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Connect Bls Wages Oews Occupational Employment to your AI

Set it up once and it works in ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and any other client you love. It all runs safely in the background, so you can relax and focus on what really matters. Pull precise wage and occupation data directly into your AI client.

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Works with modern AI clients that support MCP, including ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and more.

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1 capability in this set.

Part of 1 available through Bureau of Labor Statistics.

  1. 01

    Query bls

    This capability runs generic BLS v2 API timeseries queries. Use it when you already have the specific BLS Series IDs for the data you need.

Real work

What teams actually run

01

Salary Benchmarking

Compare your company's offered salaries against official national medians for specific roles.

02

Relocation Planning

Analyze how much a specific profession earns in a new state before moving a team or individual.

03

Budget Forecasting

Use wage distributions to estimate the cost of hiring at different experience levels.

04

Market Research

Identify high-paying geographic regions for specific technical or medical occupations.

Automate a task

Put Bureau of Labor Statistics to work on one thing.

Step-by-step automations your AI runs through this Connector: the workflow, the prompts to start with, and the exact capabilities behind each move.

One connector, every AI

Bureau of Labor Statistics works with the most popular AI clients.

These are the most popular clients, each with a step-by-step guide: one link, set up once, with governance and visibility built in. And because everything runs on the MCP standard, the same connection also works in any other compatible client — nothing to rebuild.

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Building your own app? The connector is yours to use.

You don't need a client to put Bureau of Labor Statistics to work: the same hosted connection plugs into your own applications and agent code, with the same governance on every request. Build with it, chat with it — one connection for both.

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Activate the Connector, copy your link, and paste it into the client you already use. 1 capability arrives ready to run.

Preview access · not provider authentication

The vk_preview_* token belongs to Vinkius preview infrastructure. It lets Claude discover and display the capabilities of Bureau of Labor Statistics, so you can see the experience inside your AI.

It does not authenticate your account with Bureau of Labor Statistics. Actions requiring credentials or live account data may not run until you activate the Connector and authorize the service.

Bureau of Labor Statistics Connector

You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_8E0OFwdn9LTk2NDCPThE9JsrVwbsQyywMC6nZz9V/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — Bureau of Labor Statistics capabilities are ready to use.
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    "bls-wages-oews-occupational-employment-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_8E0OFwdn9LTk2NDCPThE9JsrVwbsQyywMC6nZz9V/mcp"
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  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • Cursor
  • VS Code
  • Windsurf
  • Claude Code
  • JetBrains
  • Cline

Step-by-step instructions for each client are in the guide. How to connect

Guided setup for Claude? Set up Bureau of Labor Statistics in Claude and other AIs

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Who it's for

Built for the work Bureau of Labor Statistics owners hand off.

This MCP is built for professionals who need official, verifiable labor market data to drive compensation and hiring decisions.

  • 01

    HR Professionals

    They hand off salary benchmarking and compensation planning tasks to the AI.

  • 02

    Recruiters

    They use the data to provide clients with accurate market rate expectations for specific roles.

  • 03

    Economic Researchers

    They pull specific wage percentiles and state-level data for labor market analysis.

FAQ

Questions Bureau of Labor Statistics owners ask.

  • 01

    What data does this MCP provide?

    It provides Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) including median pay, average pay, and wage distributions by profession and state.

  • 02

    Which AI clients can I use with this MCP?

    You can use this with any MCP-compatible client, including Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

  • 03

    How accurate is the wage information?

    The data comes directly from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) OEWS dataset, which is the official source for US occupational wage statistics.

  • 04

    Can I compare salaries between two different states?

    Yes, you can ask your agent to compare the median or average earnings for a specific job across different geographic locations.

  • 05

    Do I need to know specific BLS codes to use it?

    Not necessarily. You can ask in plain English, though the query_bls capability allows for more direct access if you already have the specific Series IDs.

  • 06

    How reliable is OEWS compared to private job boards?

    Extremely. OEWS pulls directly from true tax and payroll disclosures to the government, eliminating inflated self-reported figures typical on private job sites.

  • 07

    Is a Key required?

    Only one single Key is required from the registration page. Simply plug it into the settings page and access the entire 20-year catalog of wage distribution profiles globally.

  • 08

    Why is wage data a unique server?

    Because querying compensation brackets specific to states and detailed codes (like separating Senior vs Junior codes horizontally) takes specialized capability structures optimally tailored here.

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