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Over the past 25 years, we have invested in labor market analysis, classification, modeling, and technical innovation -- so you can unlock a durable skills/title/occupation framework that enables interoperability across HR systems, education platforms, government agencies, and workforce technology providers worldwide.
Choose from:
35,000+ standardized skills in the Lightcast Skills Taxonomy, including subcategories, skill types, descriptions, skill metadata curated by Lightcast, and more.
75,000+ standardized titles in the Lightcast Titles Taxonomy, including unique machine-readable IDs, and more.
1,800+ specialized occupations in the Lightcast Occupation Taxonomy, including machine-readable IDs, nested categories, and unique occupation types — to support structured analytics and smart mapping.
Title-to-skill and occupation insights.
Expanded labor market intelligence, including Job Postings API, Compensation Benchmarks API, Career Pathways API, and countless other API options to power your labor market insights.