---
title: "US labor-market turnover from the BLS JOLTS survey (total..."
method: GET
path: "/api/labor/openings"
tags: ["labor"]
---

# US labor-market turnover from the BLS JOLTS survey (total...

`GET /api/labor/openings`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://2s.io`
- URL: `https://2s.io/api/labor/openings`
- Auth: API key in header `PAYMENT-SIGNATURE`

US labor-market turnover from the BLS JOLTS survey (total nonfarm, national), monthly, newest first. Pass measure = openings (default), hires, quits, layoffs, or separations. Returns the level in thousands per month for a trailing window. Public-domain, live-wrap. The standard signal for labor-market tightness (job openings) and worker confidence (the quits rate) — fresh macro data agents can't recite.

## Query parameters

- `measure` 'openings' | 'hires' | 'quits' | 'layoffs' | 'separations'
- `months` integer
- `trial` 1

## Other responses

- `200` (unresolved $ref)
- `400`: Invalid request — not charged. error.code: BAD_REQUEST or INVALID_PARAM (parameter validation; error.details.issues lists each problem), MALFORMED_JSON, or a request-specific code. Other client errors: 405 METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED (wrong verb; see the Allow header), 413 PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE.
- `402`: Payment required. Body is the x402 PaymentRequirements envelope with a multi-network accepts array; the per-call price is in accepts[].amount (and on the operation as x-2s-price). Sign for whichever rail you hold USDC on (EIP-3009 for Base, partial SPL transfer for Solana) and retry with the PAYMENT-SIGNATURE header (X-PAYMENT also accepted for v1 clients). Also PAYMENT_SETTLE_FAILED (error envelope) when a verified payment failed to settle: error.details.chargeStatus is "not_charged" (retry with a fresh payment) or "unknown" (the authorization may still settle before its deadline — check it before retrying).
- `404`: Not found — NOT_FOUND (or NO_SOURCES / NO_OPINIONS): the requested entity does not exist. Not charged.
- `429`: Too many requests — RATE_LIMITED: our per-IP / per-payer limiter. Not charged; retry after Retry-After.
- `5XX`: Server-side failure. 500 INTERNAL: unexpected error; quote error.errorId (also the X-2s-Error-Id header). 502 UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE (or another UPSTREAM_* code): the data provider failed — composite endpoints refuse unbilled when every source fails. 503 SERVICE_PAUSED: endpoint paused by the operator kill switch, retry after Retry-After; 503 SPEND_CAP: daily upstream budget exhausted. 504 UPSTREAM_TIMEOUT. Not charged.

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