Department of Labor

aid: dol
name: Department of Labor
description: >
  The U.S. Department of Labor provides REST APIs exposing over 200 datasets covering employment
  statistics, H-1B and foreign labor visa data, OSHA inspections and enforcement, wage and hour
  violations, job openings, union reports, workforce development data, mine safety, and Bureau of
  Labor Statistics economic indicators including CPI, CES, OES, and CPS. APIs are free to use with
  registration via the Open Data Portal.
type: Index
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url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/dol/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
  - Government
  - Employment
  - Labor
  - Workforce
  - OSHA
  - Safety
  - Wages
  - H-1B
  - Statistics
  - Open Data
apis:
  - name: DOL Employment Statistics API
    description: >
      Access to Current Employment Statistics (CES), Current Population Survey (CPS), Occupational
      Employment Statistics Survey (OES), Quarterly Census Employment and Wage (CEW), and Consumer
      Price Indexes (CPI) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics via the DOL centralized API.
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    humanURL: https://developer.dol.gov/
    baseURL: https://api.dol.gov/V1/
    tags:
      - Employment
      - Statistics
      - BLS
      - CPI
      - Wages
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.dol.gov/
      - type: Authentication
        url: https://developer.dol.gov/accessing-the-apis-using-http-requests/

  - name: DOL OSHA Enforcement API
    description: >
      Access OSHA inspection and enforcement data including inspection details, violations,
      citations, penalties, and accident injury reports. Covers all OSHA compliance actions
      with summary information about inspections conducted across U.S. workplaces.
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    humanURL: https://developer.dol.gov/health-and-safety/
    baseURL: https://api.dol.gov/V1/
    tags:
      - OSHA
      - Safety
      - Health
      - Enforcement
      - Inspections
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.dol.gov/health-and-safety/

  - name: DOL Wage and Hour Compliance API
    description: >
      Access Wage and Hour Division (WHD) compliance action data covering all concluded compliance
      actions since FY 2005, including back wages, violations, and employer information. Also
      includes Farm Labor Contractor data and Wage and Hour Publications System.
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    humanURL: https://developer.dol.gov/
    baseURL: https://api.dol.gov/V1/
    tags:
      - Wages
      - Compliance
      - WHD
      - Labor Standards
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.dol.gov/

  - name: DOL H-1B Foreign Labor Certification API
    description: >
      Access Labor Condition Application (LCA) data collected by the Employment and Training
      Administration's Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) covering H-1B, H-1B1, E-3,
      H-2A, H-2B, and D-1 visa categories. Includes employer, wage, and job data.
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    humanURL: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/performance
    baseURL: https://api.dol.gov/V1/
    tags:
      - H-1B
      - Foreign Labor
      - Visas
      - Immigration
      - OFLC
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/performance

  - name: DOL Mine Safety and Health API
    description: >
      Access Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) data including mine-by-mine information,
      accidents and injuries, inspections, violations, assessments, employment and production reports.
      Covers Full Mine Information, Basic Mine Information, Mine Violations, and Mine Inspections.
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    humanURL: https://developer.dol.gov/health-and-safety/
    baseURL: https://api.dol.gov/V1/
    tags:
      - Mining
      - Safety
      - MSHA
      - Inspections
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.dol.gov/health-and-safety/

  - name: DOL Public Workforce System API
    description: >
      Access Public Workforce System data including Initial Unemployment Insurance (UI) Claims,
      Workforce Investment Act data, job openings, and workforce development program information
      from the Employment and Training Administration (ETA).
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    humanURL: https://developer.dol.gov/
    baseURL: https://api.dol.gov/V1/
    tags:
      - Workforce
      - Unemployment
      - Job Openings
      - ETA
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.dol.gov/

  - name: DOL Veterans Employment API
    description: >
      Access VETS-4212 and VETS-100 datasets containing veteran employment data reported by
      federal contractors and subcontractors, including hiring benchmarks and veteran
      representation across contractor organizations.
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    humanURL: https://developer.dol.gov/others/
    baseURL: https://api.dol.gov/V1/
    tags:
      - Veterans
      - Employment
      - Contractors
      - VETS
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.dol.gov/others/

  - name: DOL Sweat and Toil API
    description: >
      Access the International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB) Sweat and Toil data covering child
      labor and forced labor worldwide, including goods produced with child or forced labor
      by country and good, sourced from ILAB's annual reports.
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    humanURL: https://developer.dol.gov/others/
    baseURL: https://api.dol.gov/V1/
    tags:
      - Child Labor
      - Forced Labor
      - International
      - ILAB
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developer.dol.gov/others/

common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.dol.gov/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.dol.gov/
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/USDepartmentofLabor
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/u-s-department-of-labor
  - type: Blog
    url: https://blog.dol.gov/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://dataportal.dol.gov/
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://developer.dol.gov/others/api-metrics-per-key/
  - type: X
    url: https://x.com/USDOL
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/dol-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/dol-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/dol-finops.yml
  - type: OpenDataPortal
    url: https://dataportal.dol.gov/
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://developer.dol.gov/release-notes/
  - type: EnforceData
    url: https://enforcedata.dol.gov/

maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]