Index / MCP servers / BLS Employment & Wages

BLS Employment & Wages MCP server

BLS Employment & Wages is an MCP server with 4 tools an agent can call, among them get_county_employment, get_cpi_data, get_labor_force_data. It answers at https://mcp.olyport.com/bls/mcp over streamable HTTP, and it listed its tools to an anonymous client, so no sign-in was needed for that. Our probes reached it 10 of 10 times since 5 September 2026; the last check, on 18 October 2026, succeeded.

Status
Answering
Tools
4
Official
yes, served from olyport.com
Reliability
10 of 10 checks
Response time
498 ms
Transport
streamable HTTP
Last checked
18 October 2026

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

Description as the publisher wrote it.

The 4 tools BLS Employment & Wages offers

ToolWhat it does
get_county_employmentGet 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.
Inputs: state, county_fips, start_year, end_year
get_cpi_dataGet 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 d
Inputs: start_year, end_year
get_labor_force_dataGet 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
Inputs: state, start_year, end_year
get_unemployment_rateGet 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 (
Inputs: state, county_fips, start_year, end_year

Add BLS Employment & Wages to your AI client

Every block below points at https://mcp.olyport.com/bls/mcp. Pick your client and copy.

Claude Code: one command in your terminal
claude mcp add --transport http bls-employment-wages https://mcp.olyport.com/bls/mcp
Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bls-employment-wages": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.olyport.com/bls/mcp"]
    }
  }
}
Cursor: ~/.cursor/mcp.json, or .cursor/mcp.json in a project
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bls-employment-wages": {
      "url": "https://mcp.olyport.com/bls/mcp"
    }
  }
}
VS Code and GitHub Copilot: .vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "bls-employment-wages": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.olyport.com/bls/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Zed: Zed settings.json
{
  "context_servers": {
    "bls-employment-wages": {
      "url": "https://mcp.olyport.com/bls/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Windsurf: ~/.codeium/mcp_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bls-employment-wages": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.olyport.com/bls/mcp"
    }
  }
}
JetBrains AI Assistant: Settings, Tools, AI Assistant, MCP, New MCP Server, as JSON
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bls-employment-wages": {
      "url": "https://mcp.olyport.com/bls/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Continue: .continue/mcpServers/neuronto.yaml
name: BLS Employment & Wages
version: 0.0.1
schema: v1
mcpServers:
  - name: BLS Employment & Wages
    type: streamable-http
    url: https://mcp.olyport.com/bls/mcp
Gemini CLI: ~/.gemini/settings.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bls-employment-wages": {
      "httpUrl": "https://mcp.olyport.com/bls/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Codex CLI: MCP server config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bls-employment-wages": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.olyport.com/bls/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Warp: MCP servers, + Add, paste JSON
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bls-employment-wages": {
      "url": "https://mcp.olyport.com/bls/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Goose: a one-click extension link
goose://extension?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmcp.olyport.com%2Fbls%2Fmcp&type=streamable_http&id=bls-employment-wages&name=BLS%20Employment%20%26%20Wages

Is BLS Employment & Wages up right now?

It answered our last check on 18 October 2026 in 498 ms. Over 10 checks since 5 September 2026 it answered 10. Status here comes from Neuronto's own probes, not from the publisher.

MCP servers similar to BLS Employment & Wages

Questions about BLS Employment & Wages

Is there an official BLS Employment & Wages MCP server?

Yes. It is published by olyport.com and served from mcp.olyport.com, the vendor's own domain: https://mcp.olyport.com/bls/mcp.

How many tools does BLS Employment & Wages have?

4, as returned by the server's own tools/list on 31 August 2026: get_county_employment, get_cpi_data, get_labor_force_data, get_unemployment_rate.

Is BLS Employment & Wages down?

It answered our last check on 18 October 2026 in 498 ms. Over 10 checks since 5 September 2026 it answered 10.

How do I add BLS Employment & Wages to Cursor?

Put the server under mcpServers in ~/.cursor/mcp.json with the URL https://mcp.olyport.com/bls/mcp. The exact JSON is above, with the same setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, Gemini CLI and the rest.

Does BLS Employment & Wages need an API key?

It listed its tools to an anonymous client, so reading the tool list needs no key. Individual tools can still ask for credentials in their own inputs.

Where this comes from

Publisher: com.olyport. Endpoint host: mcp.olyport.com. ARD identifier: urn:air:com.olyport:mcp:bls. First indexed 31 August 2026. The tools are exactly what the server returned; nothing on this page is inferred from its name. Ranking in Neuronto search is never for sale.

Is this your server? Get a message the day it stops answering or its tools change: monitoring, 14 days free. Or claim the domain to manage how it is listed.