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GET /v1/unemployment

US unemployment rate (latest + trailing year)

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/bls-api/v1/unemployment" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/bls-api/v1/unemployment", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/bls-api/v1/unemployment");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/bls-api/v1/unemployment",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "period": "2026 May",
        "recent": [
            {
                "period": "2026 May",
                "rate_pct": 4.3,
                "period_iso": "2026-05"
            },
            {
                "period": "2026 April",
                "rate_pct": 4.3,
                "period_iso": "2026-04"
            },
            {
                "period": "2026 March",
                "rate_pct": 4.3,
                "period_iso": "2026-03"
            },
            {
                "period": "2026 February",
                "rate_pct": 4.4,
                "period_iso": "2026-02"
            },
            {
                "period": "2026 January",
                "rate_pct": 4.3,
                "period_iso": "2026-01"
            },
            {
                "period": "2025 December",
                "rate_pct": 4.4,
                "period_iso": "2025-12"
            },
            {
                "period": "2025 November",
                "rate_pct": 4.5,
                "period_iso": "2025-11"
            },
            {
                "period": "2025 October",
                "rate_pct": null,
                "period_iso": "2025-10"
            },
            {
                "period": "2025 September",
                "rate_pct": 4.4,
                "period_iso": "2025-09"
            },
            {
                "period": "2025 August",
                "rate_pct": 4.3,
                "period_iso": "2025-08"
            },
            {
                "period": "2025 July",
                "rate_pct": 4.3,
                "period_iso": "2025-07"
            },
            {
                "period": "2025 June",
                "rate_pct": 4.1,
                "period_iso": "2025-06"
            },
            {
                "period": "2025 May",
                "rate_pct": 4.3,
                "period_iso": "2025-05"
            }
        ],
        "source": "US Bureau of Labor Statistics (series LNS14000000)",
        "country": "United States",
        "rate_pct": 4.3,
        "indicator": "Unemployment rate (16 years and over, seasonally adjusted)",
        "period_iso": "2026-05"
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-15T20:40:39.118Z",
        "request_id": "bbe4c8ae-0b89-483c-a4e0-24f19cf1acd5"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "US unemployment retrieved",
    "success": true
}