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BLS Employment & Economic Statistics

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Fetch any Bureau of Labor Statistics time series — unemployment, nonfarm payroll, CPI, wages, job openings — from the official BLS API. Supports 22,000+ series, date ranges, and batch requests. Free public API, no registration required.

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$1.00 / 1,000 dataset item scrapeds

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Developer

Harry Schoeller

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Features

All 22,000+ BLS series supported
Up to 10 years of history without a key; 20 years with a free BLS key
Batch multiple series in a single run
Annual averages optional (period M13)
Monthly data output with year, period, and periodName fields

Example input

{
  "seriesIds": ["LNS14000000", "CES0000000001"],
  "startYear": 2020,
  "endYear": 2024
}

Example output record

{
  "seriesId": "LNS14000000",
  "year": 2024,
  "period": "M12",
  "periodName": "December",
  "value": 4.1,
  "footnotes": ["Preliminary."],
  "fetchedAt": "2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}

Common series IDs

Metric	Series ID
National unemployment rate	LNS14000000
Total nonfarm payroll (thousands)	CES0000000001
CPI — All items	CUUR0000SA0
Average hourly earnings	CES0500000003
Job openings (JOLTS)	JTS000000000000000JOL
Fed funds rate	FEDFUNDS
30-year mortgage rate	MORTGAGE30US

Find all series at bls.gov/help/hlpforma.htm.

Use cases

Workforce analytics and economic dashboards
Financial modeling and macro research
Labor market trend analysis by industry
CPI tracking for inflation-adjusted calculations

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