You can access the US BLS Data Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "popularSeries": ["Unemployment Rate (seasonally adjusted)"],
10    "customSeries": "",
11    "registrationKey": "",
12}
13
14# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
15run = client.actor("wakey7dev/bls-data-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
16
17# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
18print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
19for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
20    print(item)
21
22# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

US BLS Data Scraper API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use US BLS Data Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

US BLS Data Scraper API in JavaScript

US BLS Data Scraper API through CLI

US BLS Data Scraper OpenAPI definition

US BLS Data Scraper API

BLS API - Bureau of Labor Statistics Data

alizarin_refrigerator-owner/bls-api---bureau-of-labor-statistics-data

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.

The Howlers

Bls Scraper

flamboyant_liner/bls-scraper

Extract employment statistics, CPI, unemployment rates, and wage data from Bureau of Labor Statistics API. Time series data with calculations.

Khrystyna Skotte

BLS Labor Statistics Scraper

crawlerbros/osha-inspection-violation-scraper

Scrape US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) employment, unemployment, and wage data by industry sector and state. Free government API, no authentication required.

Crawler Bros

BLS Labor Statistics Scraper

crawlergang/osha-inspection-violation-scraper

Scrape US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) employment, unemployment, and wage data by industry sector and state. Free government API, no authentication required.

Crawler Gang

5.0

BLS Labor Statistics Scraper

crawlerbros/bls-labor-statistics-scraper

Fetch U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) time-series data - employment, unemployment, inflation (CPI), wages, and more - via the free BLS public API v1. No API key required.

Crawler Bros

BLS US Economic Data Search

ryanclinton/bls-economic-data

BLS US Economic Data Search is an Apify actor that connects directly to the official Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Public Data API v2 and retrieves time series data for US economic indicators.

Ryan Clinton

BLS Data Scraper | Bureau of Labor Statistics API

parseforge/bls-scraper

Scrape US Bureau of Labor Statistics time series data via the official BLS API v2. Export CPI, unemployment rate, employment, PPI and any BLS series to CSV, Excel, JSON or XML.

ParseForge

BLS Economic Data Scraper - CPI Inflation & Jobs API

pink_comic/bls-economic-data-search

BLS economic data scraper/API for CPI inflation, unemployment, jobs, wages, JOLTS openings, PPI, and labor force time series. Query Bureau of Labor Statistics indicators by year and state, export monthly data for dashboards, research, compensation analysis, and market monitoring.

Ava Torres

BLS Employment Statistics Scraper

martc03/bls-employment

Extracts employment and labor statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics API. Unemployment rates, CPI, employment data by series ID and date range.

CoDee

BLS Labor Statistics Scraper — Jobs, Wages, CPI & Unemployment

copious_atoll/bls-labor-statistics

Extract Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Get unemployment rates, employment numbers, CPI inflation, average wages, and labor force stats by time series. Free BLS API, no proxy needed.