--- title: US Labor Market — Unemployment + LFP emoji: 👥 colorFrom: blue colorTo: purple sdk: gradio sdk_version: 4.44.0 app_file: app.py pinned: true license: cc-by-4.0 short_description: BLS unemployment + labor-force participation, monthly datasets: - iizy/calcfi-open-data tags: - finance - labor - unemployment - bls - macro - calcfi-open-data --- # US Labor Market — Unemployment + LFP [![Dataset DOI](https://img.shields.io/badge/Dataset%20DOI-10.6084%2Fm9.figshare.32332290-blue)](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.32332290) [![Zenodo DOI](https://img.shields.io/badge/Zenodo-10.5281%2Fzenodo.20302283-1682D4)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20302283) [![OSF DOI](https://img.shields.io/badge/OSF-10.17605%2FOSF.IO%2FPUMKT-2C6BAC)](https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/PUMKT) [![License CC BY 4.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY%204.0-lightgrey)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Unemployment · Labor Force Participation, loaded live from the [CalcFi Open Data](https://huggingface.co/datasets/iizy/calcfi-open-data) dataset (CC BY 4.0, primary sources only). ## What this Space shows Unemployment alone hides structural changes in who counts as 'looking for work.' Pairing it with labor-force participation reveals when low unemployment is real strength versus people dropping out of the workforce. ## Why these series matter - **Unemployment rate** (percent) — Source: BLS via FRED UNRATE - **Labor force participation** (percent) — Source: BLS via FRED CIVPART ## Methodology All series are pulled live from the CalcFi Open Data dataset on Hugging Face. CSVs carry primary-source provenance in their comment headers (`# Source:`, `# Primary URL:`, `# Retrieved:`). Pandas reads them with `comment="#"`. No smoothing, no imputation, no proprietary adjustments. Full methodology: ## Data source - Live dataset: [iizy/calcfi-open-data](https://huggingface.co/datasets/iizy/calcfi-open-data) - Permanent DOIs: [Figshare 10.6084/m9.figshare.32332290](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.32332290) · [Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.20302283](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20302283) · [OSF 10.17605/OSF.IO/PUMKT](https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/PUMKT) · [Kaggle 10.34740/kaggle/dsv/16356447](https://doi.org/10.34740/kaggle/dsv/16356447) · [Mendeley 10.17632/jsnwhy6vjn.1](https://doi.org/10.17632/jsnwhy6vjn.1) - Mirrors: [GitHub](https://github.com/jerehere/calcfi-open-data) · [GitLab](https://gitlab.com/jere.salmisto/calcfi-open-data) · [Docs site](https://calcfi-open-data-4a2bc1.gitlab.io/) ## Related work **Other HF Spaces in this set (10 total):** - [calcfi-mortgage-rate-explorer](https://huggingface.co/spaces/iizy/calcfi-mortgage-rate-explorer) — 30Y + 15Y mortgage + 10Y Treasury - [calcfi-inflation-wage-tracker](https://huggingface.co/spaces/iizy/calcfi-inflation-wage-tracker) — CPI + PCE + hourly earnings - [calcfi-yield-curve-spread](https://huggingface.co/spaces/iizy/calcfi-yield-curve-spread) — Fed Funds + 2Y + 10Y, inversion shading - [calcfi-fed-funds-cycle](https://huggingface.co/spaces/iizy/calcfi-fed-funds-cycle) — Fed Funds + Prime + credit-card APR - [calcfi-oil-gas-tracker](https://huggingface.co/spaces/iizy/calcfi-oil-gas-tracker) — WTI + Brent + US gasoline - [calcfi-fx-history](https://huggingface.co/spaces/iizy/calcfi-fx-history) — USD/EUR · USD/GBP · USD/JPY exchange-rate history - [calcfi-commodity-inflation](https://huggingface.co/spaces/iizy/calcfi-commodity-inflation) — Copper · corn · vs CPI - [calcfi-gdp-per-capita](https://huggingface.co/spaces/iizy/calcfi-gdp-per-capita) — US · Eurozone GDP per capita - [calcfi-consumer-credit](https://huggingface.co/spaces/iizy/calcfi-consumer-credit) — Credit-card APR · personal-loan rate **Long-form Observable notebooks built on the same dataset:** - [Mortgage Spread Over Treasury (50 years)](https://observablehq.com/@iizy/mortgage-spread-over-treasury-50-years) - [Yield Curve Recession Indicator (2s/10s)](https://observablehq.com/@iizy/yield-curve-recession-indicator-2s-10s) - [Inflation vs Fed Target (2% History)](https://observablehq.com/@iizy/inflation-vs-fed-target-2-percent-history) **CodePen calculator demos (vanilla JS, MIT)** — [view all 6 in collection](https://codepen.io/collection/BawbdB): - [Compound Interest Calculator](https://codepen.io/Jere-S/pen/LEbyJQe) - [Mortgage Amortization Chart](https://codepen.io/Jere-S/pen/zxowJaw) - [Inflation-Adjusted Returns](https://codepen.io/Jere-S/pen/pvNPOZg) - [30Y Mortgage Rate History (FRED Data)](https://codepen.io/Jere-S/pen/emBWLLg) - [Retirement Corpus Projection](https://codepen.io/Jere-S/pen/ByQROqg) - [CPI vs Wages Tracker](https://codepen.io/Jere-S/pen/qEqmMQo) **Static dataset documentation:** [calcfi-open-data-4a2bc1.gitlab.io](https://calcfi-open-data-4a2bc1.gitlab.io/) **Author profiles (Person entity graph):** - [ORCID 0009-0000-0916-8684](https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0916-8684) - [Academia.edu — Jere K Salmisto](https://independent.academia.edu/JereS6) - [GitLab — jere.salmisto](https://gitlab.com/jere.salmisto) - [CodePen — Jere-S](https://codepen.io/Jere-S) - [Hugging Face — iizy](https://huggingface.co/iizy) **Live tools at [calcfi.app](https://calcfi.app):** 300+ free personal-finance calculators built on the same primary-source data layer (FRED, BLS, Freddie Mac, US Treasury). ## Citation > Salmisto, J. (2026). *CalcFi Open Data: 34 Free CC-BY Financial and Macro Time Series Mirrored from Primary Sources* [Dataset]. Figshare. