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Quickstart

  • Introduction
  • Postman Collection
  • Sign Up for API Credentials
  • How to Use Interactive Docs

Authentication

  • Get Tokenpost

Open Skills

  • Open Skills Section

Skills API

  • Overview - Skills
  • Changelog
  • Status
    • Get service statusget
  • Meta
    • Get service metadataget
  • Versions
    • List all versionsget
    • Get version metadataget
    • Get version changesget
  • Skills
    • List all skillsget
    • List requested skillspost
    • Get a skill by IDget
  • Related
    • Find related skillspost
  • Extract
    • Extract skills from documentpost
    • Extract skills with source tracingpost

Titles API

  • Changelog
  • Status
    • Get service statusget
  • Meta
    • Get service metadataget
  • Versions
    • List all versionsget
    • Get version metadataget
  • Changes
    • Get version changesget
  • Titles
    • List all titlesget
    • List requested titlespost
    • Get a title by IDget
  • Normalize
    • Normalize a titlepost
    • Inspect title normalizationpost
    • Normalize titles in bulkpost

Companies

  • Changelog
  • Status
    • Get service statusget
  • Meta
    • Get service metadataget
  • Versions
    • List versionsget
    • Version metaget
  • Companies
    • List all companiesget
    • List requested companiespost
    • Get a company by IDget
  • Normalize
    • Normalize a companypost
    • Inspect company normalizationpost
    • Normalize Companies in Bulkpost

Classification API

  • Changelog
  • Status
    • Get service statusget
  • Taxonomies
    • List taxonomiesget
    • Get version metadataget
    • Get taxonomy versionsget
    • Get taxonomy metadataget
    • List taxonomy conceptsget
    • Search taxonomy conceptspost
    • Get concept by IDget
    • Search related taxonomy conceptspost
  • Mappings
    • List available mappingsget
    • Map conceptpost
    • Get mapping changesget
  • Classifications
    • List classifier releasesget
    • List available data source typesget
    • List available operationsget
    • Classify to occupationpost
    • Classify job postingpost
    • Classify skillspost
    • Get skills extractor metadataget
    • Extract skillspost
    • Extract skills from filepost
    • Extract skills from syllabuspost
    • Normalize titlespost
    • Normalize titles from filepost
    • Normalize companiespost
    • Normalize companies from filepost

Core LMI (Agnitio)

  • Health
    • Check service healthget
  • Status
    • Get service statusget
  • Meta
    • Get available datasetsget
    • Get definitionsget
    • Get versionsget
    • Get version metadataget
    • Get dimension hierarchyget
    • Search by predicateget
  • Data
    • Query datasetpost

Job Postings

  • Job Postings Section

Job Postings - Global

  • Changelog
  • Status
    • Get service statusget
  • Meta
    • Get service metadataget
  • Totals
    • Get summary metricspost
  • Timeseries
    • Slice summary metrics by timepost
  • Rankings
    • List facetsget
    • Rank postings by facetspost
    • Get timeseries on rankingspost
    • /rankings/{rankingFacet}/distributions/{distributionFacet}post
    • Get nested rankings on rankingspost
  • Postings
    • Get postingspost
    • Get a single postingget
  • Distributions
    • List distribution facetsget
    • Get distributions on facetpost
  • Taxonomies
    • List taxonomiesget
    • Search taxonomiesget
    • Look up taxonomiespost

Job Postings - US

  • Changelog
  • Status
    • Get the health of the serviceget
  • Meta
    • Get service metadataget
  • Totals
    • Get total postingspost
  • Timeseries
    • Get total postings over timepost
  • Rankings
    • Get a list of current available ranking facets.get
    • /rankings/{rankingFacet}post
    • /rankings/{rankingFacet}/timeseriespost
    • /rankings/{rankingFacet}/distributions/{distributionFacet}post
    • /rankings/{rankingFacet}/rankings/{nestedRankingFacet}post
  • Postings
    • /postingspost
    • /postings/{postingId}get
  • Distributions
    • /distributionsget
    • /distributions/{distributionFacet}post
  • Taxonomies
    • /taxonomiesget
    • /taxonomies/{facet}get
    • /taxonomies/{facet}/lookuppost

