# GlobalAPI US Unemployment Rate

> GlobalAPI US Unemployment Rate is a paid API for AI agents from globalapi.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-16).

Returns current US unemployment rate and related economic indicators via a pay-per-call model using x402 micropayments

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://globalapi.dev/us/unemployment
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-16
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/globalapi-us-unemployment-rate-d79feb75
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_KuBtQfNWrq2zmRYsIQfQa

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 globalapi-us-unemployment-rate-d79feb75
```

Example prompt: What's the current US unemployment rate? Pull it from GlobalAPI — I'm okay with a small per-call micropayment.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need current US unemployment data on a pay-per-call basis with no API key or subscription required. Ideal for agents that need occasional or one-off access to US labor market figures without committing to a recurring plan. Best when the agent already supports x402 micropayment flows.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not provided or insufficient USDC — HTTP 402 returned requiring payment
- Invalid or malformed request path — HTTP 400 or 404
- Data source temporarily unavailable — HTTP 503 or timeout
- Rate limiter triggered if payment processing fails repeatedly
- Empty or stale data if upstream BLS or data provider feed is delayed

## How this service works

GlobalAPI x402 provides machine-ready access to live economic indicators, company registries, and sanctions screening. $0.002–$0.10 USDC per call. No subscriptions. No API keys.

## Output

Returns the current US unemployment rate figure (and potentially related labor market metrics such as month, year, and data source), drawn from live economic data sources, delivered as a JSON payload after a successful x402 USDC micropayment of $0.005.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/globalapi-us-unemployment-rate-d79feb75/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from globalapi.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/globalapi.dev/llms.txt)