocationIndicator
Issues a search to find hits for jobs matching the relocation filter. Acceptable values for this field are: True or False
SecurityClearanceRequired
Issues a search to find hits for jobs matching the specified security clearance. Acceptable values for Security Clearance Required parameter are:
https://data.usajobs.gov/api/Search?SecurityClearanceRequired=1
SupervisoryStatus
Issues a search to find hits for jobs matching the specified supervisory status.
DatePosted
Issues a search to find hits for jobs that were posted within the number of days specified.Acceptable values for DatePosted are integers in the range of 0 - 60.
JobGradeCode
Issues a search to find hits for jobs matching the grade code specified. This field is also known as Pay Plan.
SortField
Issues a search that will be sorted by the specified field. Acceptable values for Sort Field parameter are:
https://data.usajobs.gov/api/Search?PositionTitle=Electrical&SortField=PositionTitle
SortDirection
Issues a search that will be sorted by the SortField specified, in the direction specified. Asc for ascending, or desc for descending.
https://data.usajobs.gov/api/Search?PositionTitle=Electrical&SortField=PositionTitle&SortDirection=Asc
Page
Issues a search to pull the paged results specified.
ResultsPerPage
Issues a search and returns the page size specified. In this example, 25 jobs will be return for the first page. Acceptable values for this field are numbers, up to 500.
https://data.usajobs.gov/api/Search?ResultsPerPage=50
WhoMayApply
Issues a search to find hits based on the desired candidate designation. In this case, public will find jobs that U.S. citizens can apply for. Acceptable values for this parameter are: "All","Public", or "Status".
https://data.usajobs.gov/api/Search?WhoMayApply=public
NOTE: All and Status require specific authorization.
Radius
Issues a search when used along with LocationName, will expand the locations, based on the radius specified.
https://data.usajobs.gov/api/Search?LocationName=Norfolk%20Virginia&Radius=75
Fields
Issues a search that will return the minimum fields or maximum number of fields in the job. Min returns only the job summary. Acceptable values for this field are: "Min" and "Full"
https://data.usajobs.gov/api/Search?TravelPercentage=7&Fields=full https://data.usajobs.gov/api/Search?SecurityClearanceRequired=1&Fields=full
SalaryBucket
Issues a search that will find hits for salaries matching the grouping specified. Buckets are assigned based on salary ranges. For example 25 = $25,000-$49,000.
GradeBucket
Issues a search that will find hits for grades that match the grouping specified.
HiringPath
Issues a search that will find hits for hiring paths that match the hiring paths specified.
https://data.usajobs.gov/api/Search?HiringPath=public
MissionCriticalTags
Issues a search that will find hits for mission critical tags that match the grouping specified.
https://data.usajobs.gov/api/Search?MissionCriticalTags=STEM&Fields=full
PositionSensitivity
Issues a search that will find hits for jobs matching the position sensitivity and risk specified. Acceptable values for Position Sensitivity and Risk parameter are:
https://data.usajobs.gov/api/Search?PositionSensitivity=1
RemoteIndicator
Issues a search to find hits for jobs matching the remote filter. Acceptable values for this field are: True (only Remote jobs will be returned) or False (excludes Remote jobs).
NOTE: If the RemoteIndicator is not passed then Remote jobs will be included in results, by default.
An example using multiple parameters: https://data.usajobs.gov/api/Search?Keyword=nurse&JobCategoryCode=2210&WhoMayApply=public&fields=all
PostChannelID (PCI) is used within USAJOBS to identify the source from which a job seeker originates.
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