# Financial Data x402 – Labor Market

> Financial Data x402 – Labor Market is a paid API for AI agents from x402financialdata.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns current U.S. labor market data including nonfarm payrolls, job openings (JOLTS), average hourly earnings, and labor force participation rate via pay-per-call x402 protocol.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402financialdata.com/labor-market
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/financial-data-x402-labor-market-bfd87d25
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_o4HQDuKqga8bjRkYMJrjo

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 financial-data-x402-labor-market-bfd87d25
```

Example prompt: What does the U.S. labor market look like right now — give me nonfarm payrolls, job openings, average hourly earnings, and the labor force participation rate with their latest changes.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a quick, structured snapshot of core U.S. labor market indicators (payrolls, JOLTS, wages, participation rate) without maintaining a subscription or API key. Ideal for agents making one-off or infrequent macro data calls where pay-per-call USDC micropayments are more practical than a recurring subscription. Prefer over broader economic data APIs when you specifically need BLS-sourced employment metrics in a single consolidated response.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not received or insufficient USDC balance — 402 Payment Required response
- Upstream BLS data not yet published — series may appear in failed_series array
- Network timeout or service unavailability — standard HTTP 5xx error
- Malformed request — 400 Bad Request if query parameters are invalid

## How this service works

Pay-per-call stock, macro, on-chain, and crypto data over the x402 protocol. USDC on Base or Solana, no API keys, no subscriptions.

## Output

A JSON object containing the as-of date, plus structured entries for average hourly earnings (USD), nonfarm payrolls (thousands), JOLTS job openings (thousands), and labor force participation rate. Each series includes the latest value, its reference date, and numeric change plus percent change vs the prior comparable period. Failed series (if any) are listed separately.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "as_of": "2026-07-31",
  "failed_series": [],
  "avg_hourly_earnings_usd": {
   "date": "2026-06-01",
   "value": 37.64,
   "change": 1.36,
   "change_pct": 3.7466,
   "compared_to_date": "2025-06-01"
  },
  "nonfarm_payrolls_thousands": {
   "date": "2026-06-01",
   "value": 158984,
   "change": 57,
   "change_pct": 0.0359,
   "compared_to_date": "2026-05-01"
  },
  "jolts_job_openings_thousands": {
   "date": "2026-05-01",
   "value": 7594,
   "change": 9,
   "change_pct": 0.1187,
   "compared_to_date": "2026-04-01"
  },
  "labor_force_participation_rate_pct": {
   "date": "2026-06-01",
   "value": 61.5
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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