# latamref.dev Minimum Wage Lookup

> latamref.dev Minimum Wage Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from latamref.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns the current statutory minimum wage for a specified Latin American country, including the effective date, unit, source, and staleness flag.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://latamref.dev/v1/answers/wage-check
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/latamref-dev-minimum-wage-lookup-eb753697
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_sYh2iVtkoNua70Brfgik2

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 latamref-dev-minimum-wage-lookup-eb753697 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What is the current statutory minimum wage in Mexico? I need the official figure with the effective date and the government source it came from.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need official, sourced minimum wage figures for Latin American countries and want a lightweight, pay-per-call lookup without maintaining your own data pipeline. Prefer this over general web search when you need structured, machine-readable data with provenance and staleness signals for compliance, payroll, or economic research workflows.

## Known failure modes

- Unsupported country code (not in enum) returns a 4xx error — only ar, br, cl, co, cr, do, ec, gt, mx, pe, py, uy are supported
- Stale flag set to true if government has not confirmed the figure within the expected update cycle — data may be outdated
- Missing required path parameters (country or series) returns a validation error
- Payment not included or insufficient USDC results in 402 Payment Required response
- Network timeout or upstream data source unavailability returns 5xx error

## How this service works

Is this salary at or above the statutory minimum wage? Verdict + margin + instrument

## Output

A JSON object containing the country code, series identifier ('minimum-wage'), the current minimum wage value (numeric), the unit (e.g. MXN/month), the effective_from date, last_confirmed date, a staleness boolean indicating whether the data may be past its expected update cycle, and a source object with the name and URL of the official government reference.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/latamref-dev-minimum-wage-lookup-eb753697/health.json
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