Bureau of Labor Statistics · Example Payload
Bls List Surveys Example
Federal GovernmentLabor StatisticsEconomic DataConsumer Price IndexProducer Price IndexEmploymentUnemploymentWagesProductivityOpen DataTime SeriesGovernment Data
Bls List Surveys Example is an example object payload from Bureau of Labor Statistics, with 2 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.
Top-level fields
requestresponse
Example Payload
{
"request": {
"method": "GET",
"url": "https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/surveys?registrationkey=YOUR_API_KEY",
"headers": {}
},
"response": {
"status": 200,
"headers": {
"Content-Type": "application/json"
},
"body": {
"status": "REQUEST_SUCCEEDED",
"responseTime": 45,
"message": [],
"Results": {
"survey": [
{
"survey_abbreviation": "AP",
"survey_name": "Average Price Data"
},
{
"survey_abbreviation": "BD",
"survey_name": "Business Employment Dynamics"
},
{
"survey_abbreviation": "CE",
"survey_name": "Current Employment Statistics"
},
{
"survey_abbreviation": "CU",
"survey_name": "Consumer Price Index - All Urban Consumers"
},
{
"survey_abbreviation": "CW",
"survey_name": "Consumer Price Index - Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers"
},
{
"survey_abbreviation": "EE",
"survey_name": "Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages"
},
{
"survey_abbreviation": "EN",
"survey_name": "Employment Cost Index - Wages and Salaries"
},
{
"survey_abbreviation": "FW",
"survey_name": "Covered Employment and Wages"
},
{
"survey_abbreviation": "IP",
"survey_name": "Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization"
},
{
"survey_abbreviation": "JT",
"survey_name": "Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey"
},
{
"survey_abbreviation": "LN",
"survey_name": "Current Population Survey"
},
{
"survey_abbreviation": "LU",
"survey_name": "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Data"
},
{
"survey_abbreviation": "MU",
"survey_name": "Multifactor Productivity"
},
{
"survey_abbreviation": "NW",
"survey_name": "National Employment, Hours, and Earnings"
},
{
"survey_abbreviation": "OE",
"survey_name": "Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics"
},
{
"survey_abbreviation": "PC",
"survey_name": "Producer Price Indexes"
},
{
"survey_abbreviation": "PD",
"survey_name": "U.S. Import/Export Price Indexes"
},
{
"survey_abbreviation": "PR",
"survey_name": "Major Sector Productivity and Costs"
},
{
"survey_abbreviation": "SM",
"survey_name": "State and Metro Area Employment, Hours, and Earnings"
},
{
"survey_abbreviation": "WD",
"survey_name": "Weekly and Hourly Earnings Data"
}
]
}
}
}
}
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