name: Department of Labor API Plans and Pricing
description: Pricing and plan tiers for the U.S. Department of Labor API services
url: https://dataportal.dol.gov/
plans:
  - name: Free (Unregistered)
    description: Open access to the DOL API without registration using legacy V1 endpoints
    url: https://developer.dol.gov/beginner/
    isFree: true
    requiresRegistration: false
    features:
      - Access to 200+ datasets
      - Default response of first 100 records per request
      - XML and JSON response formats
      - Basic dataset queries
    limits:
      - name: Registration Required
        value: false
      - name: API Key Required
        value: false
      - name: Data Per Request
        value: "100 records (default)"

  - name: Free (Registered)
    description: Free registration grants an API key (token) for authenticated access to DOL API V1 and the new dataportal.dol.gov APIv4
    url: https://dataportal.dol.gov/
    isFree: true
    requiresRegistration: true
    registrationUrl: https://dataportal.dol.gov/api-keys
    features:
      - API key (token) for authenticated requests
      - Access to 200+ datasets across employment, safety, wages, and workforce
      - JSON and XML response formats
      - Dataset filtering and pagination
      - Access to API metrics per key
      - Full access to enforcement, H-1B, OSHA, BLS, and WHD datasets
    limits:
      - name: Cost
        value: Free
      - name: API Key Required
        value: true
      - name: Datasets Available
        value: "200+"
      - name: Records Per Request
        value: "100 (default, pageable)"