$ man bls-occupational-stats
/bls-occupational-stats(1)
PRICE / CALL
$0.02
USDC · base mainnet · scheme: exact
METHOD
POST
CLUSTER
edgefinanceCATEGORY
uncategorized
STATUS
● live
NAME
bls-occupational-stats — bls public data api — wages, employment levels, growth by series id
SYNOPSIS
POST https://x402.org/v1/bls-occupational-stats
Content-Type: application/json
X-PAYMENT: <signed-transferWithAuthorization>
{ ... }↳ first call →
402 Payment Required. Sign USDCtransferWithAuthorization, retry with theX-PAYMENT header.DESCRIPTION
BLS Public Data API — wages, employment levels, growth by series ID. Federal public, free. Optional BLS_API_KEY for higher rate-limits.
INPUT — request schema
| property | type | description | req? |
|---|---|---|---|
| series_ids | array | Array of BLS series IDs to fetch (e.g. occupational employment, wage, or growth series codes). | required |
| start_year | string | Four-digit starting year for the data range (e.g. "2020"). | optional |
| end_year | string | Four-digit ending year for the data range (e.g. "2024"). | optional |
| include_calculations | boolean | When true, BLS returns net/percent change calculations alongside the raw data points. | optional |
OUTPUT — response shape
| field | type | description |
|---|---|---|
| series_returned | string | Count of series IDs successfully returned by the BLS API in this response. |
EXAMPLES — two ways to call
EXAMPLE 1 · curl
curl -X POST https://x402.org/v1/bls-occupational-stats \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{ }'first response =
402 Payment Required with payment requirements; sign + retry with X-PAYMENT.EXAMPLE 2 · mcp
# install once claude mcp add x402 --command "npx x402-deployer-mcp" # then ask Claude Code: # "use the bls-occupational-stats tool to ..."
MCP server handles payment automatically — your coding agent just calls the tool by name.
METADATA
- tags
- edge-financeblslabor-statswagesemploymentoccupational-databls-api
- methods
- POST
- cluster
- edgefinance
- price
- $0.02 USDC per call
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