DataCrate

Official data.
Modern API.
Built for planning.

Government cost-of-living, wage, and energy data in one place. Normalized. Joined. Ready to model. No surveys. No secrets.

For Developers For Businesses
BLSEIAUSDAHUD
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Normalized • Joined • Time-series
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Your Models
Salary Tools•FP&A Scenario•Relocation Calc

The Gap

For Developers

Building a salary tool? Relocation calculator? Cost-of-living dashboard? You need official wage and cost data, but fetching it from BLS, EIA, USDA means:

  • • Writing custom API integrations for each source
  • • Handling inconsistent formats and series IDs
  • • Building and maintaining normalization logic
  • • Managing historical time-series yourself

For Businesses

Building a financial model for market entry, pay equity analysis, or workforce planning? You need cost-of-living and wage benchmarks, but:

  • • Enterprise tools (ERI, Payscale, Mercer) cost $5K–50K+/year
  • • Government data is free but scattered and clunky
  • • 2–3 days hand-copying data into Excel per modeling cycle
  • • No single source of truth; no audit trail

The Solution

REST API

For developers

Official cost-of-living and wage data via 4 clean REST endpoints. Embed in your app in 5 minutes. No maintenance. Always fresh.

Endpoints:

  • • /cost-of-living/{metro} — Composite index
  • • /metro-comparison/{city1/city2} — Pay multipliers
  • • /price-trends/{category} — Time series
  • • /bulk-export — CSV/JSON download

Data sources: BLS, EIA, USDA, HUD, BEA. Updated monthly.

Free tier: 100 requests/day. Paid: $15–149/mo.

Planning Pack

For businesses & analysts

Quarterly XLSX/CSV. Cost-of-living indices, wage benchmarks, energy costs, geographic pay multipliers. Pre-shaped for your FP&A model.

Includes:

  • • Metro cost-of-living index (all MSAs + states)
  • • Geographic pay multipliers (vs. national)
  • • Wage indices by occupation + location
  • • 2-year trend charts
  • • Data lineage (every number traceable to source)

Delivery: Feb, May, Aug, Nov. Email summary included.

Price: $199–299/quarter ($399–799/year).

How It Works

1

Official Data

We fetch from BLS, EIA, USDA, HUD, BEA. Public domain. No proprietary secrets. Every number traceable to source.

2

Normalize & Join

Inconsistent formats? Missing units? We handle it. Join cost-of-living + wage + energy into one coherent dataset.

3

Build Yours

Embed the API in your app or drop the Planning Pack into your model. No vendor lock-in. You own the output.

Pricing

Developer – Basic

$15

/month

  • 100 requests/day
  • All endpoints
  • Email support

Developer – Pro

$49

/month

  • 10K requests/day
  • Bulk export (CSV/JSON)
  • Priority support

Planning Pack

$299

/quarter

  • XLSX ready for models
  • 6 tabs + charts
  • Email summary

All tiers include data lineage & source attribution. Money-back guarantee if data doesn't match source.

Build with DataStrata

Official government data. REST API. Ready in minutes.

Free tier ready. No credit card needed.

Quarterly Planning Data

Cost-of-living. Wages. Energy. Ready for your FP&A model.

See how the data fits your model. No obligation.