# Labor Market Indicators

> Labor Market Indicators is a paid API for AI agents from x402-stock-indicators.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns key US labor market metrics including average hourly earnings, nonfarm payrolls, JOLTS job openings, and labor force participation rate from FRED.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402-stock-indicators.vercel.app/labor-market
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/labor-market-indicators-87db6220
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_utkNr-Sl_tXrZyjLc3UQI

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## 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 labor-market-indicators-87db6220
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the latest US labor market snapshot — nonfarm payrolls, average hourly earnings, JOLTS job openings, and labor force participation rate?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a comprehensive, multi-series US labor market snapshot in a single call without an API key or subscription. Prefer this over direct FRED API access when you want a pay-per-use model (no monthly commitment), or when you need nonfarm payrolls, hourly earnings, JOLTS, and participation rate all aggregated together in one response.

## Known failure modes

- FRED API unavailability causing one or more series to appear in failed_series
- Stale data if FRED has not yet published the latest release
- HTTP 402 if x402 payment is not correctly submitted
- No input parameters accepted — any malformed request structure is ignored

## How this service works

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## Output

A JSON object with as_of date, average hourly earnings in USD (with year-over-year change and percent change), nonfarm payrolls in thousands (with month-over-month change), JOLTS job openings in thousands (with change), and labor force participation rate percentage. Any series that failed to load is listed in failed_series.

## 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
  }
 }
}
```

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