# US Labor Market Snapshot

> US Labor Market Snapshot is a paid API for AI agents from www.x402financialdata.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-11).

Returns a consolidated US labor market snapshot from FRED including nonfarm payrolls, JOLTS job openings, average hourly earnings YoY, and labor force participation rate in a single call.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://www.x402financialdata.com/labor-market?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-11
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/us-labor-market-snapshot-964bff99
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_AKF1CkUFd6PhGnG2LL2jL

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 us-labor-market-snapshot-964bff99
```

Example prompt: Give me the latest US labor market snapshot — nonfarm payrolls with the month-over-month change, JOLTS job openings, average hourly earnings growth year over year, and labor force participation rate, all in one shot.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a comprehensive, multi-indicator US labor market snapshot in a single API call instead of querying 4 separate FRED series. Ideal for macro dashboards, economic briefings, and Fed policy research. Use /jobless-claims for higher-frequency weekly initial and continuing claims data instead.

## Known failure modes

- FRED upstream unavailability causing stale or missing data
- Payment failure (402) if USDC payment of $0.01 is not attached
- Rate limiting if too many calls are made in quick succession
- Partial data if one or more FRED series is temporarily unavailable

## How this service works

US labor market snapshot in one call, live from FRED: nonfarm payrolls (level + MoM change), JOLTS job openings, average hourly earnings (YoY), and labor force participation rate -- the monthly labor picture that complements /jobless-claims' weekly initial/continuing claims. Replaces 4 separate FRED series lookups. Not ticker-specific. $0.01/call.

## Output

Returns a single JSON object with the latest values for: nonfarm payrolls (absolute level and month-over-month change), JOLTS job openings, average hourly earnings year-over-year percentage change, and labor force participation rate — all sourced live from FRED series.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
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 ],
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   "required": [
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    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
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   "required": [
    "type"
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   "properties": {
    "type": {
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    },
    "example": {
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    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/us-labor-market-snapshot-964bff99/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from www.x402financialdata.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/www.x402financialdata.com/llms.txt)