BLS API - Bureau of Labor Statistics Data

API Integration

This actor connects to an external API service. You'll need valid API credentials from the service provider.

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API Integration

This actor connects to an external API service. You'll need valid API credentials from the service provider.

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Access Bureau of Labor Statistics data for employment, wages, prices, and productivity. Get unemployment rates, CPI inflation, job openings, wage data by industry and occupation.

Features

• Get Series: Retrieve any BLS time series by ID
• Get Employment: Employment statistics by industry/area
• Get CPI: Consumer Price Index inflation data
• Get Wages: Wage and salary data by occupation
• Get JOLTS: Job openings and labor turnover
• Get PPI: Producer Price Index data
• Get Productivity: Labor productivity statistics
• Get Injuries: Workplace injury and illness data
• Demo Mode: Test with sample data

Quick Start

{
  "dataSet": "unemployment",
  "year": 2024
}

Demo Mode (Enabled by Default)

This actor uses a free public API and defaults to demoMode: true.

Since this actor wraps a free, publicly available API, demo mode is enabled by default. This allows you to:

• Test the actor without any configuration
• See real sample data from the actual API
• Verify the output format before integrating

To get customized results, simply provide your own input parameters.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
See input schema

Output Format

{
  "data": [...]
}

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event billing:

• Get Series: $0.01
• Get Employment: $0.01
• Get CPI: $0.01
• Get Wages: $0.01
• Get JOLTS: $0.01
• Get PPI: $0.01
• Get Productivity: $0.01
• Get Injuries: $0.01

Use Cases

• Economic research and forecasting
• Labor market analysis
• Wage benchmarking
• Inflation monitoring
• Industry employment trends
• Regional economic comparisons
• HR compensation planning
• Sync to analytics platforms

API Reference

See official API documentation for details.

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Common Problems & Solutions

"Invalid API key" error

Cause: Your API key is wrong, expired, or doesn't have the right permissions. Fix: Double-check your API key. Make sure you copied it exactly without extra spaces.

"Rate limit exceeded" error

Cause: You've hit the API's rate limits. Fix: Wait a few minutes, then try again. Consider reducing the number of concurrent requests.

Empty or incomplete results

Cause: The target may have anti-scraping protection or the data doesn't exist. Fix:

• Check if the URL/search query is correct
• Try with different parameters
• Some sites may block automated access

Demo data showing instead of real results

Cause: demoMode is still set to true. Fix: Set demoMode: false and provide your API key(s).

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