`get_employment_by_industry`

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

Get US non-farm payroll employment by industry (manufacturing, construction, retail, financial, government, etc.). Returns employment figures in thousands by period.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`industry`	string	no	Industry to retrieve. One of: “total_nonfarm”, “manufacturing”, “construction”, “retail”, “financial”, “government”. Defaults to “total_nonfarm”.
`start_year`	string	no	Start year as 4-digit string (e.g. “2020”). Optional.
`end_year`	string	no	End year as 4-digit string (e.g. “2024”). Optional.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "industry": "manufacturing",
  "start_year": "2018",
  "end_year": "2024"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/econdata/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_employment_by_industry","arguments":{"industry":"manufacturing","start_year":"2018","end_year":"2024"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_employment_by_industry', {
  "industry": "manufacturing",
  "start_year": "2018",
  "end_year": "2024"
});

More examples

{
  "industry": "construction"
}

Response shape

Always returns: series_id, industry, description, unit, start_year, end_year, total, data

Field	Type	Description
`series_id`	string	BLS series ID for the industry
`industry`	string	Industry name requested
`description`	string	Series description
`unit`	string	Unit of measurement (thousands of persons)
`start_year`	string \| null	Start year filter if provided, null otherwise
`end_year`	string \| null	End year filter if provided, null otherwise
`total`	integer	Total number of data points returned
`data`	array	Employment data by period

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "series_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "BLS series ID for the industry"
    },
    "industry": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Industry name requested"
    },
    "description": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Series description"
    },
    "unit": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unit of measurement (thousands of persons)"
    },
    "start_year": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Start year filter if provided, null otherwise"
    },
    "end_year": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "End year filter if provided, null otherwise"
    },
    "total": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Total number of data points returned"
    },
    "data": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Employment data by period",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "year": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Year of the observation"
          },
          "month": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Month name (e.g., January)"
          },
          "period": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Period code (e.g., M01)"
          },
          "employment_thousands": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Employment in thousands of persons"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "year",
          "month",
          "period",
          "employment_thousands"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "series_id",
    "industry",
    "description",
    "unit",
    "start_year",
    "end_year",
    "total",
    "data"
  ]
}

Connect

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

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

get_employment_by_industry