US Bureau of Labor Statistics · Example Payload
Bls Get Unemployment Rate Example
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Bls Get Unemployment Rate Example is an example object payload from US 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": "POST",
"url": "https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/",
"headers": {
"Content-Type": "application/json"
},
"body": {
"seriesid": ["LNS14000000"],
"startyear": "2022",
"endyear": "2024",
"catalog": true,
"calculations": true,
"annualaverage": false,
"registrationkey": "YOUR_API_KEY"
}
},
"response": {
"status": 200,
"headers": {
"Content-Type": "application/json"
},
"body": {
"status": "REQUEST_SUCCEEDED",
"responseTime": 78,
"message": [],
"Results": {
"series": [
{
"seriesID": "LNS14000000",
"catalog": {
"series_title": "Unemployment Rate",
"series_id": "LNS14000000",
"seasonality": "Seasonally Adjusted",
"survey_name": "Current Population Survey",
"survey_abbreviation": "LN",
"measure_data_type": "Percent",
"area": "U.S.",
"begin_year": "1948",
"begin_period": "M01",
"end_year": "2024",
"end_period": "M12"
},
"data": [
{
"year": "2024",
"period": "M12",
"periodName": "December",
"latest": "true",
"value": "4.2",
"footnotes": [],
"calculations": {
"net_changes": {
"1": "0.0",
"3": "0.2",
"6": "0.5",
"12": "0.6"
},
"pct_changes": {
"1": "0.0",
"3": "5.0",
"6": "13.5",
"12": "16.7"
}
}
},
{
"year": "2024",
"period": "M11",
"periodName": "November",
"latest": "false",
"value": "4.2",
"footnotes": [],
"calculations": {
"net_changes": {
"1": "0.0",
"12": "0.6"
},
"pct_changes": {
"1": "0.0",
"12": "16.7"
}
}
},
{
"year": "2023",
"period": "M01",
"periodName": "January",
"latest": "false",
"value": "3.4",
"footnotes": [],
"calculations": {
"net_changes": {
"12": "-0.3"
},
"pct_changes": {
"12": "-8.1"
}
}
},
{
"year": "2022",
"period": "M01",
"periodName": "January",
"latest": "false",
"value": "4.0",
"footnotes": [],
"calculations": {
"net_changes": {
"12": "-0.5"
},
"pct_changes": {
"12": "-11.1"
}
}
}
]
}
]
}
}
}
}