Job Postings - UK

  • Changelog
  • Status
    • Get Service Statusget
  • Meta
    • Get service metadataget
  • Totals
    • Get summary metricspost
  • Timeseries
    • Slice summary metrics by timepost
  • Rankings
    • List facetsget
    • Rank postings by facetspost
    • Get timeseries on rankingspost
    • Get distribution on rankingspost
    • Get nested rankings on rankingspost
  • Postings
    • Get postingspost
    • Get a single postingget
  • Distributions
    • List distribution facetsget
    • Get distributions on facetpost
  • Taxonomies
    • List taxonomiesget
    • Search taxonomiesget
    • Look up taxonomiespost

Job Postings - CA

  • Changelog
  • Important Notes - National Occupation Classification
  • Status
    • Get Service Statusget
  • Meta
    • Get Service Metadataget
  • Totals
    • Get summary metricspost
  • Timeseries
    • Slice summary metrics by timepost
  • Rankings
    • List facetsget
    • Rank postings by facetspost
    • Get timeseries on rankingspost
    • Get distribution on rankingspost
    • Get nested rankings on rankingspost
  • Postings
    • Get postingspost
    • Get a single postingget
  • Distributions
    • List facetsget
    • Get distributions on facetpost
  • Taxonomies
    • List taxonomiesget
    • Search taxonomiesget
    • Look up taxonomiespost

Profiles

  • Profiles Section

Profiles - Global

  • Changelog
  • Status
    • Get service statusget
  • Meta
    • Get service metadataget
  • Totals
    • Get summary metricspost
  • Rankings
    • List facetsget
    • Rank profiles by facetspost
    • Nested rankingspost
  • Taxonomies
    • List taxonomy facetsget
    • Search taxonomiesget
    • Look up taxonomiespost
  • Transitions
    • Get job transitionsget
    • Job transitions matrixpost
  • Internal

Profiles - CA

  • Changelog
  • Status
    • Get Service Statusget
  • Meta
    • Get Service Metadataget
  • Totals
    • Get summary metricspost
  • Rankings
    • List facetsget
    • Rank profiles by facetspost
    • Nested rankingspost
  • Taxonomies
    • List taxonomiesget
    • Search taxonomiesget
    • Look up taxonomiespost
  • Transitions
    • Get job transitionsget
    • Job transitions matrixpost
  • Internal

Profiles - US

  • Changelog
  • Status
    • Get service statusget
  • Meta
    • Get Service Metadataget
  • Totals
    • Get summary metricspost
  • Recency
    • Profile update recencypost
  • Rankings
    • List facetsget
    • Rank profiles by facetspost
  • Samples
    • Sample profilespost
  • Transitions
    • Get job transitionsget
    • Job transitions matrixpost
  • Taxonomies
    • List taxonomiesget
    • Search taxonomiesget
    • Look up taxonomiespost
  • Internal
  • Distributions
    • List facetsget
    • Get distributions on facetpost

Models

  • Models Section

Cost of Living Index

  • Changelog
  • Status
    • Get service statusget
  • Meta
    • Get service metadataget
  • Data
    • Get the cost of living index for all available countiesget
    • Get cost of living index for requested set of countiespost

Defining, Distinguishing & Necessary Skills

  • Changelog
  • Status
    • Get service healthget
  • Meta
    • Get service metadataget
  • Dimensions
    • Get supported dimensionsget
    • Get dimension informationget
    • Get DDN skillspost
    • Get multiple lists of DDN skillspost
    • Get occupationspost

Career Pathways API

  • Changelog
  • Status
    • Get service healthget
  • Meta
    • Get service metadataget
  • Dimensions
    • Get supported dimensionsget
    • Occupation dimensionget
    • Occupation dimension used for modelingpost
    • Occupation dimension used for modeling Career Pathwayspost
    • Get next step jobs by idpost
    • Get feeder and next step responsespost

