# BLS Employment & Wages

> Use this tool when you need to access authoritative data on unemployment rates, labor force, and consumer prices to inform economic research, policy decisions, or business strategies. It provides historical and current data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, solving problems related to labor market analysis and economic trend forecasting. With inputs such as geographic location and time period, it outputs detailed statistics and indices, including the Consumer Price Index.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/com-olyport-bls  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/com-olyport-bls

## Description

Unemployment rates, labor force, and Consumer Price Index from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.30
- **Verification tier:** unverified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-02

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.1.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** other
- **Updated:** 2026-09-02

## Source

- **Source listing:** [MCP Registry](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers/com.olyport%2Fbls)

## Use it

MCP endpoint published by the skill: `https://mcp.olyport.com/bls/mcp`

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "com-olyport-bls"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/com-olyport-bls` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/com-olyport-bls/pull`

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