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The Ladders Scraper

👁 theladders-scraper

Extract professional job listings from TheLadders.com — one of the US's leading job boards for $80K+ roles. Supports keyword search, location filtering, salary data, full descriptions, and cross-run deduplication. No API key or account required.

Why this scraper?

🔍 Keyword + location search built in

Search by job title and filter by city, state, or region directly from the input — no need to construct URLs manually. Location fallback ensures results even when TheLadders hasn't indexed the exact keyword+location combination.

💰 Salary data on every listing

Every result includes the displayed salary range as text plus parsed salaryMin / salaryMax / salaryCurrency — ready for direct comparison and analysis.

🏢 Full company and location data

With detail fetching enabled: company name, city, state, postal code, and GPS coordinates (latitude/longitude) per listing.

📄 Three description formats

Full job descriptions returned as HTML, plain text, and Markdown — compatible with any downstream pipeline.

⚡ Lightweight — 8× cheaper than alternatives

Runs at 512 MB using HTTP-only requests with Chrome TLS impersonation. Competing scrapers require 4 GB Playwright instances for the same site.

🔄 Cross-run deduplication (90-day memory)

skipReposts mode skips jobs already seen in previous runs. All items carry isRepost, originalPublishDate, and originalUrl for full deduplication visibility without filtering.

↗️ Direct apply detection

directApply field flags listings where candidates can apply without leaving TheLadders — useful for funnel analysis and outreach targeting.

Input parameters

Output schema

Always present

With fetchDetails: true (additional fields)

JSON example

{
"id":"86532672",
"url":"https://www.theladders.com/job/software-engineer-current-new-york-ny_86532672",
"title":"Software Engineer",
"companyName":"Current",
"locationText":"New York, NY (New York County)",
"city":"New York",
"state":"NY",
"country":"US",
"postalCode":"10025",
"latitude":40.7983,
"longitude":-73.9632,
"salaryText":"$150K - $200K *",
"salaryMin":150000,
"salaryMax":200000,
"salaryCurrency":"USD",
"salaryPeriod":"YEAR",
"employmentType":"Full Time",
"industry":"Information Technology",
"remoteType":"In-Person",
"directApply":false,
"experienceLevel":"Less than 5 years exp.",
"experienceMonths":12,
"datePosted":"2026-04-17",
"validThrough":"2027-04-12",
"publishDate":"2026-04-17",
"publishDateISO":"2026-04-17T00:00:00+00:00",
"postedDateRelative":"1 week ago",
"metaDescription":"Current is hiring a Software Engineer, with an estimated salary of $150,000 - $200,000. This job in Information Technology is in New York, NY.",
"descriptionSnippet":"Optimize backend architectures and drive impactful feature development...",
"descriptionHtml":"<div><strong>SOFTWARE ENGINEER</strong><br/>...</div>",
"descriptionText":"SOFTWARE ENGINEER We are looking for a Software Engineer...",
"descriptionMarkdown":"**SOFTWARE ENGINEER**\n\nWe are looking for...",
"isRepost":false,
"originalPublishDate":null,
"originalUrl":null,
"contentHash":"b23fa10849883534",
"source":"theladders.com",
"scrapedAt":"2026-05-04T10:30:00.000Z"
}

Examples

Search for software engineering roles in New York:

{
"keywords":"software engineer",
"location":"New York",
"maxItems":100,
"fetchDetails":true
}

Remote executive roles, past 7 days only:

{
"keywords":"vice president",
"location":"Remote",
"maxItems":50,
"fetchDetails":true,
"daysOld":7
}

Scrape specific job or search URLs directly:

{
"startUrls":[
{"url":"https://www.theladders.com/job/software-engineer-current-new-york-ny_86532672"},
{"url":"https://www.theladders.com/jobs/product-manager-jobs"}
],
"fetchDetails":true
}

Daily feed — new listings only (schedule for daily runs):

{
"keywords":"data scientist",
"maxItems":200,
"fetchDetails":true,
"skipReposts":true,
"daysOld":1
}

💰 Pricing

$1.49 per 1,000 results — pay only for successfully scraped listings.

Performance

Memory usage is 512 MB — 8× less than Playwright-based alternatives for the same site.

Known limitations

• Location filtering uses TheLadders' pre-built category pages — not all keyword+location combinations have a dedicated page. The actor automatically falls back to keyword-only search in this case.
• Maximum ~300 results per keyword (12 pages × 25 jobs).
• Salary data is TheLadders' estimated range (marked with *) — not always employer-disclosed.
• daysOld filter requires fetchDetails: true for accurate date comparison.

Technical details

• Source: theladders.com — US professional job board focused on $80K+ roles
• Memory: 512 MB
• Bot bypass: curl_cffi Chrome 136 TLS impersonation + Apify RESIDENTIAL proxy
• Dedup store: KeyValueStore theladders-job-dedup, 90-day TTL

Additional services

Need a custom actor, additional filters, scheduled runs, or integration support?
Contact info@unfencedgroup.nl — we build on request.

Related scrapers

Other scrapers in our Jobs — Finance & Specialist collection:

• eFinancialCareers Scraper
• Workday.com Scraper
• Freelancer.com Scraper
• TheHub.io Scraper

Run it on a schedule

This actor is built for repeat use. Set it to run daily, weekly, or hourly, and the data keeps flowing without you touching it.

• Schedule runs — open the actor, go to Schedules, and pick a cadence. Each run only charges you for the results it returns.
• Connect it to your stack — push results straight to Google Sheets, Slack, a webhook, or your database using Apify Integrations. No glue code needed.
• Pull results via API — every run writes a clean dataset you can fetch with one API call, ready for whatever you build on top of it.

Set it once and it runs on its own.

Need a custom scraper?

Unfenced Group builds Apify actors for any website — for free.

If the site you need isn't in our portfolio yet, just ask. We scope, build, and publish it at no cost to you. You only pay for results — we absorb the compute and proxy costs ourselves. Same pay-per-result pricing, same quality, same standards as every actor in this portfolio.

Get in touch: www.unfencedgroup.nl