## List employers

`employers.list(EmployerListParams**kwargs)  -> SyncPageNumberPage[Employer]`

**get** `/v1/employers`

Retrieves a paginated list of all employers belonging to the authenticated organization. Results are sorted by creation date (newest first) and paginated using page and limit parameters.

### Parameters

- `limit: Optional[int]`

  Items per page (default: 20, max: 100)

- `page: Optional[int]`

  Page number (default: 1)

### Returns

- `class Employer: …`

  Serializer for Employer entity in public API responses.

  - `id: str`

    Unique employer identifier with 'empr_' prefix

  - `active: bool`

    Whether the employer is currently active in the system

  - `address: Address`

    Nested address within EmployerSerializer.

    - `address_line_1: str`

      Primary street address

    - `city: str`

      City name

    - `state: str`

      Two-letter state code (e.g., CA, NY)

    - `zipcode: str`

      ZIP code (5 or 9 digit)

    - `address_line_2: Optional[str]`

      Secondary street address (apt, suite, etc.)

  - `created_at: datetime`

    Timestamp when the employer was created

  - `ein: Optional[str]`

    Employer Identification Number (masked in responses)

  - `eligibility_policy_id: Optional[str]`

    ID of the benefit eligibility policy (epol_*), if assigned

  - `legal_name: str`

    Legal business name for compliance and tax purposes

  - `name: str`

    Display name of the employer

  - `organization_id: Optional[str]`

    ID of the parent organization (org_*)

  - `updated_at: datetime`

    Timestamp when the employer was last updated

  - `email: Optional[str]`

    Email address for billing and communications

  - `phone_number: Optional[str]`

    Employer phone number (E.164 format recommended)

  - `reference_id: Optional[str]`

    Partner-assigned reference ID for the employer

### Example

```python
import os
from vitable_connect import VitableConnect

client = VitableConnect(
    api_key=os.environ.get("VITABLE_CONNECT_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
page = client.employers.list()
page = page.data[0]
print(page.id)
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "empr_abc123def456",
      "organization_id": "org_xyz789",
      "name": "Acme Corporation",
      "legal_name": "Acme Corporation Inc.",
      "ein": "XX-XXX1234",
      "reference_id": "partner-emp-001",
      "email": "hr@acme.com",
      "phone_number": "4155550100",
      "active": true,
      "address": {
        "address_line_1": "123 Main Street",
        "address_line_2": "Suite 100",
        "city": "San Francisco",
        "state": "CA",
        "zipcode": "94102"
      },
      "eligibility_policy_id": "epol_policy123",
      "created_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2024-06-20T14:45:00Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "empr_def456ghi789",
      "organization_id": "org_xyz789",
      "name": "TechStart Inc",
      "legal_name": "TechStart Incorporated",
      "ein": "XX-XXX5678",
      "reference_id": null,
      "email": "contact@techstart.com",
      "phone_number": null,
      "active": true,
      "address": {
        "address_line_1": "456 Innovation Drive",
        "address_line_2": "",
        "city": "Austin",
        "state": "TX",
        "zipcode": "78701"
      },
      "eligibility_policy_id": null,
      "created_at": "2024-03-01T09:00:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2024-03-01T09:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "page": 1,
    "limit": 20,
    "total": 2,
    "total_pages": 1
  }
}
```