# Mercury402 Labor Market Composite Dashboard

> Mercury402 Labor Market Composite Dashboard is a paid API for AI agents from api.mercury402.com, paid per call via x402, $0.4/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns a composite snapshot of current U.S. labor market conditions including the unemployment rate and related macro indicators.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.mercury402.com/v1/composite/labor-market
- Price: $0.4/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/mercury402-labor-market-composite-dashboard-3733797f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_CycG5Uv4N6z2jCCImHxeG

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 mercury402-labor-market-composite-dashboard-3733797f
```

Example prompt: What does the current U.S. labor market look like? Pull the latest composite snapshot — unemployment rate and any other available labor indicators — so I can assess macro conditions right now.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a single, pre-aggregated composite view of U.S. labor market conditions — particularly the unemployment rate — without having to call FRED directly. Best for autonomous agents that need quick macro context for economic analysis, portfolio decisions, or dashboard updates, and are set up to pay per-call in USDC on Base via x402.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not received or USDC transaction on Base fails — 402 response returned
- Data source (FRED/BLS) temporarily unavailable — upstream error
- Stale data if underlying source has not published latest release
- No input parameters accepted — schema is minimal and may not support filtering

## How this service works

76 live pay-per-call financial data APIs for AI agents. Treasury, FRED, forex, spreads, breakeven inflation, macro bundles, and composite dashboards. USDC on Base.

## Output

A JSON object with a timestamp and composite labor market data including the current U.S. unemployment rate (e.g. 3.7%) and potentially additional employment indicators, sourced from FRED or BLS data.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "timestamp": "2026-03-11T01:00:00Z",
  "unemployment_rate": {
   "value": 3.7
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/mercury402-labor-market-composite-dashboard-3733797f/health.json
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