BLS Employment Statistics Scraper
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BLS Employment Statistics Scraper
Extracts employment and labor statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics API. Unemployment rates, CPI, employment data by series ID and date range.
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:chart_with_upwards_trend: BLS Employment & Labor Statistics
Fetch US employment and labor market data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) API. Access unemployment rates, nonfarm payrolls, CPI inflation, hourly earnings, and any custom BLS time series — with data going back decades.
What data does it extract?
For each data point in a BLS time series, the Actor extracts:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Series ID | BLS series identifier (e.g., LNS14000000) |
| Series Title | Human-readable name (e.g., "Unemployment Rate") |
| Year | Data year |
| Period | Month code (e.g., M01 = January) |
| Period Name | Full month name (e.g., "January") |
| Value | The data value for that period |
| Footnotes | Any BLS footnotes or annotations |
Output example
Input options
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
seriesIds | string[] | BLS time series IDs to fetch. Default: Unemployment Rate, Nonfarm Employment, CPI. Max 3 without API key, 50 with key. |
startYear | integer | First year of data. Default: 2020. Max 10-year range without key, 20 with key. |
endYear | integer | Last year of data. Default: 2026. |
apiKey | string | Optional BLS registration key. Free at https://data.bls.gov/registrationEngine/ — increases limits 10x. |
Common BLS series IDs
| Series ID | Description |
|---|---|
LNS14000000 | Unemployment Rate |
CES0000000001 | Total Nonfarm Employment |
CUUR0000SA0 | CPI - All Urban Consumers |
LNS12000000 | Civilian Employment Level |
LNS11000000 | Civilian Labor Force Level |
CES0500000003 | Average Hourly Earnings (Private) |
Use cases
- Economists — Track unemployment, inflation, and labor market trends for macroeconomic analysis
- Financial analysts — Monitor CPI and wage data for interest rate and market predictions
- HR & compensation teams — Benchmark wages using average hourly earnings data
- Policy researchers — Study employment trends across industries and time periods
- Data journalists — Report on jobs numbers, inflation, and labor force participation
- Investors — Use labor market data as leading indicators for portfolio decisions
Data freshness
BLS publishes monthly data on a set schedule (e.g., jobs report on first Friday of each month). Schedule this Actor to run monthly to build a historical dataset.
Cost
This Actor uses the BLS public API. Typical cost: less than $0.01 per run.