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.32332290 ORCID: [0009-0000-0916-8684](https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0916-8684) ## License App code: MIT. Underlying data: CC BY 4.0 — attribution to [CalcFi](https://calcfi.app/developers) and the named primary source. --- ## Companion surfaces - **Free calculators (300+):** [calcfi.app](https://calcfi.app) — every tool cited to a primary source - **Underlying dataset:** [CalcFi Open Data on Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/datasets/iizy/calcfi-open-data) — 34 CC-BY series - **Live SQL endpoint (Datasette):** [calcfi-open-data.vercel.app](https://calcfi-open-data.vercel.app/) - **Python client:** `pip install calcfidata` ([PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/calcfidata/) · [Anaconda](https://anaconda.org/jeresalmisto/calcfidata)) - **Documentation:** [calcfidata.readthedocs.io](https://calcfidata.readthedocs.io/) - **Query mirrors:** [data.world](https://data.world/jerehere/calcfi-open-data) · [DoltHub (versioned)](https://www.dolthub.com/repositories/jerehere/calcfi-open-data) · [MotherDuck (cloud DuckDB)](https://app.motherduck.com/share/92e4b6ab-46e0-42f4-8ebb-9e7ab22eae00) - **Other visualizations:** [10 HF Spaces](https://huggingface.co/iizy) · [3 Observable notebooks](https://observablehq.com/@iizy) · [6 CodePen demos](https://codepen.io/collection/BawbdB) - **Permanent DOIs:** [Figshare](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.32332290) · [Zenodo](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20302283) · [OSF](https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/PUMKT) · [Kaggle](https://doi.org/10.34740/kaggle/dsv/16356447) · [Mendeley](https://doi.org/10.17632/jsnwhy6vjn.1) > Built by [Jere Salmisto](https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0916-8684) — founder of [calcfi.app](https://calcfi.app). --- ## Distribution mesh — also available on **Static landing pages (8 mirrors):** - [GitLab Pages (canonical)](https://calcfi-open-data-4a2bc1.gitlab.io/) - [GitHub Pages](https://jeresalmisto.github.io/calcfi-open-data/) - [Cloudflare Pages](https://calcfi-open-data.pages.dev/) - [Codeberg Pages (EU)](https://jerehere.codeberg.page/calcfi-open-data/) - [Surge.sh](https://calcfi-open-data.surge.sh/) - [Netlify](https://calcfi-open-data.netlify.app/) - [AWS S3](https://calcfi-open-data.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/index.html) - [Datasette (live SQL)](https://calcfi-open-data.vercel.app/) **Permanent DOIs (5):** - [Figshare 10.6084/m9.figshare.32332290](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.32332290) - [Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.20302283](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20302283) (CERN) - [OSF 10.17605/OSF.IO/PUMKT](https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/PUMKT) - [Kaggle 10.34740/kaggle/dsv/16356447](https://doi.org/10.34740/kaggle/dsv/16356447) - [Mendeley Data 10.17632/jsnwhy6vjn.1](https://doi.org/10.17632/jsnwhy6vjn.1) **Packages:** [PyPI `calcfidata`](https://pypi.org/project/calcfidata/) · [npm `calcfidata`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/calcfidata) · [Anaconda](https://anaconda.org/jeresalmisto/calcfidata) · [Go pkg](https://pkg.go.dev/gitlab.com/jere.salmisto/calcfi-open-data/go) · [Julia](https://github.com/jeresalmisto/CalcFiData.jl) · [dbt](https://github.com/jeresalmisto/dbt-calcfi-open-data) · [Read the Docs](https://calcfidata.readthedocs.io/) **Data catalogs / warehouses:** [BigQuery Public](https://console.cloud.google.com/bigquery/analytics-hub/discovery/projects/1099067620437/locations/us/dataExchanges/calcfi_open_data_exchange/listings/calcfi_open_data) · [data.world](https://data.world/jerehere/calcfi-open-data) · [DoltHub](https://www.dolthub.com/repositories/jerehere/calcfi-open-data) · [MotherDuck](https://app.motherduck.com/share/92e4b6ab-46e0-42f4-8ebb-9e7ab22eae00) **Repos:** [GitLab](https://gitlab.com/jere.salmisto/calcfi-open-data) · [GitHub](https://github.com/jeresalmisto/calcfi-open-data) · [Codeberg](https://codeberg.org/jerehere/calcfi-open-data) **Companion website:** [calcfi.app](https://calcfi.app) — free personal-finance calculators built on this dataset. **Author:** [Jere Salmisto](https://calcfi.app/about) · ORCID [0009-0000-0916-8684](https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0916-8684) License: CC BY 4.0 (data) · MIT (code)