Bls Employment Data
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from $10.00 / 1,000 results
Bls Employment Data
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Data
What does Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Data do?
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Data retrieves official US employment statistics directly from the BLS public API. It fetches time series data including unemployment rates, employment levels, wages, consumer price indices, and industry-specific employment figures. This actor delivers authoritative government economic data in clean, structured formats ready for analysis, reporting, and dashboards.
Why use BLS employment data?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the gold standard source for US labor market data. Economists, journalists, policy analysts, financial institutions, and researchers rely on BLS data to track economic trends, forecast recessions, evaluate policy impacts, and make investment decisions. Automating BLS data retrieval ensures you always have the latest official figures without manually navigating government websites.
How to fetch BLS employment data
- Go to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Data actor on Apify.
- Enter one or more BLS time series IDs (e.g., LNS14000000 for unemployment rate).
- Set the start and end year for your data range.
- Click Start and wait for the data to be fetched.
- Download results in JSON, CSV, Excel, or other formats.
Input parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| seriesIds | array | BLS time series IDs to fetch | ["LNS14000000"] |
| startYear | string | Starting year for data | "2020" |
| endYear | string | Ending year for data | "2025" |
Common BLS Series IDs:
- LNS14000000 - Unemployment Rate (seasonally adjusted)
- CES0000000001 - Total Nonfarm Employment
- CUUR0000SA0 - Consumer Price Index (CPI-U)
- LNS12000000 - Employment Level
Output data
Each data point contains:
- seriesId - BLS time series identifier
- year - Data year
- period - Period code (M01-M12 for monthly, Q01-Q04 for quarterly)
- periodName - Human-readable period name (January, February, etc.)
- value - The statistical value
- footnotes - Any associated footnotes
Cost of usage
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Data is lightweight and fast, using a single POST request to the BLS API.
- Per result: $0.01
- Per 1,000 results: $10
- Actor start: $0.005
The Apify free tier covers extensive economic research needs.
Tips and advanced options
- Works with zero configuration, fetching the US unemployment rate from 2020 to 2025 by default.
- Multiple series IDs can be fetched in a single run for comparative analysis.
- The BLS public API limits queries to 10 years of data per request. For longer ranges, run multiple queries.
- Data is returned in reverse chronological order (newest first).
- For related economic data, check Exchange Rate API Scraper for currency rates and SpaceX Launch Tracker for science and technology data.
