# JobLockHQ Hiring + Permit Work Signal

> JobLockHQ Hiring + Permit Work Signal is a paid API for AI agents from api.joblockhq.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-29).

Returns combined hiring activity and building permit data for a given municipality to signal construction/trade work demand in that area.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.joblockhq.com/joblock/hiring-permit-signal?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-29
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/joblockhq-hiring-permit-work-signal-792adc9f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_6mu9PUm0b2xie-FLNUsxf

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 joblockhq-hiring-permit-work-signal-792adc9f
```

Example prompt: Pull the JobLockHQ hiring and permit work signal for Seattle, WA, US over the last 30 days and tell me which employers are actively hiring and how much permit valuation is on record.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a combined, observable market signal based on both job postings and building permit filings in a specific municipality — particularly for construction, trades, or real estate due diligence. Prefer this over generic job search APIs when you need the permit-plus-hiring correlation specifically, or over raw permit APIs when you also want employer-level hiring context. Best suited for hyperlocal, municipality-level queries rather than national or ZIP-code-level lookups.

## Known failure modes

- No hiring or permit data available for the requested municipality — returns empty jobs/events arrays
- Invalid or unrecognized municipality/state combination returns an error or empty result
- Stale freshness timestamp if upstream permit or hiring data sources have not been recently updated
- Overly broad or missing geographic parameters may return ambiguous or no results

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## Output

Returns a JSON object containing: a list of active hiring employers and open trades job count, permit events with total reported valuation and currency, a signal strength rating (e.g. MEDIUM) with methodology note, a freshness timestamp for when hiring data was retrieved, and metadata identifying the machine/capability version used.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "query": {
   "days": 30,
   "country": "US",
   "municipality": "Seattle",
   "state_or_province": "WA"
  },
  "hiring": {
   "jobs": [],
   "employers": [
    "DPR Construction"
   ],
   "open_trades_jobs": 1
  },
  "signal": {
   "method": "Hiring and permits are independent observable signals; no synthetic score is manufactured.",
   "strength": "MEDIUM"
  },
  "machine": {
   "id": "M004",
   "name": "JobLock Hiring + Permit Work Signal",
   "version": "1.0.0"
  },
  "permits": {
   "events": [],
   "currency": "USD",
   "returned": 1,
   "total_reported_valuation": 500000
  },
  "freshness": {
   "hiring_retrieved_at": "2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z"
  },
  "capability": "combined_hiring_permit_work_signal",
  "crossovers": []
 }
}
```

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