`bls_local_unemployment`

Pack: bls · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bls/mcp

Look up the current LOCAL-AREA unemployment rate (or employment/labor force) for a US county, metro area (MSA), or city/town by NAME — e.g. “Wake County, NC”, “Cary, North Carolina”, “Fargo-Moorhead MSA”. Resolves the place to its BLS LAUS series id (bls_get_series cannot do this; it needs a series ID, not a place name) and returns recent monthly data. Falls back to the county when a city is below the LAUS city-reporting threshold, and says so. Data is NOT seasonally adjusted.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`place`	string	yes	Place name: a county (“Wake County”), metro area (“Fargo-Moorhead MSA”, “Raleigh-Cary MSA”), or city/town (“Cary”). Include “County” or “MSA”/“Metro” in the name to disambiguate the kind when it matters.
`state`	string	no	US state, 2-letter code or full name (e.g. “NC” or “North Carolina”). Optional if already included in `place` (e.g. “Cary, NC”).
`measure`	string	no	One of: “rate” (unemployment rate, default), “unemployment” (level), “employment” (level), “labor_force” (level).
`months`	number	no	How many most-recent monthly observations to return. Default 12.
`_apiKey`	string	no	BLS registration key (optional, increases rate limits)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "place": "Wake County",
  "state": "North Carolina"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bls/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"bls_local_unemployment","arguments":{"place":"Wake County","state":"North Carolina"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('bls_local_unemployment', {
  "place": "Wake County",
  "state": "North Carolina"
});

More examples

{
  "place": "Cary",
  "state": "NC"
}

{
  "place": "Fargo-Moorhead MSA"
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bls": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bls/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

bls_local_unemployment