{"name":"bls-occupational-stats","description":"Pull wage, employment level, and growth data straight from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Public Data API by series ID, covering formats like OEWS occupational wages (OEUM...), local-area unemployment (LAU...), and CES employment series. It's a federal, public, free source, and an optional BLS_API_KEY raises the rate limit for heavier lookups. Send series_ids (up to 25 per request) plus an optional start_year and end_year; get back per-series data points with year, period, value, footnotes, and optional net/percent-change calculations. Use it as a BLS wage data API, occupational employment lookup, or labor statistics tool for wage benchmarking, HR market research, or macroeconomic dashboards.","price":"$0.02","method":"POST","input_schema":{"properties":{"series_ids":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"string"},"description":"BLS series IDs to fetch (e.g. 'LAUCN040010000000005'). Max 25 per request."},"start_year":{"type":"string","description":"Start year for the data range. Must be paired with end_year (the other is mirrored if only one is given)."},"end_year":{"type":"string","description":"End year for the data range. Must be paired with start_year (the other is mirrored if only one is given)."},"include_calculations":{"type":"boolean","description":"Boolean, default false. When true, includes BLS net/percent change calculations per data point."}},"required":["series_ids"]},"input_example":{"series_ids":["LAUCN040010000000005"],"start_year":"2023"},"output_example":{"series_returned":1},"x402_payment_required":true,"x402_facilitator":"https://api.cdp.coinbase.com/platform/v2/x402"}