The Muse

The Muse is a careers and company-profiles platform that helps people find jobs at companies whose values match their own. Its free, documented public REST API (v2) exposes hundreds of thousands of live job openings - searchable by category, experience level, company, and location - alongside rich employer company profiles (industry, size, locations, and behind-the-scenes content). An optional api_key raises rate limits. This makes The Muse a strong source for "job openings", jobs, careers, and recruiting use cases and for building job boards, career sites, and employer-branding integrations.

The Muse publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Jobs API and Companies API. Tagged areas include Job Openings, Jobs, Careers, Recruiting, and Employment.

The Muse’s developer surface includes documentation and 6 more developer resources.

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34.3/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 39/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4

2 APIs 0 Features

Job OpeningsJobsCareersRecruitingEmploymentCompany ProfilesJob SearchHiringHR Tech

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scored 2026-07-20 · rubric v0.4

Composite quality — 34.3/100 · thin

Contract Quality 14.6 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 39/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 15 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

opencollection: 1.0.0
info:
  name: The Muse Public API
  version: '2.0'
items:
- info:
    name: Jobs
    type: folder
  items:
  - info:
      name: Search job openings.
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://www.themuse.com/api/public/jobs?page=1
      params:
      - name: page
        value: '1'
        type: query
        description: Page number of results (required).
      - name: category
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Filter by job category, e.g. Data Science.
      - name: level
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Filter by experience level, e.g. Senior Level.
      - name: company
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Filter by company short name.
      - name: location
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Filter by location, e.g. New York, NY.
      - name: descending
        value: 'false'
        type: query
        description: Sort descending when true.
      - name: api_key
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Optional API key to raise the rate limit.
    docs: Returns a paginated list of job openings, filterable by category, level, company, and location. Up to 20 results
      per page.
  - info:
      name: Retrieve a single job.
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://www.themuse.com/api/public/jobs/:id
      params:
      - name: id
        value: ''
        type: path
        description: The numeric ID of the job.
      - name: api_key
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Optional API key to raise the rate limit.
    docs: Retrieves a single job opening by its numeric ID.
- info:
    name: Companies
    type: folder
  items:
  - info:
      name: Search employer company profiles.
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://www.themuse.com/api/public/companies?page=1
      params:
      - name: page
        value: '1'
        type: query
        description: Page number of results (required).
      - name: industry
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Filter by industry, e.g. Financial Services.
      - name: size
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: 'Filter by company size: Small Size, Medium Size, or Large Size.'
      - name: location
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Filter by location, e.g. Charlotte, NC.
      - name: descending
        value: 'false'
        type: query
        description: Sort descending when true.
      - name: api_key
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Optional API key to raise the rate limit.
    docs: Returns a paginated list of employer company profiles, filterable by industry, size, and location. Up to 20 results
      per page.
  - info:
      name: Retrieve a single company.
      type: http
    http:
      method: GET
      url: https://www.themuse.com/api/public/companies/:id
      params:
      - name: id
        value: ''
        type: path
        description: The numeric ID of the company.
      - name: api_key
        value: ''
        type: query
        description: Optional API key to raise the rate limit.
    docs: Retrieves a single employer company profile by its numeric ID.
bundled: true

The Muse

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