Occupational Earnings API

  • Changelog
  • Status
    • Get the health of the serviceget
  • Meta
    • Available Datarun Versionsget
    • Available Earning Yearsget
  • Earnings Data
    • Percentile Wagespost
    • Employment at Wagepost
    • Employment at Wage by Occupationpost

Projected Occupation Growth

  • Changelog
  • Status
    • Get service statusget
  • Meta
    • Get service metadataget
  • Dimensions
    • Get a list of supported dimensionsget
    • Get dimension informationget
    • Get the projected growth for a given occupationpost

Projected Skill Growth

  • Changelog
  • Status
    • Get service statusget
  • Meta
    • Get service metadataget
  • Dimensions
    • Get a list of supported dimensionsget
    • Get dimension informationget
    • Get projected growthpost
    • Get the projected growth for multiple skillspost

Salary Boosting Skills API

  • Changelog
  • Status
    • Get service statusget
  • Meta
    • Get service metadataget
  • Dimensions
    • Get a list of supported dimensionsget
    • Get dimension informationget
    • List of salary boosting skillspost
    • Get a list of salary boosting skills for multiple occupationspost

Career Coach

  • Career Coach Section

Career Coach Careers API CA

  • /{level}/{geoId}
    • List All Careersget
  • /{level}
    • List All Careers by POSTpost
  • /{level}/{geoId}/{nocId}
    • Single Career By NOC IDget
  • /{level}/{nocId}
    • Single Career by NOC ID and GeoIdspost
  • /{level}/{geoId}/title/{titleSlug}
    • Single Career by Title Slugget
  • /{level}/title/{titleSlug}
    • Single Career by Title Slug and GeoIdspost
  • /categories
    • List All Categoriesget
  • /categories/{categoryId}
    • Single Category by Category IDget
  • /pathways
    • List All Pathwaysget
  • /pathways/{pathwayId}
    • Single Pathway by Pathway IDget
  • /meta/datarun
    • Returns current career meta dataget
  • /search
    • Search for a Careerget
  • /lot/{level}/{geoId}
    • List All LOT Careersget
  • /lot/{level}
    • List All LOT Careers by POSTpost
  • /lot/{level}/{geoId}/{lotId}
    • Single Career By LOT IDget
  • /lot/{level}/{lotId}
    • Single Career by LOT ID and GeoIdspost
  • /lot/{level}/{geoId}/title/{titleSlug}
    • Single Career by Title Slugget
  • /lot/{level}/title/{titleSlug}
    • Single Career by LOT Title Slug and GeoIdspost
  • /lot/categories
    • List All LOT Categoriesget
  • /lot/categories/{categoryId}
    • Single LOT Category by LOT Category IDget
  • /lot/pathways
    • List All LOT Pathwaysget
  • /lot/pathways/{pathwayId}
    • Single LOT Pathway by Pathway IDget
  • /lot/meta/datarun
    • Returns current LOT career meta dataget
  • /lot/search
    • Search for a LOT Careerget
  • /geo-search/{level}
    • Search for Geosget

Career Coach CA Jobs API

  • /jobs-meta-data/ca
    • View Meta Dataget
  • /jobs/ca/{level}/{geoId}/{careerCode}/companies
    • Get Companies Posting Jobs for a Careerget
  • /jobs/ca/{level}/{careerCode}/companies
    • List Companies Posting Jobs for a Career by POSTpost
  • /jobs/ca/{level}/{geoId}/{careerCode}/postings
    • Get Job Postings for a Careerget
  • /jobs/ca/{level}/{careerCode}/postings
    • List Job Postings for a Career by POSTpost
  • /jobs/ca/{level}/{geoId}/{careerCode}/skills
    • Get Desired Skills for a Careerget
  • /jobs/ca/{level}/{careerCode}/skills
    • List Desired Skills for a Career by POSTpost
  • /skill-search/ca
    • Search for Skillsget
  • /jobs/ca/{level}/{geoId}/{careerCode}/timeseries
    • Get Job Posting Timeseries for a Careerget
  • /jobs/ca/{level}/{careerCode}/timeseries
    • List Job Posting Timeseries for a Career by POSTpost
  • /jobs/ca/{level}/{geoId}/{careerCode}/titles
    • Get Companies Posting Titles for a Careerget
  • /jobs/ca/{level}/{careerCode}/titles
    • List Companies Posting Titles for a Career by POSTpost

