# BLS Public Data API V2

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/department-of-labor/bls-public-data-api/  
**Provider:** Department of Labor — https://apis.io/providers/department-of-labor/  
**Base URL:** https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2  
**Documentation:** https://www.bls.gov/developers/

BLS Public Data API V2 is one of 5 APIs that [Department of Labor](https://apis.io/providers/department-of-labor/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include BLS, CPI, Employment, Statistics, and Time Series. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics Public Data API v2 provides programmatic access to historical BLS time series data in JSON or Excel. Version 2 requires registration to obtain a registrationkey query parameter and raises limits to up to 20 years of data per request, 50 series per request, and 500 queries per day. Series include CPI, PPI, employment, wages, productivity, and more.

## Machine-readable artifacts (6)

- **Documentation** — https://www.bls.gov/developers/home.htm
- **API Signatures** — https://www.bls.gov/developers/api_signature_v2.htm
- **Features** — https://www.bls.gov/bls/api_features.htm
- **FAQ** — https://www.bls.gov/developers/api_faqs.htm
- **Python Sample** — https://www.bls.gov/developers/api_python.htm
- **Signup** — https://data.bls.gov/registrationEngine/

## Other Department of Labor APIs (4)

- [DOL Open Data API V4](https://apis.io/apis/department-of-labor/dol-api-v4/)
- [DOL Enforcement Data](https://apis.io/apis/department-of-labor/dol-enforcement-data/)
- [DOL API Sampler](https://apis.io/apis/department-of-labor/dol-api-sampler/)
- [DOL Open Data Catalog](https://apis.io/apis/department-of-labor/dol-open-data-catalog/)

## Tags

BLS, CPI, Employment, Statistics, Time Series, Wages

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