US Bureau of Labor Statistics

aid: us-bureau-of-labor-statistics
name: US Bureau of Labor Statistics
description: The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is the principal federal agency responsible for measuring labor market
  activity, working conditions, price changes, and productivity in the US economy. BLS provides a Public Data API that enables
  developers to retrieve published historical time series data covering employment, unemployment, inflation, wages, productivity,
  and occupational statistics across all BLS programs. The API supports both unauthenticated access (v1) and registered access
  with higher limits (v2), returning data in JSON format for integration into applications, research tools, and economic dashboards.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
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  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
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tags:
- Federal-Government
- Labor Statistics
- Economic Data
- Open Data
tags_raw:
- Federal Government
- Labor Statistics
- Economic Data
- Open Data
created: '2025-02-09'
modified: '2026-05-19'
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specificationVersion: '0.23'
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.bls.gov/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.bls.gov/developers/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://www.bls.gov/developers/home.htm
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.bls.gov/bls/bls-privacy.htm
- type: FAQ
  url: https://www.bls.gov/developers/api_faqs.htm
- type: SpectralRules
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/u-s-bureau-of-labor-statistics/refs/heads/main/rules/bls-public-data-api-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/u-s-bureau-of-labor-statistics/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/u-s-bureau-of-labor-statistics-vocabulary.yaml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/us-bureau-of-labor-statistics-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/us-bureau-of-labor-statistics-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/us-bureau-of-labor-statistics-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bureau-of-labor-statistics
apis:
- aid: us-bureau-of-labor-statistics:us-bureau-of-labor-statistics-popular-series-api
  name: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Popular Series API
  description: Retrieve the most popular BLS series identifiers
  humanURL: https://www.bls.gov/developers/home.htm
  baseURL: https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2
  tags:
  - Popular Series
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/us-bureau-of-labor-statistics-popular-series-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.bls.gov/developers/home.htm
  - type: Registration
    url: https://data.bls.gov/registrationEngine/
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://www.bls.gov/developers/termsOfService.htm
  - type: DataAPI
    url: https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/
- aid: us-bureau-of-labor-statistics:us-bureau-of-labor-statistics-surveys-api
  name: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Surveys API
  description: Discover and list available BLS surveys
  humanURL: https://www.bls.gov/developers/home.htm
  baseURL: https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2
  tags:
  - Surveys
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/us-bureau-of-labor-statistics-surveys-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.bls.gov/developers/home.htm
  - type: Registration
    url: https://data.bls.gov/registrationEngine/
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://www.bls.gov/developers/termsOfService.htm
  - type: DataAPI
    url: https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/
- aid: us-bureau-of-labor-statistics:us-bureau-of-labor-statistics-time-series-api
  name: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Time Series API
  description: Retrieve time series data for BLS statistical series
  humanURL: https://www.bls.gov/developers/home.htm
  baseURL: https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2
  tags:
  - Time Series
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/us-bureau-of-labor-statistics-time-series-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.bls.gov/developers/home.htm
  - type: Registration
    url: https://data.bls.gov/registrationEngine/
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://www.bls.gov/developers/termsOfService.htm
  - type: DataAPI
    url: https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/
features:
- name: Time Series Data Retrieval
  description: Retrieve historical time series data for one or multiple BLS series IDs
- name: Multi-Series Requests
  description: Query up to 50 series per request with API v2 registration
- name: Date Range Filtering
  description: Filter data by start and end year to retrieve specific date ranges
- name: Statistical Calculations
  description: Request net changes and percent changes alongside raw values (v2)
- name: Series Catalog
  description: Retrieve metadata and descriptions for series (v2)
- name: Annual Averages
  description: Include annual average values in time series responses (v2)
- name: Survey Discovery
  description: List all BLS surveys and their metadata
- name: Popular Series
  description: Retrieve the 25 most popular BLS series IDs
useCases:
- name: Economic Research Dashboard
  description: Build dashboards displaying unemployment rate trends, CPI inflation data, and wage growth
- name: Labor Market Analysis
  description: Analyze employment patterns across industries, occupations, and demographics
- name: Inflation Monitoring
  description: Track Consumer Price Index changes for economic forecasting and policy analysis
- name: Occupational Wage Studies
  description: Retrieve occupational employment and wage data for compensation benchmarking
- name: FOIA Data Applications
  description: Access publicly available BLS survey data for transparency and accountability reporting
solutions:
- name: Economic Intelligence Platforms
  description: Integrate BLS data into economic intelligence and forecasting platforms
- name: HR Analytics Tools
  description: Power HR compensation analysis tools with BLS wage and employment data
- name: Government Data Portals
  description: Enrich government open data portals with BLS statistical datasets
integrations:
- name: data.gov
  description: BLS datasets are cataloged and accessible through data.gov
  url: https://catalog.data.gov/organization/bls-gov
- name: api.data.gov
  description: BLS API is accessible via the api.data.gov gateway
  url: https://api.data.gov
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com