MCP server

BLS Employment & Wages

com.olyport/bls

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

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

Website

At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

olyport.com (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

4

Token cost

About 932 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http bls https://mcp.olyport.com/bls/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.bls]
url = "https://mcp.olyport.com/bls/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"bls":{"httpUrl":"https://mcp.olyport.com/bls/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"bls":{"url":"https://mcp.olyport.com/bls/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"bls":{"type":"http","url":"https://mcp.olyport.com/bls/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add bls https://mcp.olyport.com/bls/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"bls","server_url":"https://mcp.olyport.com/bls/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"bls","server_url":"https://mcp.olyport.com/bls/mcp"}

Tools

• get_county_employment ~258 tokens
  Get county-level unemployment rate, employment, and labor force data. Returns three time series for a specific county: unemployment rate (percent), employment count, and labor force size. Args: state: Two-letter US state abbreviation (e.g. 'WA', 'CA', 'NY'). county_fips
• get_cpi_data ~173 tokens
  Get national Consumer Price Index (CPI) data. Returns the CPI-U (All Urban Consumers, All Items) monthly time series. This is the headline CPI measure used for inflation tracking. Base period: 1982-84=100. Args: start_year: Start year for data (default 2020). end_ye
• get_labor_force_data ~215 tokens
  Get labor force participation, employment, and unemployment counts for a state. Returns three time series: labor force size, employment count, and unemployment count. All values are in thousands of persons. Args: state: Two-letter US state abbreviation (e.g. 'WA', 'CA', 'NY').
• get_unemployment_rate ~286 tokens
  Get unemployment rate time series from BLS LAUS data. Returns monthly unemployment rates for a state or county. Data is returned in chronological order with year, period, and percentage value. Args: state: Two-letter US state abbreviation (e.g. 'WA', 'CA', 'NY'). county

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• Government and public data

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