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BLS US Unemployment Rate API
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BLS US Unemployment Rate API is a paid API for AI agents from x402-data-bazaar.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.008/call, status down (last checked 2026-09-15).
Returns the US unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted) as monthly time-series data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, with configurable years of history.
Price / call$0.008
Success—
StatusDown
How this service works
US unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted). Monthly values with history. Optional ?years=10 (default 5).
Output
Returns a JSON object with the latest unemployment rate (year, period, rate_pct), a full array of monthly historical records going back the requested number of years, and the BLS series ID (LNS14000000), all sourced from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Example use cases
Example prompt
“What's the current US unemployment rate, and can you pull the last 10 years of monthly history from the BLS seasonally adjusted series?”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://x402-data-bazaar.vercel.app/api/bls/unemploymentWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need official, seasonally adjusted US unemployment rate data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics with monthly granularity and configurable historical depth. Prefer this over CPI or other economic endpoints when specifically researching labor market conditions, jobless rates, or employment trends.
Side effects
- Invalid or non-numeric years parameter may return an error or default to 5 years
- BLS data may have a lag of several weeks after the reference month
- If upstream BLS data source is unavailable, the endpoint may return a 500 or stale data
- Very large years values may be capped or return sparse data for early periods
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| years | string | How many years of monthly history to return |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"data": {
"latest": {
"year": "2026",
"period": "February",
"rate_pct": 4.4
},
"history": [
{
"year": "2026",
"period": "February",
"rate_pct": 4.4
},
{
"year": "2026",
"period": "January",
"rate_pct": 4.3
}
],
"seriesId": "LNS14000000"
},
"source": "Bureau of Labor Statistics",
"success": true
}Tags
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