Career Coach US Jobs API

  • /jobs-meta-data
    • View Meta Dataget
  • /jobs/us/{level}/{geoId}/{careerCode}/companies
    • Get Companies Posting Jobs for a Careerget
  • /jobs/us/{level}/{geoId}/{careerCode}/postings
    • Get Job Postings for a Careerget
  • /jobs/us/{level}/{geoId}/{careerCode}/skills
    • Get Desired Skills for a Careerget
  • /skill-search
    • Search for Skillsget
  • /jobs/us/{level}/{geoId}/{careerCode}/timeseries
    • Get Job Posting Timeseries for a Careerget
  • /jobs/us/{level}/{geoId}/{careerCode}/titles
    • Get Companies Posting Titles for a Careerget

Career Coach Profiles API

  • /profiles/{subdomain}
    • List All Profiles Associated with a Subdomainget
  • /profiles/{subdomain}/{profileId}
    • Get a Profileget

Career Coach Careers API UK

  • /{level}/{geoId}
    • List All Careersget
  • /{level}
    • List All Careers by POSTpost
  • /{level}/{geoId}/{socId}
    • Get a Career By SOC IDget
  • /{level}/{socId}
    • Get a Career By SOC IDpost
  • /{level}/{geoId}/title/{titleSlug}
    • Get a Career By Title Slugget
  • /{level}/title/{titleSlug}
    • Get a Career By Title Slug and GeoIdspost
  • /categories
    • List All Categoriesget
  • /categories/{categoryId}
    • Get a Single Categoryget
  • /pathways
    • List All Pathwaysget
  • /pathways/{pathwayId}
    • Get a Single Pathwayget
  • /meta/datarun
    • Returns current career meta dataget
  • /search
    • Search for a Careerget
  • /lot/{level}/{geoId}
    • List All LOT Careersget
  • /lot/{level}
    • List All LOT Careers by POSTpost
  • /lot/{level}/{geoId}/{lotId}
    • Single Career By LOT IDget
  • /lot/{level}/{lotId}
    • Single Career by LOT ID and GeoIdspost
  • /lot/{level}/{geoId}/title/{titleSlug}
    • Single Career by Title Slugget
  • /lot/{level}/title/{titleSlug}
    • Single Career by LOT Title Slug and GeoIdspost
  • /lot/categories
    • List All LOT Categoriesget
  • /lot/categories/{categoryId}
    • Single LOT Category by LOT Category IDget
  • /lot/pathways
    • List All LOT Pathwaysget
  • /lot/pathways/{pathwayId}
    • Single LOT Pathway by Pathway IDget
  • /lot/meta/datarun
    • Returns current LOT career meta dataget
  • /lot/search
    • Search for a LOT Careerget
  • /geo-search/{level}
    • Search for Geosget

