Job Market Data API
Extract job postings, salary ranges, skill requirements, and hiring trends from public job boards and career pages.
How It Works
Target job boards
Send job listing URLs or search results to extract structured employment data.
Extract listing details
Pull job titles, companies, salary ranges, requirements, and posting dates from each listing.
Analyze market trends
Aggregate data to identify hiring trends, salary benchmarks, and in-demand skills by region and industry.
Quick Start
curl -X POST https://alterlab.io/api/v1/scrape \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"url": "https://job-board.com/search?q=software+engineer",
"extract": {
"job_title": "string",
"company": "string",
"salary_range": "string",
"location": "string",
"posted_date": "string"
}
}'Need an API key? — no credit card required.
Job Market Data for a Specific Site
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I extract salary data from job postings?
Yes. When salary information is publicly displayed on job listings, AlterLab extracts it as structured data. This includes salary ranges, hourly rates, and compensation details.
How do I track hiring trends over time?
Schedule regular extraction from job boards to build a historical dataset. Track new postings, removed listings, and changing requirements to identify market shifts.
Responsible Use
AlterLab is designed for extracting publicly available data. Always review the terms of service for any website you access, respect robots.txt directives, and ensure your use case complies with applicable laws in your jurisdiction.
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Pricing
From $0.0002/request. No subscriptions. Balance never expires.
Your first scrape.
Sixty seconds.
$1 free credit — up to 5,000 scrapes. No credit card.
Just a POST request.
No credit card required · $1 free credit, up to 5,000 scrapes · Balance never expires