# US Wage & Labor Rate Lookup by Location

> US Wage & Labor Rate Lookup by Location is a paid API for AI agents from x402helper.xyz, paid per call via x402, $0.006/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-31).

Returns wage and labor rate data for a specified US city, metro area, county, or state via micropayment-gated API.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402helper.xyz/89e509/wage/areas?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.006/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-31
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/us-wage-labor-rate-lookup-by-location-00b54f9f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_d4bA_HfA6mkMMwhROSkvG

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-wage-labor-rate-lookup-by-location-00b54f9f
```

Example prompt: What are the prevailing wage rates for the Dallas metro area in Texas?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need US prevailing wage or labor rate data scoped to a specific geographic area — city, metro/MSA, county, or state — and are operating in an x402-compatible micropayment environment. Best suited for compliance, payroll benchmarking, or cost estimation workflows where per-query pricing is acceptable.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or invalid location parameters returns an empty or error result
- Unrecognized state abbreviation or county name may return no data
- Payment failure (insufficient USDC) blocks access with a 402 response
- Ambiguous location name without state qualifier may return incorrect area data

## How this service works

X402 micropayments server — AI agents pay USDC for OFAC screening, rates, and billing verification.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with wage and labor rate data for the requested US location (city, MSA, county, or state), including a success flag and a result object containing area-specific wage figures.

## 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"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [],
     "properties": {
      "msa": {
       "type": "string",
       "default": null,
       "description": "Metro-area name (alias of location)"
      },
      "state": {
       "type": "string",
       "default": null,
       "examples": [
        "TX",
        "CA"
       ],
       "description": "Two-letter US state"
      },
      "county": {
       "type": "string",
       "default": null,
       "description": "County name (with state)"
      },
      "location": {
       "type": "string",
       "default": null,
       "description": "City or metro-area name"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "result": {},
  "success": true
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/us-wage-labor-rate-lookup-by-location-00b54f9f/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402helper.xyz](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402helper.xyz/llms.txt)