# Get The Work Number verifications into your own systems

> Read a completed verification from My Orders with one API call: employer, Employment Status, job title, start dates and the Annual Income Summary. A workflow can copy each new report into your loan or screening system every evening.

Page: https://fous.com/automate/the-work-number
Updated: 2026-11-12

Works with your own The Work Number account. Fous is an independent product.

## What you can build on The Work Number

### Get a verification report

Opens one order in My Orders and reads the report: Order Details, the employer block, Employment Status, Annual Income Summary and Payroll & Salary Details.

- Takes: Order ID or tracking number
- Returns: Order ID, tracking number, employer, verified on, current as of, employment status, job title, start and hire dates, total time with employer, income by year, pay rate, pay frequency

### List my orders

Reads the orders listed in My Orders, with each order's details and whether a report is there to open.

- Takes: Ordered since (optional)
- Returns: Order ID, tracking number, inquiry date, inquiry type, permissible purpose, report ready

### Order a verification

Places a new order in the verifier portal for one person, with the verification type and permissible purpose you choose, and reads back the result.

- Takes: SSN, verification type, permissible purpose, tracking number
- Returns: Order ID, tracking number, records found, employer, employment status

## Automate The Work Number with a workflow

A [workflow](/product/workflows) runs your methods as one process, with nobody at the screen. A schedule or a call from your own system starts it, the steps run in order, and the result arrives in your inbox or in the systems you already use.

### Each day's verification reports, copied to your system

Starts: Every weekday at 18:00

1. List the orders in My Orders placed since yesterday.
2. Keep the orders that were not there on the last run.
3. Get the verification report for each of them.
4. Post Order ID, tracking number, employer, employment status and income by year to your loan or screening system's webhook.

### Researched verifications, emailed when the report is ready

Starts: Every hour

1. List the orders in My Orders and keep those whose report became ready since the last run.
2. Stop when there are none.
3. Get each report and email you the tracking number, employer and employment status.

You can run a workflow by hand on every plan, Free included. Schedules and webhook triggers come with the paid plans, from $29 a month.

## Once built, one call from your code

Once you have built a [method](/product/methods), it is one POST to /v1/runs from your backend, or a tool an AI agent calls over MCP. This is what “Get a verification report” would look like.

Example request:

```
curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "method": "secure1.verifier.theworknumber.com/get_verification_report",
    "input": {
      "tracking_number": "LN-20418"
    }
  }'
```

Example response:

```
{
  "status": "completed",
  "data": {
    "order_id": "4821093316572045",
    "tracking_number": "LN-20418",
    "employer": "Northwind Traders",
    "verified_on": "2026-11-12",
    "current_as_of": "2026-10-31",
    "employment_status": "Active",
    "job_title": "WAREHOUSE LEAD",
    "most_recent_start_date": "2021-03-15",
    "original_hire_date": "2019-06-03",
    "total_time_with_employer": "5 Yrs 7 Months",
    "annual_income": [
      {
        "year": 2026,
        "base_salary": 48210,
        "overtime": 1312.5,
        "total": 49522.5
      }
    ],
    "pay_rate": 26.75,
    "pay_frequency": "Hourly"
  }
}
```

An example with invented data, not a ready-made endpoint. The method exists in your organization once you build it, and its name, inputs and fields follow your request.

## The Work Number’s own options

Equifax offers The Work Number to credentialed verifiers with a permissible purpose, through the web portal, more than 60 technology partners and its own developer API, whose reference is shown after sign-in. Pay As You Go is for 250 applicants a year or fewer, billed per order, without integrations or batch processing. Enterprise contracts add both.

| Option | What it covers | What it takes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Equifax developer API | Ordering verifications from your own software, for high volumes. | Credentialed verifier status and a permissible purpose. The API reference is on developer.equifax.com after sign-in. |
| Technology partner integrations | Prebuilt connections to The Work Number from more than 60 technology providers. | An Enterprise contract, with prices that vary by contract and billing by invoice. |
| Batch processing | Many verifications ordered together, with a dedicated account manager. | An Enterprise contract, for more than 250 applicants a year. |
| The verifier portal by hand | Ordering one verification at a time and opening reports in My Orders. | A credentialed account per user. Pay As You Go is billed per order, from $73.45 for some reports. |

Read on November 12, 2026: [The Work Number for verifiers](https://theworknumber.com/verifiers/), [The Work Number pricing](https://theworknumber.com/pricing), [Equifax VOE/I on the developer portal](https://developer.equifax.com/node/127347).

## Signing in to The Work Number

The verifier portal asks for your username and password. When multi-factor authentication is on, each credentialed user gets a one-time passcode at every login, sent to a trusted email address. With Fous you sign in once through the portal's own sign-in with your own account: the login is sealed with AES-256, the emailed code is handled, and an expired session is signed back in.

## Worth knowing

- **Pay As You Go orders stay seven days**: On Pay As You Go, orders sit in My Orders for seven days. After that you need Audit a Verification, which is not a receipt and has a fee, so copy each report out while it is there.
- **Not every record is instant**: An instant request can return no records when the employer does not contribute data. Manual (researched) verification is only for contracted accounts: you get an email, then the report is in My Orders.
- **One account per user, after credentialing**: Each user needs their own account, and you register and complete credentialing before your first order. Every verification request carries a permissible purpose under the FCRA.
- **Two dates on every report**: A report shows Verified On, the day of your order, and a separate Current As Of date for the employer's data. Keep both with the result.

## More in HR: payroll, hiring and screening

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- [Indeed for Employers](https://fous.com/automate/indeed-for-employers.md)
- [SEEK Employer](https://fous.com/automate/seek-employer.md)
- [Paychex Flex](https://fous.com/automate/paychex-flex.md)
- [Paycom](https://fous.com/automate/paycom.md)
- [Paylocity](https://fous.com/automate/paylocity.md)
- [ADP Workforce Now](https://fous.com/automate/adp-workforce-now.md)
- [Silae](https://fous.com/automate/silae.md)
- [RUN Powered by ADP](https://fous.com/automate/run-powered-by-adp.md)
- [Gusto](https://fous.com/automate/gusto.md)

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## Frequently asked questions

### Does The Work Number have an API?

Yes, for credentialed verifiers. Equifax lists a developer API for high volumes, with its reference on developer.equifax.com after sign-in, and more than 60 technology partners. Integrations and batch processing come with an Enterprise contract. Pay As You Go accounts order in the web portal.

### Where do I find a past order and its receipt?

In My Orders. On Pay As You Go, orders stay there for seven days and the receipt opens from the PDF icon. Invoiced accounts may have a Receipt option, and the monthly transaction report carries the same information. Older orders need Audit a Verification, which has a fee.

### Why did an instant verification return no records?

The data may not be on The Work Number, for example when the employer does not contribute it. Contracted accounts can then use manual (researched) verification, and get an email when the report is ready in My Orders.

### What does a Verification of Income and Employment report show?

The employer, Verified On and Current As Of dates, Employment Status, Job Title, Most Recent Start Date, Original Hire Date and Total Time With Employer, then an Annual Income Summary by year (Base Salary, Overtime, Commission, Bonus, Other) and Pay Rate, Pay Frequency and Pay Cycle.

### Is Fous affiliated with Equifax Workforce Solutions?

No. Fous is an independent product. You use it with your own credentialed The Work Number account, and a method reads and does only what that account can.

Fous is an independent product: it is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the operator of The Work Number (Equifax Workforce Solutions). The name is used only to say which system this page is about. Something here wrong or out of date? Write to legal@fous.com.