The Work Number is the nation's No. 1 employment and income verification service used by tens of thousands of businesses everyday to verify someone's employment status.

The Work Number is a database-drive service providing automated (and therefore tamper-resistant) employment and income verifications for people who work or have previously worked for any of the 1,000 large employers on The Work Number database. The data comes directly from the employer's payroll systems - so the information is accurate. These verifications are needed to process mortgage, credit card and other loan applications as well as to check references on job applicants, prospective tenants and people applying for government-sponsored social service programs.

Get Started Today
The Work Number may only be used for permissible business purposes such as those described above. You can set up an account online today and get a verification in minutes by charging your transactions to any major credit card. You'll be able to print an itemized receipt of all transactions to use for expense reporting. If you prefer to receive a monthly invoice, you can obtain a copy of contract online, sign and return it. We'll have your account set up within minutes.

About www.theworknumber.com
Most verifications are processed online at www.theworknumber.com -- a leading, secure, business-to-business e-commerce website that accepts online credit card payments and processes transactions for thousands of clients who receive monthly invoices. Millions of verification "transactions" are processed annually at www.theworknumber.com. Verifications can also be obtained over the telephone by calling 1-800-367-5690.

Why The Work Number?
When someone applies for a loan, a credit card, a new job or to lease an apartment, verifications are typically performed. In the mortgage industry, standards set by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac require verifications. While income and employment status can be "proved" by accepting copies of the applicant's W2s or recent pay stubs, such methods invite fraud because these documents can be easily altered. The Work Number is the preferred method of verifying employment and income because its system-generated verifications can't be tampered with.

Employers prefer to use The Work Number because it speeds up the process – so their employees don't have to wait. It lightens their administrative support needs and therefore, lowers costs. It also lowers the employers' risks of responding with subjective or inaccurate data. Rather than respond directly to verification requests, employers such as American Airlines, Cisco, Coca Cola, Fed Ex, Ford Motor, GE, Intel, Motorola, Microsoft, Nokia, Wal Mart and hundreds of others "outsource" the verification process to The Work Number.