---
title: "US labor market history for one series: nonfarm payrolls, unemployment rate, participation, hourly earnings, JOLTS job openings, hires, quits, and weekly jobless claims, with period-over-period and year-over-year changes."
method: GET
path: "/financial-datasets/macro/labor"
tags: ["Financial Datasets"]
---

# US labor market history for one series: nonfarm payrolls, unemployment rate, participation, hourly earnings, JOLTS job openings, hires, quits, and weekly jobless claims, with period-over-period and year-over-year changes.

`GET /financial-datasets/macro/labor`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.orthogonal.com/mpp`
- URL: `https://api.orthogonal.com/mpp/financial-datasets/macro/labor`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/orthogonal/apis/orthogonal-api-marketplace/docs/financial-datasets/macro/labor/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Query parameters

- `series` string, required
- `start_date` string
- `end_date` string
- `cursor` string

## Response `200`

Successful response

## Other responses

- `402`: Payment Required (x402 / MPP / np)

## Changes

- **2026-11-08** `857e915717f4`: 1 breaking, 3 info
  - added the new required `query` request parameter `series`
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `cursor`
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `end_date`
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `start_date`
- **2026-09-26** `4d5d2c85d24e`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/orthogonal/apis/orthogonal-api-marketplace/changes/financial-datasets/macro/labor/get.md)

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