# Bureau of Labor Statistics Time Series API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/bls-gov/bls-gov-time-series-api/  
**Provider:** Bureau of Labor Statistics — https://apis.io/providers/bls-gov/  
**Base URL:** https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2  
**Documentation:** https://www.bls.gov/developers/home.htm

Bureau of Labor Statistics Time Series API is one of 3 APIs that [Bureau of Labor Statistics](https://apis.io/providers/bls-gov/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Time Series. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, a JSON-LD context, rate-limit docs, and 2 JSON Schemas.

Retrieve time series data for BLS statistical series

## Machine-readable artifacts (20)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bls-gov/refs/heads/main/openapi/bls-gov-time-series-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://www.bls.gov/developers/home.htm
- **Documentation** — https://www.bls.gov/developers/api_signature_v2.htm
- **GettingStarted** — https://www.bls.gov/developers/api_FAQs.htm
- **Registration** — https://data.bls.gov/registrationEngine/
- **TermsOfService** — https://www.bls.gov/developers/termsOfService.htm
- **SignatureExamples** — https://www.bls.gov/developers/api_sample_code.htm
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bls-gov/refs/heads/main/json-schema/bls-time-series-schema.json
- **JSONStructure** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bls-gov/refs/heads/main/json-structure/bls-time-series-structure.json
- **JSONLD** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bls-gov/refs/heads/main/json-ld/bls-gov-context.jsonld
- **SpectralRuleset** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bls-gov/refs/heads/main/rules/bls-public-data-api-rules.yml
- **DataAPI** — https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/
- **DataAPI** — https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/surveys
- **DataAPI** — https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/popular
- **RateLimits** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bls-gov/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/bls-gov-rate-limits.yml
- **Plans** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bls-gov/refs/heads/main/plans/bls-gov-plans-pricing.yml
- **FinOps** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bls-gov/refs/heads/main/finops/bls-gov-finops.yml
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bls-gov/refs/heads/main/examples/bls-get-unemployment-rate-example.json
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bls-gov/refs/heads/main/examples/bls-list-surveys-example.json
- **Vocabulary** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bls-gov/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/bls-gov-vocabulary.yml

## Other Bureau of Labor Statistics APIs (2)

- [Bureau of Labor Statistics Popular Series API](https://apis.io/apis/bls-gov/bls-gov-popular-series-api/)
- [Bureau of Labor Statistics Surveys API](https://apis.io/apis/bls-gov/bls-gov-surveys-api/)

## Tags

Time Series

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