Occupation Benchmark

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Description

The Occupation Benchmark API provides core information about occupations which are pulled from a wide range of Lightcast services and datasets - including job postings, government data, and modeled insights.

Use Cases

Questions answered by this dataset:

• What are relevant skills for an occupation and which ones are likely to increase an employees salary if they were to learn them?
• How in demand is an occupation at the moment and what employers are looking to hire for the occupation?
• What are similar occupations to an occupation and what do people commonly call themselves when they are in that role?
• How much salary is offered for an occupation and how does it compare to other similar occupations?

Metrics

• Taxonomy Hierarchy : Quickly assess the taxonomical hierarchy related to an occupation
• Educations: Identify the education breakdown for an occupation
• Salary: Estimates of salary distribution for an occupation
• Skills: Identify defining, distinguishing, or nessisary skills for an occupation
• Titles: Identify common job titles for an occupation
• Employers: Identify prominent employers for an occupation
• Career Pathways: Identify next step and feeder jobs for an occupation
• Demand: Assess demand for an occupation