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This series has no golden-value checks assigned yet, so it is labelled unverified. The values are ingested from the official source with full provenance, but nothing here has been confirmed against a hand-checked reference point.
Coverage 1948-01-01 to 2026-07-01 · series id bls/LNS12000000
Recent values
| Period | Value | Revision |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-01 | 162,177 | 1 |
| 2026-06-01 | 162,264 | 1 |
| 2026-05-01 | 162,771 | 1 |
| 2026-04-01 | 162,622 | 1 |
| 2026-03-01 | 162,848 | 1 |
| 2026-02-01 | 162,912 | 1 |
| 2026-01-01 | 163,097 | 1 |
| 2025-12-01 | 163,992 | 1 |
| 2025-11-01 | 163,760 | 1 |
| 2025-10-01 | null | 1 |
| 2025-09-01 | 163,656 | 1 |
| 2025-08-01 | 163,370 | 1 |
Verification history
| Check | Result | Expected | Actual | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| freshness | pass | 19h ago | ||
| freshness | pass | 43h ago | ||
| freshness | pass | 2d ago | ||
| freshness | pass | 3d ago | ||
| freshness | pass | 4d ago | ||
| freshness | pass | 5d ago |
License and citation
License public-domain (terms). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. BLS data are in the public domain.
Official table: Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Use it
curl "https://starwell.dev/api/starwell/v1/sources/bls/series/LNS12000000/observations?latest=12"
Download CSV: full history with attribution.
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<img src="https://starwell.dev/sources/bls/LNS12000000/chart.svg"
alt="(Seas) Employment Level" width="720" />
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[](https://starwell.dev/sources/bls/LNS12000000)
curl -X POST "https://starwell.dev/api/starwell/v1/answer" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer dlk_live_YOUR_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"question": "What is the latest value?", "series": [{"source": "bls", "seriesId": "LNS12000000"}]}'
Data reads need no key; answers do. Keys are free at /account; a keyless sample lives at GET /api/starwell/v1/answer/demo.