# elempleo Colombia Job Listings & Salary Scraper (`scrapers_lat/elempleo-scraper`) Actor

Scrape elempleo.com job listings across Colombia including Bogota and Medellin. Extract title, company, salary, location, contract type, work mode, education, experience and full descriptions. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel. No login or API key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapers\_lat/elempleo-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrapers Lat](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat) (community)
- **Categories:** Jobs, Business, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $6.15 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

[![elempleo Colombia Job Listings & Salary Scraper](https://scrapers.lat/banners/elempleo-scraper.png)](https://console.apify.com/actors/VQgP2SkLQfe17Dz0H/input)

## elempleo Colombia Job Listings & Salary Scraper

> Extract job listings from elempleo.com, Colombia's leading job board, with salary, contract type, work mode, seniority, industry, number of vacancies, application deadline, employer sector and full descriptions

**📥 [Input](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/elempleo-scraper/input-schema) · 📤 [Output](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/elempleo-scraper/output-schema) · 💰 [Pricing](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/elempleo-scraper/pricing) · ▶️ [Examples](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/elempleo-scraper/examples)**

![Apify](https://img.shields.io/badge/Platform-Apify-1CE1CE?logo=apify\&logoColor=white)
![Colombia](https://img.shields.io/badge/Coverage-Colombia-blue)
![Maintained](https://img.shields.io/badge/Maintained-Yes-brightgreen)
![Output](https://img.shields.io/badge/Output-JSON%20%7C%20CSV%20%7C%20Excel-orange)

<table><tr>
<td align="center"><strong>21 fields</strong><br>per record</td>
<td align="center"><strong>Colombia</strong><br>coverage</td>
<td align="center"><strong>JSON / CSV / Excel</strong><br>output formats</td>
</tr></table>

<br>

### Who is it for

| Use case | Who benefits |
|---|---|
| Aggregating Colombian job offers into a single feed | Job boards and meta-search sites |
| Tracking hiring demand by role, city or sector | Labor market analysts |
| Benchmarking salaries and contract types | HR and compensation teams |
| Sourcing leads of actively hiring companies | Recruiters and staffing agencies |
| Building training data for job-matching models | Data scientists and HR-tech builders |

### Frequently Asked Questions

**Which country and site does this scraper cover?**\
It covers elempleo.com, Colombia's leading job board. Paste any search or listing URL from the site, including URLs with city, keyword or other filters already applied, and the scraper follows pagination automatically.

**How many job offers can I collect in one run?**\
There is no fixed cap. Use the Max Items input to set how many offers to collect. The scraper pages through results until it reaches your limit or runs out of offers, typically about 20 listings per page.

**Can I filter the jobs I scrape?**\
Yes. Apply any filters on elempleo.com first (city, keyword, salary, contract, etc.), then paste the resulting URL as the Search URL. The scraper respects whatever filtering is encoded in that URL.

**What is the difference between the basic and detailed output?**\
By default the scraper returns the listing-level fields shown on the search results. Enable Fetch job details to also open each job page and add description, requirements, education, experience and the company profile, which reveals the real employer even for confidential offers.

**What happens when a field is missing on the source?**\
Fields like salary or work mode are returned as null when the offer does not publish them. If a detail page cannot be reached after retries, that single offer is recorded with an error field instead of stopping the run.

### Example use cases

Ready-to-run example tasks, each preconfigured for a common scenario. Open one and press run, or use it as a template:

