# BLS U.S. Labor Market Data API

> BLS U.S. Labor Market Data API is a paid API for AI agents from econ.memoryapi.org, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns current U.S. labor market statistics from BLS including unemployment rate, nonfarm payrolls, job openings, quits rate, and wages.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://econ.memoryapi.org/x402/econ/jobs
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
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- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_a86X0635lgbZIburJfwL_

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability econ-memoryapi-org-392cf87a
```

Example prompt: What does the latest U.S. jobs report show — give me the unemployment rate, nonfarm payrolls, job openings, quits rate, and wage growth as of the most recent BLS release.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need official, authoritative U.S. labor market statistics directly sourced from BLS — especially unemployment rate, nonfarm payrolls, job openings, quits rate, and wages — in a single convenient call without scraping BLS directly. Prefer over generic FRED endpoints when you specifically need employment-focused BLS indicators rather than broader macroeconomic data.

## Known failure modes

- HTTP 402 Payment Required if x402 payment not provided
- Stale data if BLS has not yet released the latest report
- Network timeout or upstream BLS data unavailability
- Malformed response if BLS source data feed is delayed or incomplete

## How this service works

x402-powered economic data API. CPI inflation, labor market, GDP, Treasury yields, and energy prices. Pay per query in USDC on Base mainnet.

## Output

Returns current U.S. labor market data sourced from BLS: unemployment rate, nonfarm payroll additions, job openings count, quits rate, and average wage figures, likely as a structured JSON object with labeled fields and possibly timestamp/period metadata.

## Example request

```json
{
 "series": "wti_crude"
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "example": {
  "series": "unemployment_rate",
  "success": true,
  "mom_change": -0.1,
  "yoy_change": 0.3,
  "latest_value": 4.1,
  "latest_period": "April 2026"
 }
}
```

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