Career Coach Assessments

  • /assessments/questions
    • List All Questionsget
  • /assessments/questions/{questionSet}
    • List All Questions in a Specific Setget
  • /assessments/traits
    • List All Traitsget
  • /assessments/traits/{traitId}
    • Get Trait Detailsget
  • /assessments/results
    • Submit Results to Score an Assessmentpost
  • /assessments/results/{assessmentId}
    • Get Results for a Single Assessment Score by Idget
    • Remove an Assessment Scoredelete
  • /assessments/questions/uk
    • List All UK Assessment Questionsget
  • /assessments/questions/uk/{questionSet}
    • List All UK Questions in a Specific Setget
  • /assessments/traits/uk
    • List All UK Traitsget
  • /assessments/traits/uk/{traitId}
    • Get UK Trait Detailsget
  • /assessments/results/uk
    • Submit Results to Score an Assessmentpost
  • /assessments/results/uk/{assessmentId}
    • Get Results for a Single Assessment Score by Idget
    • Remove an Assessment Scoredelete
  • /assessments/questions/ca
    • List All Canadian Assessment Questionsget
  • /assessments/questions/ca/{questionSet}
    • List All Canadian Questions in a Specific Setget
  • /assessments/traits/ca
    • List All Canadian Traitsget
  • /assessments/traits/ca/{traitId}
    • Get Canadian Trait Detailsget
  • /assessments/results/ca
    • Submit Results to Score an Assessmentpost
  • /assessments/results/ca/{assessmentId}
    • Get Results for a Single Assessment Score by Idget
    • Remove an Assessment Scoredelete
  • /assessments/results/lot
    • Submit Results to Score an Assessment with results mapped to the Lightcast Occupation Taxonomypost
  • /assessments/results/lot/{assessmentId}
    • Get Results for a Single Assessment Score by Idget
    • Remove an Assessment Scoredelete

Career Coach UK Jobs API

  • /jobs-meta-data/uk
    • View Meta Dataget
  • /jobs/uk/{level}/{geoId}/{careerCode}/companies
    • Get Companies Posting Jobs for a Careerget
  • /jobs/uk/{level}/{geoId}/{careerCode}/postings
    • Get Job Postings for a Careerget
  • /jobs/uk/{level}/{geoId}/{careerCode}/skills
    • Get Desired Skills for a Careerget
  • /skill-search/uk
    • Search for Skillsget
  • /jobs/uk/{level}/{geoId}/{careerCode}/timeseries
    • Get Job Posting Timeseries for a Careerget
  • /jobs/uk/{level}/{geoId}/{careerCode}/titles
    • Get Companies Posting Titles for a Careerget

Career Coach Careers API

  • /{level}/{geoId}
    • List All Careersget
  • /{level}
    • List All Careers by POSTpost
  • /{level}/{geoId}/{onetId}
    • Get a Career By O*NET IDget
  • /{level}/{onetId}
    • Get a Career By O*NET IDpost
  • /{level}/{geoId}/title/{titleSlug}
    • Get a Career By Title Slugget
  • /{level}/title/{titleSlug}
    • Get a Career By Title Slugpost
  • /{level}/{geoId}/{onetId}/related
    • List Careers Related to a given O*NET IDget
  • /categories
    • List All Categoriesget
  • /categories/{categoryId}
    • Get a Single Categoryget
  • /pathways
    • List All Pathwaysget
  • /pathways/{pathwayId}
    • Get a Single Pathwayget
  • /regions/{subdomainId}
    • List All Regions Per Accountget
  • /meta/datarun
    • Returns current career meta dataget
  • /search
    • Search for a Careerget
  • /lot/{level}/{geoId}
    • List All LOT Careersget
  • /lot/{level}
    • List All LOT Careers by POSTpost
  • /lot/{level}/{geoId}/{lotId}
    • Single LOT Career By LOT IDget
  • /lot/{level}/{lotId}
    • Single LOT Career by LOT ID and GeoIdspost
  • /lot/{level}/{geoId}/title/{titleSlug}
    • Single LOT Career by Title Slugget
  • /lot/{level}/title/{titleSlug}
    • Single LOT Career by LOT Title Slug and GeoIdspost
  • /lot/{level}/{geoId}/{lotId}/related
    • List Careers Related to a given LOT codeget
  • /lot/categories
    • List All LOT Categoriesget
  • /lot/categories/{categoryId}
    • Single LOT Category by LOT Category IDget
  • /lot/pathways
    • List All LOT Pathwaysget
  • /lot/pathways/{pathwayId}
    • Single LOT Pathway by Pathway IDget
  • /lot/meta/datarun
    • Returns current LOT career meta dataget
  • /lot/search
    • Search for a LOT Careerget
  • /geo-search/{level}
    • Search for Geosget

