Endpoint Examples

/meta

GET/meta

Get service metadata, including model taxonomy and dimension information, along with attribution text.

Query Parameters

NameTypeDescription
area_versionstring,
enum
Specific area taxonomy version to use.
Allowed: us_area_2024_4 and us_area_2025_1
Default option : us_area_2025_1
new_taxonomy_versionsboolean,
enum
Use new taxonomy versions.
Allowed: true and false
Default option: false
lot_versionstring,
enum
Specify LOT taxonomy version to use.
Allowed: 6 and 7
Defaults option: 7

Code Examples

curl --request GET \
     --url https://api.lightcast.io/market-salary/meta \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'authorization: Bearer <Access_Token>'

Response Examples

{
  "data": {
    "attribution": {
      "title": "Market Salary",
      "body": "The Lightcast Market Salary API provides an interface to retrieve modeled salary percentiles for occupations or skills that can be filtered for further granularity."
    },
    "modelVersions": {
      "marketSalary": "16"
    },
    "taxonomies": {
      "area": "us_area_2025_1",
      "lot": "7",
      "naics": "naics_std_2022",
      "onet": "onet_2019",
      "skill": "9.30",
      "soc": "soc_2021"
    },
    "taxonomyVersions": {
      "area": [
        "us_area_2025_1"
      ],
      "lot": [
        "6",
        "7"
      ]
    },
    "dimensions": [
      "soc",
      "onet",
      "lotocc",
      "lotspecocc",
      "skill"
    ]
  }
}