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Income and Employment Verification

Income and employment verifications within seconds.

What Information is Included in a Verification?

Data Point Availability Frequency
Basic Employment Company Name, Job Title, Hire Date Updated per pay cycle
Income Details Base Pay, YTD Earnings, Overtime, Bonus Updated per pay cycle
History Up to 36 months of pay history Instant retrieval

Your Partner for Secure, Rapid Income and Employment Data

With more than 5M+ contributing employers, The Work Number® provides instant income and employment information to verify applicant provided data.
VERIFICATION SOLUTIONS DESIGNED TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS

Insights, helping you make faster, more informed decisions.

Income and Employment Verification

Get third-party verifications of employment and income provided directly from employers.

Verification of Employment

Instantly obtain an applicant's employment records and check employment.
Key BENEFITS OF INCOME And Employment VERIFICATION

Best-In-Class Database

Market leader in income and employment verifications via the largest commercial repository of payroll information in the United States, with more than 5 million employers contributing data each pay cycle.

24/7 Access

There are many ways to get the data you need. Choose to retrieve income and employment history however and whenever you need it.

Help Mitigate Risk, Grow Your Business

With the right income and employment records, lenders can lend to an expanded pool of applicants.

Diversified Data

Verifications of Income include pension data when available, helping retirees and other individuals with pensions gain more streamlined access to decisions regarding items such as social service benefits as well as financial services such as a mortgage or auto loans.
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BY THE NUMBERS

See why employers trust The Work Number for their online income and employment verification needs. 

823M+

By leveraging The Work Number database, credentialed verifiers can access more than 823 million employee records.

5M

Equifax has the trust of more than 5 million employers nationwide who contribute to The Work Number database.

58M

In 2025, The Work Number helped 58 million people receive verifications outside of regular business hours.
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