---
title: "Retrieve a summary of an individual's employment information"
method: POST
path: "/credit/employment/get"
tags: ["plaid"]
---

# Retrieve a summary of an individual's employment information

`POST /credit/employment/get`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://production.plaid.com`
- URL: `https://production.plaid.com/credit/employment/get`
- Auth: API key in header `PLAID-CLIENT-ID` and API key in header `PLAID-SECRET` and API key in header `Plaid-Version`

`/credit/employment/get` returns a list of items with employment information from a user's payroll provider that was verified by an end user.

## Request body

- CreditEmploymentGetRequest: CreditEmploymentGetRequest defines the request schema for `/credit/employment/get`.
  - `client_id` string: Your Plaid API `client_id`. The `client_id` is required and may be provided either in the `PLAID-CLIENT-ID` header or as part of a request body.
  - `secret` string: Your Plaid API `secret`. The `secret` is required and may be provided either in the `PLAID-SECRET` header or as part of a request body.
  - `user_token` string: The user token associated with the user for which data is being requested. This field is used only by customers with pre-existing integrations that already use the `user_token` field. All other customers should use the `user_id` instead. For more details, see [New User APIs](https://plaid.com/docs/api/users/user-apis).
  - `user_id` string: A unique user identifier, created by `/user/create`. Integrations that began using `/user/create` after December 10, 2025 use this field to identify a user instead of the `user_token`. For more details, see [New User APIs](https://plaid.com/docs/api/users/user-apis).

## Response `200`

OK

- CreditEmploymentGetResponse: CreditEmploymentGetResponse defines the response schema for `/credit/employment/get`.
  - `items` CreditEmploymentItem[], required: Array of employment items.
    - `item_id` string, required: The `item_id` of the Item associated with this webhook, warning, or error
    - `employments` CreditEmploymentVerification[], required
      - `account_id` string, nullable, required: ID of the payroll provider account.
      - `status` string, nullable, required: Current employment status.
      - `start_date` string, date, nullable, required: Start of employment in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD).
      - `end_date` string, date, nullable, required: End of employment, if applicable. Provided in ISO 8601 format (YYY-MM-DD).
      - `employer` CreditEmployerVerification, required: An object containing employer data.
        - `name` string, nullable, required: Name of employer.
      - `title` string, nullable, required: Current title of employee.
      - `platform_ids` CreditPlatformIds, required: The object containing a set of ids related to an employee.
        - `employee_id` string, nullable, required: The ID of an employee as given by their employer.
        - `payroll_id` string, nullable, required: The ID of an employee as given by their payroll.
        - `position_id` string, nullable, required: The ID of the position of the employee.
      - `employee_type` string, nullable, required: The type of employment for the individual. `"FULL_TIME"`: A full-time employee. `"PART_TIME"`: A part-time employee. `"CONTRACTOR"`: An employee typically hired externally through a contracting group. `"TEMPORARY"`: A temporary employee. `"OTHER"`: The employee type is not one of the above defined types.
      - `last_paystub_date` string, date, nullable, required: The date of the employee's most recent paystub in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD).
    - `employment_report_token` string: Token to represent the underlying Employment data
  - `request_id` string, required: A unique identifier for the request, which can be used for troubleshooting. This identifier, like all Plaid identifiers, is case sensitive.

## Other responses

- `default`: Error response

## Changes

- **2026-10-15** `ea443cd78f6f`: 2 warning
  - added the new `CRA_PARTNER_INSIGHTS_ERROR` enum value to the `error_type` response property for the response status `default`
  - added the new `CRA_REPORT_ERROR` enum value to the `error_type` response property for the response status `default`
- **2026-08-17** `e536704a333f`: 2 info
  - added the new optional request property `user_id`
  - the request property `user_token` became optional
- **2026-07-22** `a1bbca018160`: 13 warning
  - added the new `ASSETS_ERROR` enum value to the `error_type` response property for the response status `default`
  - added the new `CRA_MONITORING_ERROR` enum value to the `error_type` response property for the response status `default`
  - added the new `CREDIT_PROFILE_REPORT_ERROR` enum value to the `error_type` response property for the response status `default`
  - added the new `ENCOMPASS_ERROR` enum value to the `error_type` response property for the response status `default`
  - …9 more
- **2026-06-25** `80d23bfdc2e5`: 1 warning
  - added the new `IDEMPOTENCY_ERROR` enum value to the `error_type` response property for the response status `default`
- **2026-06-10** `fb8c3f188d8b`: 1 warning
  - added the new `BASE_REPORT_ERROR` enum value to the `error_type` response property for the response status `default`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/plaid/apis/the-plaid-api/changes/credit/employment/get/post.md)

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