---
title: "Local Wages (Jobs and Pay)"
method: GET
path: "/local-wages"
tags: ["Local Economy"]
---

# Local Wages (Jobs and Pay)

`GET /local-wages`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.dataporium.io`
- URL: `https://api.dataporium.io/local-wages`
- Auth: API key in query parameter `apikey`

Quarterly business locations (establishments), jobs and pay for the US, every state, metro area and county since 2015: total pay, average weekly pay, the change from a year earlier, and private-sector jobs and pay. Covers all jobs that pay into unemployment insurance.

The answer is {total, limit, offset, sort, order, as_of, rows, about}; as_of is the newest quarter, e.g. 2026-Q1.

## Query parameters

- `area_type` string
- `state` string
- `county` string
- `county_fips` string
- `metro` string
- `metro_code` string
- `area_code` string
- `year` integer
- `quarter` integer
- `latest` boolean
- `sort` string
- `order` string
- `limit` integer
- `offset` integer

## Response `200`

Successful response (JSON).

- object

## Other responses

- `401`: No API key in the request.
- `403`: The API key is not valid or has expired.

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