Career Coach Programs API

  • /programs/{subdomain}
    • List All Programs Associated with a Subdomainget
    • Create a New Programpost
  • /programs/{subdomain}/{programSlug}
    • Get a Programget
    • Update a Programpatch
    • Remove a Programdelete
  • /programs/{subdomain}/{programSlug}/
    • Get a Single Program for Multi-Institution Clientsget
    • Update a Single Program for Multi-Institution Clientspatch
    • Remove a Single Program for Multi-Institution Clientsdelete
  • /programs/{subdomain}/get-programs-by-slug
    • Get Programs With a List of Slugspost
  • /program-categories/{subdomain}
    • List All Categories for a Subdomainget
    • Create a New Categorypost
  • /program-categories/{subdomain}/{categorySlug}
    • Get a Categoryget
    • Remove a Categorydelete
  • /program-category-mapping/{subdomain}
    • Map Programs to Categoriespost
    • Unmap Programs from Categoriesdelete
  • /programs-meta-data/{subdomain}
    • Get Programs Meta Data for a Subdomainget
  • /related-programs/{subdomain}/{career}
    • Get Related Programs for a Subdomainget

Lightcast ACS API

  • Changelog
  • Status
    • Get service statusget
  • Meta
    • Get service metadataget
    • Get metadata on all of the available metricsget
    • Get metadata on a single metricget
  • Level
    • Get ACS data for all available areasget
    • Get ACS data for the requested setpost

Resume Classification

  • Status
    • Health checkget
  • Parse
    • Parse Resumepost
    • Classify Resumepost

Similarity API

  • Changelog
  • Status
    • Get service statusget
  • Meta
    • Get service metadataget
  • Models
    • Get available modelsget
    • Get similarity mappingspost

Benchmarking

  • Benchmarking Section

Talent Benchmark

  • Learn More
  • Changelog
  • Status
    • Get service statusget
  • Meta
    • Get service metadataget
  • Supply
    • Get supply benchmark datapost
  • Summary
    • Get benchmark summarypost
  • Demand
    • Get demand benchmark datapost
  • Compensation
    • Get compensation benchmark datapost
  • Diversity
    • Get diversity benchmark datapost
  • Skills
    • Get skills benchmark datapost

Occupation Benchmark

  • Status
    • Get service statusget
  • Meta
    • Get service metadataget
  • Dimensions
    • Get available dimensionsget
    • Get dimension metadataget
    • Benchmark an occupationpost

Taxonomies

  • Taxonomies Section

Geography (GIS)

  • Status
    • Get service statusget
  • Discovery
    • Get available countriesget
    • Get levels and versions for countryget
  • Regions
    • Search for regionspost
    • Search for closest regionpost
    • Search for region by pointpost
    • Find centroid(s)post
    • Find bounding rectanglepost
    • Find bounding circlepost
    • Get GeoJsonpost
    • Create SVGpost
    • Search for regions within travel timepost
    • Get tileget
  • Internal

IPEDS API

  • Status
    • Get the health of the serviceget
  • IPEDS Data
    • Get institutions datapost
    • Institutions by zip codeget
    • Institutions by FIPS codeget
    • Institutions by nameget
    • Search institutions datapost
    • List institutionsget
    • Convert CIP to SOCpost
    • Convert SOC to CIPpost

Compensation

  • Compensation Section

Compensation API

  • Data
    • Get estimatepost
    • Get estimates by experiencepost
    • Get estimates by companiespost
    • Get estimates by MSAspost
  • Meta
    • Get geographiesget
    • Get modelsget
    • Get datarunget
    • Get SOC versionget
  • Internal

Market Salary API

  • Changelog
  • Status
    • Get service statusget
  • Meta
    • Get service metadataget
  • Dimensions
    • Get supported dimensionsget
    • Get dimension informationget
    • Get the salary information for an occupationpost

Learn More

We've created two guides to further help explain the methodology behind this benchmark API.

Talent Benchmark Explained

Galileo Index Interpretation Scale