---
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`

`/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, required — 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).

## 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

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/plaid/apis/the-plaid-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/plaid/apis/the-plaid-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/plaid/the-plaid-api/versions/64c4514ea59b/schema)