Department of Labor

aid: dol
name: Department of Labor
description: 'The U.S. Department of Labor provides REST APIs exposing over 200 datasets covering employment statistics, H-1B
  and foreign labor visa data, OSHA inspections and enforcement, wage and hour violations, job openings, union reports, workforce
  development data, mine safety, and Bureau of Labor Statistics economic indicators including CPI, CES, OES, and CPS. APIs
  are free to use with registration via the Open Data Portal.

  '
type: Index
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  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
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created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
tags:
- Government
- Employment
- Labor
- Workforce
- OSHA
- Safety
- Wages
- H-1B
- Statistics
- Open Data
apis:
- name: DOL Employment Statistics API
  description: 'Access to Current Employment Statistics (CES), Current Population Survey (CPS), Occupational Employment Statistics
    Survey (OES), Quarterly Census Employment and Wage (CEW), and Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
    via the DOL centralized API.

    '
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  humanURL: https://developer.dol.gov/
  baseURL: https://api.dol.gov/V1/
  tags:
  - Employment
  - Statistics
  - BLS
  - CPI
  - Wages
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.dol.gov/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.dol.gov/accessing-the-apis-using-http-requests/
- name: DOL OSHA Enforcement API
  description: 'Access OSHA inspection and enforcement data including inspection details, violations, citations, penalties,
    and accident injury reports. Covers all OSHA compliance actions with summary information about inspections conducted across
    U.S. workplaces.

    '
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  humanURL: https://developer.dol.gov/health-and-safety/
  baseURL: https://api.dol.gov/V1/
  tags:
  - OSHA
  - Safety
  - Health
  - Enforcement
  - Inspections
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.dol.gov/health-and-safety/
- name: DOL Wage and Hour Compliance API
  description: 'Access Wage and Hour Division (WHD) compliance action data covering all concluded compliance actions since
    FY 2005, including back wages, violations, and employer information. Also includes Farm Labor Contractor data and Wage
    and Hour Publications System.

    '
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  humanURL: https://developer.dol.gov/
  baseURL: https://api.dol.gov/V1/
  tags:
  - Wages
  - Compliance
  - WHD
  - Labor Standards
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.dol.gov/
- name: DOL H-1B Foreign Labor Certification API
  description: 'Access Labor Condition Application (LCA) data collected by the Employment and Training Administration''s Office
    of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) covering H-1B, H-1B1, E-3, H-2A, H-2B, and D-1 visa categories. Includes employer,
    wage, and job data.

    '
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/performance
  baseURL: https://api.dol.gov/V1/
  tags:
  - H-1B
  - Foreign Labor
  - Visas
  - Immigration
  - OFLC
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/performance
- name: DOL Mine Safety and Health API
  description: 'Access Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) data including mine-by-mine information, accidents and
    injuries, inspections, violations, assessments, employment and production reports. Covers Full Mine Information, Basic
    Mine Information, Mine Violations, and Mine Inspections.

    '
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  humanURL: https://developer.dol.gov/health-and-safety/
  baseURL: https://api.dol.gov/V1/
  tags:
  - Mining
  - Safety
  - MSHA
  - Inspections
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.dol.gov/health-and-safety/
- name: DOL Public Workforce System API
  description: 'Access Public Workforce System data including Initial Unemployment Insurance (UI) Claims, Workforce Investment
    Act data, job openings, and workforce development program information from the Employment and Training Administration
    (ETA).

    '
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  humanURL: https://developer.dol.gov/
  baseURL: https://api.dol.gov/V1/
  tags:
  - Workforce
  - Unemployment
  - Job Openings
  - ETA
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.dol.gov/
- name: DOL Veterans Employment API
  description: 'Access VETS-4212 and VETS-100 datasets containing veteran employment data reported by federal contractors
    and subcontractors, including hiring benchmarks and veteran representation across contractor organizations.

    '
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  humanURL: https://developer.dol.gov/others/
  baseURL: https://api.dol.gov/V1/
  tags:
  - Veterans
  - Employment
  - Contractors
  - VETS
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.dol.gov/others/
- name: DOL Sweat and Toil API
  description: 'Access the International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB) Sweat and Toil data covering child labor and forced labor
    worldwide, including goods produced with child or forced labor by country and good, sourced from ILAB''s annual reports.