- [elempleo Bogota Sales Jobs](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/elempleo-scraper/examples/elempleo-bogota-sales-jobs): elempleo Bogota Sales Jobs
- [elempleo Software Developer Jobs](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/elempleo-scraper/examples/elempleo-software-developer-jobs): elempleo Software Developer Jobs
- [Accountant Jobs in Colombia (elempleo) Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/elempleo-scraper/examples/elempleo-accountant-contador-jobs): Accountant Jobs in Colombia (elempleo) Scraper
- [Call Center Agent Jobs in Colombia Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/elempleo-scraper/examples/elempleo-call-center-jobs): Call Center Agent Jobs in Colombia Scraper
- [Nursing & Health Jobs in Colombia Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/elempleo-scraper/examples/elempleo-nursing-enfermeria-jobs): Nursing & Health Jobs in Colombia Scraper
- [Driver Jobs in Colombia (elempleo) Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/elempleo-scraper/examples/elempleo-driver-conductor-jobs): Driver Jobs in Colombia (elempleo) Scraper
- [Civil Engineer Jobs in Colombia Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/elempleo-scraper/examples/elempleo-civil-engineer-jobs): Civil Engineer Jobs in Colombia Scraper
- [Digital Marketing Jobs in Colombia Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/elempleo-scraper/examples/elempleo-digital-marketing-jobs): Digital Marketing Jobs in Colombia Scraper
- [Human Resources Jobs in Colombia Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/elempleo-scraper/examples/elempleo-human-resources-jobs): Human Resources Jobs in Colombia Scraper
- [Logistics & Supply Chain Jobs in Colombia Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/elempleo-scraper/examples/elempleo-logistics-jobs-20909): Logistics & Supply Chain Jobs in Colombia Scraper

### Export, API and AI agents (x402 + MCP)

Export the scraped data to **JSON, CSV or Excel**, pull it as a **dataset** through the Apify **API**, or wire it into your app with **no code**. This web scraper and data extractor also works for bulk data extraction and scheduled runs.

For AI agents: this Actor is available on **x402**, Apify's agentic payment standard built with Coinbase. An AI agent can discover, pay for and run it on its own with a funded wallet and a single HTTP request: no account, no subscription, no API key and no human in the loop. It also runs as an **MCP** tool inside Claude, Cursor and other AI clients out of the box. Learn more about [x402 agentic payments on Apify](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/x402).

### Related scrapers

Need data from the same space? Here are other scrapers we build and maintain:

- [LinkedIn Job Listings Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/linkedin-jobs-scraper): Extract public LinkedIn job postings by keyword and location worldwide. Scrape job title, company...
- [Computrabajo Job Listings Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/computrabajo-scraper): Extract job listings from Computrabajo across 19 LATAM countries. Scrape titles, companies...
- [Workable Job Listings Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/workable-scraper): Extract public job listings from any Workable-hosted company careers board by account name or board...
- [Talent.com Job Listings Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/talent-jobs-scraper): Extract public Talent.com job listings by keyword, location and country: title, company, salary...
- [GetOnBrd Tech Jobs & Salary Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/getonbrd-scraper): Extract LATAM tech jobs and salary data from GetOnBrd. Scrape job title, company, category...
- [Dice Tech Job Listings Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat/dice-jobs-scraper): Extract public Dice.com tech job postings by keyword and location: title, company, location...

### More scrapers at scrapers.lat

This actor is built and maintained by [scrapers.lat](https://scrapers.lat), where we publish scrapers for Latin American and US public platforms: real estate, jobs, e-commerce, company registries and government data. Browse the full catalog, see live sample output for each one, or ask us for a custom scraper at [scrapers.lat](https://scrapers.lat).

***

> This actor is an independent tool and has no affiliation with elempleo.com. It only accesses data that is publicly available on the platform. Use it in accordance with elempleo.com's terms of service.

# Actor input Schema

## `maxJobs` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of job listings to collect. Optional.

## `withDetails` (type: `boolean`):

When enabled, the actor opens each job page to add description, requirements, education, experience, and company profile. This is slower and makes one request per job.

## `startUrl` (type: `string`):

An elempleo.com job search or listing URL to scrape, for example https://www.elempleo.com/co/ofertas-empleo/ or a URL with filters applied on the site (city, keyword, etc.). Paste the resulting URL after filtering. Pagination is followed automatically.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxJobs": 10,
  "withDetails": true,
  "startUrl": "https://www.elempleo.com/co/ofertas-empleo/"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "maxJobs": 10,
    "startUrl": "https://www.elempleo.com/co/ofertas-empleo/"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapers_lat/elempleo-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "maxJobs": 10,
    "startUrl": "https://www.elempleo.com/co/ofertas-empleo/",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapers_lat/elempleo-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "maxJobs": 10,
  "startUrl": "https://www.elempleo.com/co/ofertas-empleo/"
}' |
apify call scrapers_lat/elempleo-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=scrapers_lat/elempleo-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/VQgP2SkLQfe17Dz0H/builds/8MREvQolfRFQwy1yy/openapi.json