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Public API Lab
Inspect public data requests and copy reproducible analysis code. Responses preserve source references, units, coverage, and missing-data states.
- Public endpoints
- 628 evidence domains
- Validated recipes
- 124live and editable requests
- Current rows
- 235,8091483 declared fields
- API keys
- 0open GET access
Endpoint topologyGET /api/public/:dataset
node size follows endpoint familiesReviewed through Aug 15, 2026
No API keyOpen same-origin GET requests across every endpoint family.
JSON + CSVOne filtered row contract in two portable response formats.
Five-minute cacheShared responses retain a 24-hour stale revalidation window.
Audit source review Public API live workbench
Live request console
Interrogate the public evidence layer.
Select a contract, tune its parameters, and run the exact same-origin request used by the observatory.- Endpoints
- 62
- Recipes
- 124
- Authentication
- None
Endpoint register
62 / 62Economy and prices
Productivity and labor costs
Official BLS quarterly major-sector panel for 6 scopes from 2017-Q1 through 2026-Q2, spanning six 2017=100 productivity, output, hours, compensation, and labor-cost indexes with source gaps and revision states preserved explicitly.Research promptHow have productivity and unit labor costs changed across major U.S. sectors without treating either as a market-power measure?BLS productivity, compensation, and unit-labor-cost indexes with source gaps preserved.
GET
/api/public/productivity-labor-costs?scopes=nonfarm-business%2Cmanufacturing%2Cdurable-manufacturing%2Cnondurable-manufacturing&metric=labor-productivity&from=2017-Q1&to=2026-Q2Ready to run this request.The response envelope, headers, timing, byte count, and bounded preview will appear here.
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