Rippling: GET Employee — base Api get Employees Employee Id — response body

API reference · Contract 2026-10-28

SDK schema: GET Employee — base Api get Employees Employee Id — response body

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	object	Root	An employee model object.
customFields	Model	Optional	Expand GET Employee — base Api get Employees Employee Id — response body — custom Fields
department	string	Optional	The employee’s department name
employeeNumber	string	Optional	This indicates the sequential employee number within their company. This number continues to grow as each employee is onboarded. i.e if you are the 65th employee to join the company with 32 active employees, the employeeNumber would be 65.
employmentType	string	Optional	An ENUM of employment type. Will default to one of these six values unless the employee’s profile has a job display name configured. Known values: CONTRACTOR, SALARIED_FT, SALARIED_PT, HOURLY_FT, HOURLY_PT, TEMP
endDate	JSON	Optional
endDate (anyOf 1)	string	Alternative	The employee’s end date
endDate (anyOf 2)	null	Alternative
firstName	string	Optional	First name of the employee
gender	JSON	Optional
gender (anyOf 1)	string	Alternative	The employee’s gender Known values: MALE, FEMALE
gender (anyOf 2)	null	Alternative
id	string	Optional	This is the unique role ID of the employee. A role ID exists per 1 and only 1 company.
identifiedGender	JSON	Optional
identifiedGender (anyOf 1)	string	Alternative	The employee’s identified gender Known values: MALE, FEMALE, NONBINARY
identifiedGender (anyOf 2)	null	Alternative
isInternational	boolean	Optional	Whether the employee is an international employee or not.
isManager	boolean	Optional	Whether the employee is a manger
isRemote	boolean	Optional	Whether the employee’s job is remote
lastName	string	Optional	Last name of the employee
level	string	Optional	The level of the employee
manager	JSON	Optional
manager (anyOf 1)	string	Alternative	The unique identifier of the employee’s manager. This value can be null.
manager (anyOf 2)	null	Alternative
name	string	Optional	Full name of the employee
photo	string	Optional	The photo of the employee stored in Rippling
preferredFirstName	string	Optional
preferredLastName	string	Optional
roleState	string	Optional	The employee’s role status - roleState meanings: INIT: An initial record of an individual. An offer has not been made and they have not started working at the company. HIRED: An offer has been made but they have not accepted or started yet. ACCEPTED: An offer has been made and they have accepted, but they have not started yet. ACTIVE: The employee currently works at the company and their start date is today or in the past. TERMINATED: The employee is no longer active. Known values: INIT, HIRED, ACCEPTED, ACTIVE, TERMINATED
smallPhoto	string	Optional	The small photo of the employee stored in Rippling
spokeId	JSON	Optional
spokeId (anyOf 1)	string	Alternative
spokeId (anyOf 2)	null	Alternative
teams	array	Optional	An array of the teams that the employee is on
teams[]	JSON	Each item
title	string	Optional	The employee’s work title
userId	string	Optional	This is the unique user ID of the employee. A userID can span across 1 or many companies.
workEmail	JSON	Optional
workEmail (anyOf 1)	string	Alternative	The employee’s work email
workEmail (anyOf 2)	null	Alternative
workLocation	JSON	Optional
workLocation (anyOf 1)	Model	Alternative	Expand GET Current Company — base Api get Companies — response body — address An address object as stored within Rippling
workLocation (anyOf 2)	null	Alternative
workSchedule	object	Optional	The employee’s weekly work schedule
worklocationNickname	string	Optional	The work location nickname

Referenced models: GET Employee — base Api get Employees Employee Id — response body — custom Fields, GET Current Company — base Api get Companies — response body — address An address object as stored within Rippling