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BLS OEWS

BLS OEWS is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics market wages, bundled; no API key. It has 27 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx bls-oews-mcp.

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Install BLS OEWS

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Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bls-oews": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "bls-oews-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio bls-oews -- uvx bls-oews-mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bls-oews": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "bls-oews-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "bls-oews": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "bls-oews-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code (remote)

claude mcp add --transport http bls-oews "https://bls-oews.1102tools.com/mcp"

The same server is also hosted as a remote MCP endpoint, so nothing runs on your machine.

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About BLS OEWS

Free, open-source MCP server for BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) market wages. For IGCE development, price analysis, and labor market research.

  • mcp
  • model-context-protocol
  • sam-gov
  • usaspending
  • federal-contracting
  • federal-data
  • govcon
  • mcp-server
  • acquisition
  • federal-acquisition

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How do I install the BLS OEWS MCP server?

Add the command uvx bls-oews-mcp to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is BLS OEWS free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is BLS OEWS actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 25, 2026. The latest release is v1.0.34, published Oct 21, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.