    '
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  humanURL: https://developer.dol.gov/others/
  baseURL: https://api.dol.gov/V1/
  tags:
  - Child Labor
  - Forced Labor
  - International
  - ILAB
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.dol.gov/others/
- aid: dol:dol-api-v4
  name: DOL Open Data API V4
  description: The DOL Open Data API v4 is the Department of Labor's modernized REST API replacing the retired developer.dol.gov
    APIv1 and APIv2. It is served from the DOL Data Portal at dataportal.dol.gov and exposes more than 200 datasets covering
    wage and hour, occupational safety and health, employment and training, retirement security, and other DOL programs. The
    Datasets endpoint is publicly accessible without an API key; data endpoints require an API key obtained through registration
    on the Data Portal.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://dataportal.dol.gov/
  baseURL: https://apiprod.dol.gov/v4
  tags:
  - Datasets
  - DOL Data Portal
  - Open Data
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dataportal.dol.gov/
  - type: User Guide
    url: https://www.dataportal.dol.gov/pdf/dol-api-user-guide.pdf
  - type: Datasets Catalog
    url: https://dataportal.dol.gov/datasets
  - type: Datasets Endpoint
    url: https://apiprod.dol.gov/v4/datasets
  - type: Signup
    url: https://dataportal.dol.gov/registration
  contact:
  - FN: DOL Data Portal
    url: https://dataportal.dol.gov/
- aid: dol:bls-public-data-api
  name: BLS Public Data API V2
  description: 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.
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  humanURL: https://www.bls.gov/developers/
  baseURL: https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2
  tags:
  - BLS
  - CPI
  - Employment
  - Statistics
  - Time Series
  - Wages
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.bls.gov/developers/home.htm
  - type: API Signatures
    url: https://www.bls.gov/developers/api_signature_v2.htm
  - type: Features
    url: https://www.bls.gov/bls/api_features.htm
  - type: FAQ
    url: https://www.bls.gov/developers/api_faqs.htm
  - type: Python Sample
    url: https://www.bls.gov/developers/api_python.htm
  - type: Signup
    url: https://data.bls.gov/registrationEngine/
  contact:
  - FN: BLS Customer Support
    url: https://www.bls.gov/bls/contact.htm
- aid: dol:dol-enforcement-data
  name: DOL Enforcement Data
  description: The DOL Enforcement Data site at data.dol.gov publishes the Department's enforcement records from agencies
    including the Wage and Hour Division, OSHA, MSHA, OFCCP, and the Employee Benefits Security Administration. Records are
    available as bulk downloads and through datasets surfaced on Data.gov.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://data.dol.gov/
  baseURL: https://data.dol.gov
  tags:
  - Enforcement
  - MSHA
  - OFCCP
  - OSHA
  - Wage and Hour
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://data.dol.gov/
  - type: Datasets
    url: https://catalog.data.gov/organization/dol-gov
  contact:
  - FN: DOL Open Data
    url: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/oasam
- aid: dol:dol-api-sampler
  name: DOL API Sampler
  description: The DOL API Sampler is an interactive playground for exploring the DOL Open Data API v4 endpoints. It serves
    as a quick way to issue sample requests, browse parameters, and inspect responses against the live API.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://devtools.dol.gov/apisampler
  baseURL: https://devtools.dol.gov/apisampler
  tags:
  - DevTools
  - Playground
  - Sampler
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://devtools.dol.gov/apisampler
  contact:
  - FN: DOL Developer Community
    url: https://usdepartmentoflabor.github.io/DOLAPI/
- aid: dol:dol-open-data-catalog
  name: DOL Open Data Catalog
  description: The Department of Labor Open Data Catalog publishes datasets across labor statistics, enforcement, employment
    training, and worker protection programs. Datasets are surfaced on Data.gov under the dol-gov organization and accessible
    via the Data.gov CKAN-compatible API.
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  humanURL: https://catalog.data.gov/organization/dol-gov
  baseURL: https://catalog.data.gov/api/3
  tags:
  - CKAN
  - Datasets
  - Open Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://catalog.data.gov/organization/dol-gov
  - type: CKAN Reference
    url: https://docs.ckan.org/en/2.8/api/
  contact:
  - FN: DOL Open Data
    url: https://catalog.data.gov/organization/dol-gov
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/dol-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.dol.gov/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.dol.gov/
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/USDepartmentofLabor
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/u-s-department-of-labor
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.dol.gov/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://dataportal.dol.gov/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://developer.dol.gov/others/api-metrics-per-key/
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/USDOL
- type: Plans
  url: plans/dol-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/dol-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/dol-finops.yml
- type: OpenDataPortal
  url: https://dataportal.dol.gov/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://developer.dol.gov/release-notes/
- type: EnforceData
  url: https://enforcedata.dol.gov/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com