# StationFX Job Openings to Unemployed Ratio > StationFX Job Openings to Unemployed Ratio is a paid API for AI agents from stationfx.com, paid per call via x402, $0.008/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-02). Returns the pre-computed monthly ratio of JOLTS job openings to BLS unemployed persons, with derived statistics, indicating labor market tightness over time. ## Facts - Endpoint: GET https://stationfx.com/economic-data/cross-signal/job-openings-to-unemployed-ratio?utm_source=zero.xyz - Price: $0.008/call - Payment: x402 - Status: unknown - Last checked: 2026-10-02 - Activations on Zero: 0 - Tags: x402 - Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/stationfx-job-openings-to-unemployed-ratio-1c26821a - Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_RrEHH60V5mXrg5Ir6tQD9 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 stationfx-job-openings-to-unemployed-ratio-1c26821a ``` Example prompt: Pull the StationFX job openings to unemployed ratio for the last 12 months in JSON format so I can see whether the labor market has been tightening or loosening recently. ## When to prefer this Choose this endpoint when you need a pre-computed, directly comparable labor market tightness ratio rather than raw JOLTS job openings or BLS unemployment counts separately. Ideal for macro dashboards, Fed policy analysis, recession monitoring, or any use case requiring a normalized cross-signal that spans multiple economic cycles without manual computation. ## Known failure modes - Invalid date format returns an error — dates must be YYYY-MM-DD - Requesting future dates beyond the latest available monthly release returns empty or partial data - Unsupported fmt value (not 'json' or 'toon') may return an error or default behavior - Payment failure (x402) if USDC balance is insufficient — returns 402 status - Very narrow date ranges may return only one or zero observations ## How this service works JOLTS job openings divided by BLS unemployed persons count. Above 1.0 means more open jobs than unemployed workers — historically tight labor market. Below 1.0 signals loosening. Peaked above 2.0 in 2022. Pre-computed monthly, directly comparable across cycles. ## Output Returns a time-series array of monthly observations, each containing the raw ratio value, month-over-month and year-over-year absolute and percent changes, 12-month and 5-year z-scores, 5-year percentile rank, 3-month and 12-month rolling averages, and an above-trend flag. Data is pre-computed and directly comparable across business cycles. ## Request schema (JSON Schema) ```json { "type": "object", "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema", "required": [ "input" ], "properties": { "input": { "type": "object", "required": [ "type", "method" ], "properties": { "type": { "type": "string", "const": "http", "description": "Always \"http\" for HTTP endpoints" }, "method": { "enum": [ "GET", "HEAD", "DELETE" ], "type": "string", "description": "HTTP method. Always GET for StationFX query endpoints" }, "queryParams": { "type": "object", "properties": { "fmt": { "enum": [ "json", "toon" ], "type": "string", "description": "Response format. Use toon for compact agent-friendly output." }, "fields": { "type": "string", "description": "Comma-separated metric names" }, "date_to": { "type": "string", "description": "End date YYYY-MM-DD" }, "date_from": { "type": "string", "description": "Start date YYYY-MM-DD" } } } }, "additionalProperties": false }, "output": { "type": "object", "required": [ "type" ], "properties": { "type": { "type": "string", "description": "Response format. Always \"json\" (or \"toon\" if fmt=toon was requested)" }, "example": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "date": { "type": "string", "description": "Observation date YYYY-MM-DD" }, "value": { "type": "number", "description": "Raw observed value in series units" }, "mom_pct": { "type": "number", "description": "Month-over-month % change" }, "yoy_pct": { "type": "number", "description": "Year-over-year % change" }, "zscore_5y": { "type": "number", "description": "Z-score relative to trailing 5 years" }, "mom_change": { "type": "number", "description": "Month-over-month absolute change" }, "yoy_change": { "type": "number", "description": "Year-over-year absolute change" }, "zscore_12m": { "type": "number", "description": "Z-score relative to trailing 12 … (truncated) ``` ## Response schema (JSON Schema) ```json { "type": "json", "schema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "date": { "type": "string", "description": "Observation date YYYY-MM-DD" }, "value": { "type": "number", "description": "Raw observed value in series units" }, "mom_pct": { "type": "number", "description": "Month-over-month % change" }, "yoy_pct": { "type": "number", "description": "Year-over-year % change" }, "zscore_5y": { "type": "number", "description": "Z-score relative to trailing 5 years" }, "mom_change": { "type": "number", "description": "Month-over-month absolute change" }, "yoy_change": { "type": "number", "description": "Year-over-year absolute change" }, "zscore_12m": { "type": "number", "description": "Z-score relative to trailing 12 months" }, "above_trend": { "type": "integer", "description": "1 if value is above long-run trend, else 0" }, "pct_rank_5y": { "type": "number", "description": "Percentile rank over trailing 5 years (0-100)" }, "rolling_3m_avg": { "type": "number", "description": "3-month rolling average" }, "rolling_12m_avg": { "type": "number", "description": "12-month rolling average" }, "trend_direction": { "type": "integer", "description": "Trend: 1 rising, -1 falling, 0 flat" } } }, "description": "Observations ordered by date ascending" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "description": "Series metadata: source_key (FRED series ID), units, frequency (D/W/M/Q/A), date_from, date_to, fields" } }, "description": "Station f(x) response with metadata and pre-computed derived metrics" }, "example": { "data": [ { "date": "2024-01-01", "value": 5.33, "mom_pct": 0, "yoy_change": 0.5, "zscore_12m": 1.2, "trend_direction": 1 } ], "meta": { "frequency": "M", "source_key": "SERIES_ID" } } } ``` ## More - Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/stationfx-job-openings-to-unemployed-ratio-1c26821a/health.json - [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt) - [Other services from stationfx.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/stationfx.com/llms.txt)