BLS Scraper
Spider read bls.gov in 214 ms without a browser and returned 230 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW", "Eating the cost: food prices and the COVID-19 pandemic" and "Employment in childcare and early education, 2000–23".
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics : U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProductivity increases 1.4% in Q2 2026; unit labor costs increase 1.3% (annual rates) Productivity increased 1.4 percent in the nonfarm business sector in the second quarter of 2026; unit labor costs increased 1.3 percent (seasonally adjusted annual rates). In manufacturing, productivity increased 1.9 percent and unit labor costs were unchanged. HTMLCharts 08/04/2026 Job openings and total separations change little in June; hires unchanged 07/31/2026 Compensation costs up 0.9% Mar 2026 to Jun 2026 and up 3.4% over the year ending Jun 2026 07/29/2026 Gross job gains are 7.8 million in 4th quarter 2025; gross job losses are 7.2 million 07/29/2026 June jobless rates up over the year in 184 of 387 metro areas; payroll jobs up in 15 All ReleasesInformation](https://bls.gov/regions/home.htm)**BLS offers many types of data for regions, states and local areas. To browse for available information, makea selection from the tabs or use the economic news release finder below.Economic news release finderEmployment and UnemploymentInflation, Prices, and SpendingWorkplace Injuries and illnessesCharts for Economic News Releases The Charts for News Releases complements the written analysis and data tables in BLS news releases. CPI Inflation Calculator The CPI inflation calculator uses the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) U.S. city average series for all items, not seasonally adjusted.### MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW#### Employment changes in jobs and their effect on employer costsThis article shows how increases and decreases in employment in particular jobs coincide with slower or faster wage growth.#### Eating the cost: food prices and the COVID-19 pandemicThis article examines food price trends from 2019 to 2023.#### Employment in childcare and early education, 2000–23Employment of childcare workers has declined, while the employment of preschool and kindergarten teachers has risen.The same call, in code.
The capture above came back as markdown. These examples add a key, so you get browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency on bls.gov.
import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";
const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
});
await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm");
// No selectors, no schema. Spider reads the page and names the fields.
const data = await page.scrape();
console.log(data);
await spider.close();import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";
const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
});
await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm");
await page.content();
const data = await page.extractFields({
title: "h1",
date: ".sub-title",
summary: "#main-content p:first-of-type",
source: ".source",
});
console.log(data);
await spider.close();Ready for volume? Get an API key →
Fields you can pull.
Spider names these from the page. The capture above came back as markdown; the same
call with return_format: "json" returns them as keys.
What bls.gov costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000131 to fetch. Pricing is $1 per GB of pre-transformation bandwidth plus $0.001 per CPU minute, so a page like this one lands at a fraction of a cent. Failed requests are billed at $0.
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