Overview

The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes data that it compiles on the labor market in the United States.

Retrieving Data

Getting Started with BLS Data In order to access the data, you need to register with BLS, BLS registration. You will be provided a data access key, which needs to be added as a token.

When adding the token, set the type to "get". Set the key to "registrationkey". Set the value to the value provided by BLS after registration. Set the URL to "https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/"

Retrieving Data

In order to retrieve a dataset from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, you must hae the series identifier provided by the Bureau. An example identifier, is : LAUCN040010000000005.

To find the data set you wish, visit the Search Data Page. Enter in a set of search terms and click the search button. when you find the dataset you wish, click the datasets link. The dataset page should indicate what the series id is. Copy the series id and paste it into the Series ID textbox. Give a name to the data and then click add.