BLS Economic Data Monitor — Jobs, Wages & CPI
Track official U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics time series such as local unemployment, employment and CPI. Returns the latest observation and a change over the selected period.
BLS Economic Data Monitor — Jobs, Wages & CPI returns 8 documented output fields, including seriesId, year, period, periodName and value. Every field carries a declared type, a written description and an example value. 16 runs are recorded on Apify.
- 8
- Output fields
- 4
- Inputs
- 16
- Runs
- 2026-10-15
- Last run
01 — output
What it returns
Every field the extractor writes to its dataset, with its type, a written description and an example value.
| Field | Type | What it holds | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| seriesId | string | The source's identifier for the time series. The key that groups the observations. | LEU0254555900 |
| year | number | Calendar year the record refers to. | 1 |
| period | string | Period the figure covers, as the source writes it. | M09 |
| periodName | string | Human-readable name of the period, e.g. 'September 2026'. The readable form of `period`, which is the code. | September 2026 |
| value | number | The measured value for this row. Units are in the README and sometimes in a sibling field. | 42.5 |
| latest | boolean | Whether the source marks this observation as the most recent in the series. | true |
| footnotes | string | Footnotes the source attaches to the observation, joined into one string. The source's words, not this Actor's commentary. | Data are preliminary. |
| changeFromPrevious | number | Change in `value` from the previous observation in the SAME series, derived by this Actor. Null for the first observation, which has no previous — not zero. | -0.2 |
02 — sample
One record
Assembled from the example values declared on the schema above, not invented at render time.
{
"seriesId": "LEU0254555900",
"year": 1,
"period": "M09",
"periodName": "September 2026",
"value": 42.5,
"latest": true,
"footnotes": "Data are preliminary.",
"changeFromPrevious": -0.2
}03 — input
What you give it
| Input | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| seriesIds | arrayrequired | One or more uppercase BLS IDs, e.g. LAUCN040010000000005 for a local unemployment series. |
| startYear | integeroptional | First calendar year to retrieve. |
| endYear | integeroptional | Last calendar year to retrieve. |
| maxItems | integeroptional | Hard cap on returned observations. |
04 — run
Run BLS Economic Data Monitor on your own input
It runs in the cloud on Apify. Nothing to install, and you are billed per result returned rather than per attempt.
05 — questions
Asked before running it
8 of 8 fields described
- What does BLS Economic Data Monitor — Jobs, Wages & CPI return?
- It returns 8 documented output fields: seriesId, year, period, periodName, value, latest, footnotes and changeFromPrevious. Each field declares its type, a description of what it holds, and an example value.
- What input does BLS Economic Data Monitor — Jobs, Wages & CPI require?
- seriesIds is required. A further 3 inputs are optional. The full input schema, with types and defaults, is below.
- Does BLS Economic Data Monitor — Jobs, Wages & CPI need an API key or login?
- No. None of its inputs is a credential, and it reads only public data. Nothing to sign up for before the first run.
- How do I run BLS Economic Data Monitor — Jobs, Wages & CPI?
- It runs on Apify. Start it from its listing with the inputs above, or call the Apify API with the Actor's ID. Results land in a dataset you can export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read through the Apify API into your own pipeline.