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Labor Statistics Scraper (BLS): Inflation, Jobs & Wages

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Labor Statistics Scraper (BLS): Inflation, Jobs & Wages

Labor Statistics Scraper (BLS): Inflation, Jobs & Wages

Get official US economic data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: inflation (CPI), unemployment, wages, job openings and more. Pick a metric or paste BLS series IDs and get a clean time series. No API key needed.

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Official US economic data - inflation, unemployment, wages, job openings and more - straight from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as a clean time series. No API key required, no login, no browser.

The catch with the BLS API is that everything is a cryptic series ID like CUUR0000SA0. This actor gives you plain-English metrics instead, while still letting power users paste raw series IDs.

Pick a metric

MetricWhat it is
Inflation (CPI-U)Consumer Price Index, all items
Unemployment rateHeadline US unemployment
Labor force participationShare of adults working or looking
Total nonfarm employmentJobs in the economy
Average hourly earningsPrivate-sector pay
Average weekly hoursPrivate-sector hours
Producer Price IndexWholesale/producer prices
Job openings (JOLTS)Open positions
Quits rate (JOLTS)Share of workers quitting

Example input

{
"metrics": ["cpi-inflation", "unemployment-rate"],
"startYear": 2020,
"endYear": 2025
}

Each metric comes back as one row per month, with the value, period, unit and a plain label. Add raw BLS series IDs under seriesIds for anything not in the preset list.

Who uses this

  • Companies: benchmark pay against average earnings, track inflation and the labor market for budgeting and planning.
  • Schools and universities: economics and business teaching and research with real, current data.
  • Analysts, consultants and journalists: inflation, jobs and wage trends as structured numbers, ready for a spreadsheet or model.

Limits and the optional key

The keyless BLS API allows 25 requests per day per IP (shared here) and a 10-year range. If the daily limit is hit, the run stops cleanly and tells you. Add your own free BLS registration key (data.bls.gov/registrationEngine) to raise the limit to 500/day, 50 series and a 20-year range - it stays private to your run.

Pricing

A small fee per data-point row. Unknown series IDs and requests blocked by the daily limit are free note rows, and the first 2 rows of every run are free.

Notes

  • Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics public API (public-domain government data). Series are US national and monthly unless noted.