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US Labor Market Indicators — BLS, Monthly since 2000

Key US labor market series of the BLS: unemployment rate, U-6, participation rate, employment-population ratio, nonfarm payrolls, average hourly and weekly earnings, average weekly hours. Options for measure: unemployment-rate (Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted (%)), u6 (U-6 underutilization rate, seasonally adjusted (%)), participation-rate (Labor force participation rate, seasonally adjusted (%)), employment-population-ratio (Employment-population ratio, seasonally adjusted (%)), nonfarm-payrolls (Total nonfarm employment, seasonally adjusted (thousands)), avg-hourly-earnings (Average hourly earnings, all private employees ($)), avg-weekly-hours (Average weekly hours, all private employees), avg-weekly-earnings (Average weekly earnings, all private employees ($)).

Call it (no API key)

GET https://api.agentdatahub.de/api/v1/call/us-labor-market?measure=unemployment-rate&compact=1

Full metadata: without compact=1 · Markdown: format=llm · Only some fields: add &fields=a,b.c · MCP: tool call_api with {"apiId":"us-labor-market"}

Parameters

measureLabor market measure (required): unemployment-rate, u6, participation-rate, employment-population-ratio, nonfarm-payrolls, avg-hourly-earnings, avg-weekly-hours, avg-weekly-earnings
fromOptional start YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
toOptional end YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
lastNumber of most recent periods when no from/to is given, 1-500 (default: 13)

Example response (live, compact)

{
  "apiId": "us-labor-market",
  "data_freshness": "cached",
  "data": {
    "measure": "unemployment-rate",
    "series": "Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted (%)",
    "unit": "%",
    "frequency": "M",
    "latest": {
      "period": "2026-09",
      "value": 4.2
    },
    "history": [
      {
        "period": "2025-08",
        "value": 4.3
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-09",
        "value": 4.4
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-11",
        "value": 4.5
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-12",
        "value": 4.4
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-01",
        "value": 4.3
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-02",
        "value": 4.4
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-03",
        "value": 4.3
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-04",
        "value": 4.3
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-05",
        "value": 4.3
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-06",
        "value": 4.2
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-07",
        "value": 4.1
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-08",
        "value": 4.1
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-09",
        "value": 4.2
      }
    ],
    "available": {
      "from": "2000-01",
      "to": "2026-09",
      "points": 320
    },
    "verification": {
      "checked_at": "2026-10-29T14:59:31.475Z",
      "checks": [
        {
          "period": "2026-09",
          "field": "value",
          "expected": 4.2,
          "ok": true,
          "evidence": "BLS Employment Situation, September 2026"
        }
      ]
    },
    "source": {
      "publisher": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics",
      "licence": "Public domain (U.S. Government work)",
      "licence_url": "https://www.bls.gov/bls/linksite.htm"
    },
    "attribution": "Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics"
  },
  "source": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics",
  "license": "Public domain (U.S. Government work)"
}

Recorded history available: /api/v1/history/us-labor-market?measure=unemployment-rate

Source & license

SourceU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
LicensePublic domain (U.S. Government work)
Source URLhttps://www.bls.gov/bls/linksite.htm
Termshttps://www.bls.gov/bls/linksite.htm
CategoryFinance & Markets › Official National Statistics (US, UK, Canada, Australia)