Sources
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BEA Regional Price Parities
Official API- Dataset
- Regional
- Table
SARPP- Vintage
- 2024
- Released
- February 2026
- Unit
- index, US = 100
- Retrieved
- 2026-07-20
- Documentation
- https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area
- API
- https://apps.bea.gov/api/data
Components pulled (5)
1 — [SARPP] RPPs: All items2 — [SARPP] RPPs: Goods3 — [SARPP] RPPs: Services: Rents4 — [SARPP] RPPs: Services: Utilities5 — [SARPP] RPPs: Services: Other
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
Official API- Table
LAUS- Vintage
- May 2026
- Released
- May 2026
- Unit
- percent of labor force
- Retrieved
- 2026-07-20
- Documentation
- https://www.bls.gov/lau/
- API
- https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/
US Census ACS 5-Year Estimates
Official API- Dataset
- ACS 5-year 2020–2024
- Table
B25064_001E, B25077_001E, B19013_001E, B25071_001E, B25092_001E- Vintage
- 2024
- Released
- December 2025
- Unit
- USD / percent
- Retrieved
- 2026-07-20
- Documentation
- https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs
- API
- https://api.census.gov/data
Variables pulled (5)
B25064_001E — Median gross rent (USD/month)B25077_001E — Median home value (USD)B19013_001E — Median household income (USD/year)B25071_001E — Median gross rent as % of household income (%)B25092_001E — Median owner costs as % of household income (%)
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
Official API- Table
OEWS- Vintage
- May 2025
- Released
- May 2025
- Unit
- USD/year
- Retrieved
- 2026-07-20
- Documentation
- https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- API
- https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/
FRED (FHFA House Price Index & state unemployment)
Official API- Table
{ST}STHPI, {ST}UR- Vintage
- through 2026
- Released
- continuously updated
- Unit
- index / percent
- Retrieved
- 2026-07-20
- Documentation
- https://fred.stlouisfed.org/
- API
- https://api.stlouisfed.org/fred/
Tax Foundation — 2026 State Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets
Manually maintained- Vintage
- 2026
- Released
- tax year 2026
- Unit
- percent (top marginal rate)
- Documentation
- https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/state-income-tax-rates-2026/
Tax Foundation — State and Local Sales Tax Rates, 2026
Manually maintained- Vintage
- 2026
- Released
- tax year 2026
- Unit
- percent (state and combined avg)
- Documentation
- https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/sales-tax-rates/
Occupation wages (BLS OEWS), historical time series (FRED), and hand-curated tax data are being added. Each appears here with the same detail before it is used on any page.
