Labor market data

Labor market data describes jobs, wages, skills and employment trends by occupation, industry and region. HR and talent teams, compensation consultants, workforce planners, education providers, investors and policymakers use it to set pay, plan hiring, choose locations and track the economy.

Typical fields

• Occupation code (for example ISCO or SOC) and title
• Industry code
• Region or labor market area
• Employment counts and unemployment rates
• Wage percentiles and pay components
• Skills and certifications in demand
• Job openings and hiring rates
• Reference period and source

Sources and collection

Core figures come from official labor force surveys, employer surveys, administrative payroll and social security records, and international bodies such as the ILO. Providers add timelier signals from job postings, salary submissions and pay transparency disclosures, then map everything to standard occupation and skills taxonomies.

Delivery and pricing

Delivered through analytics tools, APIs and files. Pricing depends on countries and occupations covered, granularity, update frequency and whether modeled outputs such as salary estimates are included.

Before you buy

• Separate official statistics from modeled or posting-derived estimates.
• Check occupation mapping quality and which taxonomies are supported.
• Ask about sample sizes behind wage figures for niche roles and small regions.
• Confirm update frequency and how revisions are handled.
• Make sure the data is aggregated and contains nothing about identifiable workers.