What it returns
US weekly unemployment insurance claims from the Department of Labor's Office of Unemployment Insurance, the same figures as the Thursday jobless claims report, back to 1967.
National rows:. | field | meaning |. |---|---|. | `weekEnded` | the Saturday the claims week ended |. | `initialClaimsSa`, `initialClaimsNsa`, `initialClaims4WkAvgSa`, `initialClaimsSeasonalFactor` | initial claims |. | `continuedClaimsSa`, `continuedClaimsNsa`, `continuedClaims4WkAvgSa` | continued claims (insured unemployment) |. | `insuredUnemploymentRateSa`, `insuredUnemploymentRateNsa`, `coveredEmployment` | insured unemployment rate and covered employment |. | `usualReleaseDate` | the Thursday after the week ended, when DOL normally publishes it (holiday weeks can move) |. State rows: `state`, `weekEnded`, `initialClaims`, `continuedClaims` with `continuedClaimsWeekEnded` (one week earlier), `insuredUnemploymentRate`, `coveredEmployment`. Figures are as currently posted by DOL, including revisions to earlier weeks.
Request
POST https://api.pushbuild.com/us-jobless-claims/run with a JSON body. Send your key in the X-API-Key header.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
level | string: national, state | national: US totals with seasonally adjusted figures. state: claims for the states listed below (not seasonally adjusted). Default: "national". |
states | list of strings | Two-letter state codes (plus DC, PR, VI) for level=state. |
lastN | integer | Most recent weeks (per state). Ignored when fromYear is set. Default: 12. |
fromYear | integer | Return every week from this year. Optional. |
maxItems | integer | Maximum items to return (1-500). Default: 100. |
Example
curl -X POST https://api.pushbuild.com/us-jobless-claims/run \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"states": ["CA", "TX", "NY", "FL"], "maxItems": 20}'Response
{"count": 20, "truncated": false, "seconds": 1.4, "items": [ { ... } ]}Each call returns up to 500 items. Records that fail validation or are not found are flagged in the items and not charged.
Pricing
Pay only for results returned: $0.16 per 1,000 weekly rows. No charge for errors or empty searches.
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