BLS Public Data API
by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
The BLS Public Data API returns US labor and price series by series ID: CPI and PPI by item and area, payroll employment by industry, unemployment rates and average earnings. Kept in the Lake, those series let HR benchmark pay increases against inflation and local wages, and let finance separate price-driven revenue growth from volume growth.
- Category
- Public & Market Data
- Type
- National statistics
- Interface
- REST API
- Built with
- Connect Any API
- Credentials
- API key
02Data
What you can sync.
- Consumer price index
- Employment
- Unemployment
- Wages
- Producer prices
Load BLS Public Data API consumer price index on a schedule and keep every release in your Lake for trends over time.
Need more? Name any other BLS Public Data API data the API returns, and the AI adds it to the connector.
03Credentials
Credentials you will need.
- An API key
BLS Public Data API uses an API key. You add the credentials once, when the AI asks for them, and it tells you where to create them in U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics if you need help.
04Questions
Questions you can answer.
Once BLS Public Data API data is in your Lake, ask an AI Mind in plain words or build the answer in DataPrism BI.
- How did our average salary increase compare with CPI and average hourly earnings in each region?
- Which input costs moved with the PPI series for our raw materials?
- How much of this year's revenue growth comes from price, using CPI for our category as a deflator?
- Do local unemployment rates relate to employee turnover at each site?
- Which metro areas show wage growth above our pay bands?
05How it works
How it works in DataMind.
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Pick BLS Public Data API.
Open Lake, pick BLS Public Data API in the source picker and name the connection. Connect Any API opens with a ready prompt that points the AI at the BLS Public Data API docs.
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Answer a few questions.
The AI reads the BLS Public Data API documentation, then asks which credentials you will use, which data to sync (for example consumer price index and employment), whether you want a one-time load or a recurring sync, and which accounts or filters apply.
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Your data lands in Lake.
It builds the connector, tests it and shows you sample rows. Then BLS Public Data API data loads into your Lake on your schedule, ready for the Warehouse, DataPrism BI and AI Minds.
06Pairs
Works well with BLS Public Data API.
Sources teams join with BLS Public Data API in the Warehouse, each one connected the same way.
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