# BLS API

> 5 public methods for BLS (bls.gov), each 1 credit per completed run.

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## Methods

### [Get occupation outlook](https://fous.com/methods/bls.gov/get-occupation-outlook.md)

`bls.gov/get_occupation_outlook`, read. Finds the best-matching Occupational Outlook Handbook profile for a job title and returns its pay, entry requirements, jobs and 10-year outlook.

Returns: profile title, description, median pay, education, jobs, projected growth, openings, SOC code

### [Convert US dollars between months with CPI](https://fous.com/methods/bls.gov/calculate-inflation.md)

`bls.gov/calculate_inflation`, read. Converts a US dollar amount from one month or annual average to another using the US city average CPI-U for all items, not seasonally adjusted. Defaults to the latest published month.

Returns: adjusted amount, cumulative inflation percent, CPI values, plain-English sentence

### [Get occupation wages](https://fous.com/methods/bls.gov/get-occupation-wages.md)

`bls.gov/get_occupation_wages`, read. Finds the latest published BLS pay and employment for an occupation in the US, a state, or a metro area, and compares it with the national median.

Returns: occupation title, location, survey period, employment, median/10th/90th percentile annual wage, median hourly wage, national median, difference

### [Get inflation rate](https://fous.com/methods/bls.gov/get-inflation-rate.md)

`bls.gov/get_inflation_rate`, read. Gets the latest U.S. Consumer Price Index inflation for a spending category, with up to 24 recent months of history. Monthly changes are seasonally adjusted; 12-month changes are not.

Returns: latest month, 12-month and 1-month percent changes, core inflation, release dates, history

### [Get unemployment rate](https://fous.com/methods/bls.gov/get-unemployment-rate.md)

`bls.gov/get_unemployment_rate`, read. Gets the latest seasonally adjusted unemployment rate and labor-force counts for the United States or a state, with up to 24 months of history.

Returns: unemployment rate, change from previous month, labor force, employed, unemployed, release date, BLS series IDs, optional monthly history