Curious about what careers are in demand, which skills will set you apart, or who’s hiring in a field? Our Labor Market Insights tool, powered by Lightcast, puts real-time job market data at your fingertips to help you make confident, informed career decisions.
Whether you’re exploring career paths, planning your next internship, or negotiating your first salary, this tool can help:
Explore Career Paths: Dive into detailed job trend data across industries—see what roles are growing, what they pay, and which skills are most sought after
Set Realistic Salary Goals: Access up-to-date salary benchmarks based on job titles and locations so you know what to expect
Find the Right Employers: Identify top employers hiring for roles that match your interests—perfect for building your target list for job and internship searches
Resources to Learn More:
Explore the Labor Market Insights Tool: Visit our website at Labor Market Insights to start exploring the tool
First, choose an industry of interest, then filter for occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)
Type in a keyword to select a relevant occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)
Occupation Description
Employment Trends
The number of jobs in the career for the past two years, the current year, and projections for the next 10 years. Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs. Sources include Emsi industry data, staffing patterns, and OES data.
Top Employers
These companies are currently hiring for .
Education Levels
The educational attainment percentage breakdown for a career (e.g. the percentage of people in the career who hold Bachelor’s Degrees vs. Associate Degrees). Educational attainment levels are provided by O*NET.
Annual Earnings
Earnings figures are based on OES data from the BLS and include base rate, cost of living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay (including commissions and bonuses), on-call pay, and tips.
Technical Skills
A list of hard skills associated with a given career ordered by the number of unique job postings which ask for those skills.
Core Competencies
The skills for the career. The "importance" is how relevant the ability is to the occupation: scale of 1-5. The "level" is the proficiency required by the occupation: scale of 0-100. Results are sorted by importance first, then level.
Job Titles
A list of job titles for all unique postings in a given career, sorted by frequency.
This page includes information from the O*NET 25.1 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor,
Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of
USDOL/ETA. uConnect in partnership with Lightcast has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not
approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.
