# The Muse, free, Without an API key: Job postings API

> Gets a list of jobs, intelligently sorted by a number of factors such as trendiness, uniqueness, newness, etc.

The Muse's job postings API on its Without an API key plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 jobs. It returns 6 of the 13 key fields we check: Description, Category, Location, Level, Company, Posted.
You get up to 360,000 pages a month.
Half of the 247 plans we rank by price cost $0.171 per 1,000 jobs or less. This plan and 6 others tie for the lowest price per 1,000 jobs of the 247 plans.
[Hirebase's $50 monthly plan (/v2/jobs/expired-jobs/export)](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/hirebase/50-monthly-web-pro-post-v2-jobs-expired-jobs-export/llms.txt) covers any number of jobs. Hirebase's $50 monthly plan costs less up front than freehire's $99 monthly plan.
[freehire](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/freehire/29-monthly-api-get-jobs-search/llms.txt), [Himalayas](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/himalayas/free-api-key-get-jobs-api-search/llms.txt) and [ReefAPI](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/reefapi/15-monthly-pro-monthly-post-ziprecruiter-v1-search/llms.txt) are the best job postings API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/the-muse/free-without-an-api-key
- [Best job postings API in 2026: providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-job-postings-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.themuse.com/developers/api/v2?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-postings-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://www.themuse.com/api/public/jobs`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.themuse.com/developers/api/v2?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-postings-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://www.themuse.com/developers/api/v2?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-postings-api-pricing#jobs-endpoint
- Sold by: The Muse (https://www.themuse.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-postings-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-10-28

## In the answer

- Completeness: 46%
- Description: ✓
- Category: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Level: ✓
- Company: ✓
- Posted: ✓

## Score

- Overall score: 0.0. We give it 0 overall because its Accuracy score is 0.
- Price score: 100
- Accuracy score: 0
- Cost to get started score: 100
- Bundle score: 83
- Performance score: 0. We could not measure how fast this provider answers a call, so we count it as 0.

## Price

- $ per 1,000 jobs: $0.00
- Per: page of 20
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Gets an individual job · Gets a list of companies · Gets an individual company · Gets a list of coaches · Gets an individual coach

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Gets a list of jobs, intelligently sorted by a number of factors such as trendiness, uniqueness, newness, etc.

## Data

- Keep data: until the terms end: "Upon termination, you agree to immediately cease your use of The Muse API and any Muse Content and agree to destroy and remove [...] copies of any materials licensed under these Terms"
- Use data: a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable right and license to access and use the API solely for the purpose of (a) using and making calls to the API to develop, implement and distribute the Apps, (b) obtaining, using, distributing and transmitting Muse Content to the extent needed to format and display Muse Content through the Apps in accordance with these Terms, (c) developing and testing the Apps for use with the API, and (d) providing data to The Muse through the API (“Your Data”) for use by The Muse in accordance with this Agreement. [...] You will not and will not allow any of your directors, officers, employees, agents or contractors to (a) replicate products or services offered by The Muse, (b) sublicense, transfer, distribute, lease, loan, sell or otherwise make available the API or Platform or any part of the API or Platform, in any form, (c) reverse engineer, decompile or otherwise attempt to derive the source code or the underlying ideas, algorithms or arrangement of the API or Platform or any part of the API or Platform, (d) copy, alter or create derivative works of the API or Platform, (e) attempt to defeat, avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate or otherwise circumvent any protection mechanisms for the API or Platform, (f) use the API in any way that weakens or could weaken the security of the API or Platform, or (g) clone Muse Content provided through the API. [...] any Muse Content provided through the Apps by utilizing the Muse API will link back to The Muse Website [...] You agree [...] (d) not to use web scraping, web harvesting, or web data extraction methods to extract data from The Muse.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- Enough for: 360,000 pages a month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.14
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: page. Optional: descending, company, category, level, location
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/public/jobs

## About the plan

- Plan: Without an API key
- Who can get it: anyone at least 16 years of age, for testing: "Registration is required for any use beyond testing"

## The 24 fields the plan's answer can hold

total results, page, page count, page size, response time, timed out, aggregations, job ID, title, description, posting type, posted at, job short name, model type, locations, categories, levels, level short names, tags, tag short names, job URL, company ID, company name, company short name

## The Muse's plans (2)

- [The Muse, free, Without an API key](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/the-muse/free-without-an-api-key/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 46% complete
- [The Muse, free, Registered app](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/the-muse/free-registered-app/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 46% complete

## The Muse's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /api/public/jobs`: [The Muse, free, Without an API key](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/the-muse/free-without-an-api-key/llms.txt)

## The Muse's APIs (2)

- [The Muse: job posting details API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-details-apis/the-muse/free-without-an-api-key/llms.txt)
- [The Muse: job postings API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/the-muse/free-without-an-api-key/llms.txt)

## The Muse: job postings API alternatives

- [freehire, free (no key), GET /jobs](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/freehire/free-no-key-get-jobs/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 85% complete, stored
- [Himalayas, free, No API key, GET /jobs/api](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/himalayas/free-no-api-key-get-jobs-api/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 62% complete, 24 hours
- [ReefAPI, free, POST /indeed/v1/jobs/search](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/reefapi/free-free-post-indeed-v1-jobs-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 62% complete, live
- [ScrapeUnblocker, free, POST /jobs/glassdoor](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/scrapeunblocker/free-free-post-jobs-glassdoor/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 62% complete, live
- [Reed, free](https://datacircle.dev/job-posting-apis/reed/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 31% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-28.

- https://www.themuse.com/api/public/jobs/18256005?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-postings-api-pricing
- https://www.themuse.com/api/public/jobs?page=1&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-postings-api-pricing
- https://www.themuse.com/developers?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-postings-api-pricing
- https://www.themuse.com/developers/api/v2?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-postings-api-pricing
- https://www.themuse.com/developers/api/v2/apps?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-postings-api-pricing
- https://www.themuse.com/developers/api/v2/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-postings-api-pricing
- https://www.themuse.com/user/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=job-postings-api-pricing