# U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/u-s-bureau-of-labor-statistics/  
**Website:** https://www.bls.gov/  
**APIs profiled:** 2

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is the principal federal statistical agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the U.S. economy. BLS collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates statistical data on employment, unemployment, inflation, wages, productivity, and occupational safety through a public API that provides programmatic access to published historical time series data.

## Kin Score — 34.9 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 34.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 68.5 |
| Contract Quality | 29.5 |
| Governance | 69.7 |
| Contract Governance | 69.7 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 33.3 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 31.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 41.9 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (2)

- **U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Series API** — Time series data operations for retrieving labor statistics across BLS surveys including employment, CPI, wages, and more.
- **U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Surveys API** — Survey metadata and catalog operations for discovering available BLS surveys and their series identifiers.

## Agentic access (1)

- **U S Bureau Of Labor Statistics Agentic Access** — 5 operations · 1 acting

## Security (2)

- **U S Bureau Of Labor Statistics Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **U S Bureau Of Labor Statistics Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **U S Bureau Of Labor Statistics Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (5)

- **Economic Research** — Economists and researchers use BLS time series data to analyze labor market trends, wage growth, and employment cycles.
- **Inflation Monitoring** — Track CPI and PPI data for measuring inflation trends across consumer goods, food, energy, and other categories.
- **Employment Policy Analysis** — Policy analysts use unemployment and employment statistics to evaluate labor market conditions and inform policy decisions.
- **Dashboard and Application Development** — Developers integrate BLS data into economic dashboards, journalism applications, and data visualization tools.
- **Academic Research** — Universities and think tanks use BLS historical data for econometric modeling, academic papers, and policy reports.

## Tags

Federal-Government, Labor, Statistics, Employment, Economic Data

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