Occupations API
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Occupations API

The US occupational taxonomy as an API, built on the Department of Labor's O*NET 30.0 database (CC BY 4.0). All 1,016 SOC-aligned occupations with descriptions, and — the killer feature for HR tech — 56,495 alternate job titles for title normalization: search 'Scrum Master' and get Information Technology Project Managers (15-1299.09), 'truck driver' resolves to the right SOC codes, full-text search covers primary titles, descriptions AND every alternate title, with the matched title returned. Each occupation profile carries its top-rated skills, knowledge areas, abilities and work styles (121,564 importance ratings), 18,797 task statements, 32,681 technology skills with Hot Technology / In Demand flags (ask which occupations use Python — or what Software Developers actually use), 18,460 related-occupation links, job zone (1-5 preparation level) and the modal required education with its percentage (84.8% of Software Developers report a Bachelor's). SOC codes crosswalk directly to our Salary Benchmarks API for wage data. Resume parsers, job boards, ATS enrichment, career tools and workforce analytics — this is the taxonomy layer they all need.

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response.json
{
  "ok": true,
  "occupation": {
    "code": "15-1252.00",
    "soc_code": "15-1252",
    "title": "Software Developers",
    "description": "Research, design, and develop computer and network software or specialized utility programs. Analyze user needs and develop software solutions, applying principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis. Update software or enhance existing software capabilities. May work with computer hardware engineers to integrate hardware and software systems, and develop specifications and performance requirements. May maintain databases within an application area, working individually or coordinating database development as part of a team.",
    "job_zone": 4,
    "typical_education": "Bachelor's Degree",
    "typical_education_pct": 84.8
  },
  "job_zone": {
    "zone": 4,
    "name": "Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed",
    "experience": "A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.",
    "education": "Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.",
    "training": "Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.",
    "examples": "Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, conservation scientists, art directors, and cost estimators.",
    "svp_range": "(7.0 to < 8.0)"
  },
  "top_descriptors": {
    "skills": [
      {
        "name": "Programming",
        "importance": 4
      },
      {
        "name": "Critical Thinking",
        "importance": 3.88
      },
      {
        "name": "Judgment and Decision Making",
        "importance": 3.62
      },
      {
        "name": "Reading Comprehension",
        "importance": 3.5
      },
      {
        "name": "Active Learning",
        "importance": 3.5
      },
      {
        "name": "Systems Analysis",
        "importance": 3.5
      },
      {
        "name": "Active Listening",
        "importance": 3.38
      },
      {
        "name": "Complex Problem Solving",
        "importance": 3.38
      },
      {
        "name": "Technology Design",
        "importance": 3.38
      },
      {
        "name": "Systems Evaluation",
        "importance": 3.38
      }
    ],
    "knowledge": [
      {
        "name": "Computers and Electronics",
        "importance": 4.75
      },
      {
        "name": "Mathematics",
        "importance": 3.57
      },
      {
        "name": "Customer and Personal Service",
        "importance": 3.56
      },
      {
        "name": "English Language",
        "importance": 3.27
      },
      {
        "name": "Education and Training",
        "importance": 2.84
      },
      {
        "name": "Engineering and Technology",
        "importance": 2.8
      },
      {
        "name": "Design",
        "importance": 2.7
      },
      {
        "name": "Telecommunications",
        "importance": 2.62
      },
      {
        "name": "Public Safety and Security",
        "importance": 2.57
      },
      {
        "name": "Production and Processing",
        "importance": 2.54
      }
    ],
    "abilities": [
      {
        "name": "Oral Comprehension",
        "importance": 3.75
      },
      {
        "name": "Written Comprehension",
        "importance": 3.75
      },
      {
        "name": "Oral Expression",
        "importance": 3.75
      },
      {
        "name": "Problem Sensitivity",
        "importance": 3.75
      },
      {
        "name": "Deductive Reasoning",
        "importance": 3.75
      },
      {
        "name": "Near Vision",
        "importance": 3.75
      },
      {
        "name": "Information Ordering",
        "importance": 3.62
      },
      {
        "name": "Written Expression",
        "importance": 3.5
      },
      {
        "name": "Inductive Reasoning",
        "importance": 3.5
      },
      {
        "name": "Category Flexibility",
        "importance": 3.5
      }
    ],
    "work_styles": [
      {
        "name": "Analytical Thinking",
        "importance": 4.61
      },
      {
        "name": "Attention to Detail",
        "importance": 4.44
      },
      {
        "name": "Cooperation",
        "importance": 4.32
      },
      {
        "name": "Persistence",
        "importance": 4.21
      },
      {
        "name": "Initiative",
        "importance": 4.15
      },
      {
        "name": "Dependability",
        "importance": 4.05
      },
      {
        "name": "Integrity",
        "importance": 3.91
      },
      {
        "name": "Concern for Others",
        "importance": 3.83
      },
      {
        "name": "Innovation",
        "importance": 3.82
      },
      {
        "name": "Adaptability/Flexibility",
        "importance": 3.79
      }
    ]
  },
  "tasks": [
    {
      "task_id": 21661,
      "task": "Analyze information to determine, recommend, and plan installation of a new system or modification of an existing system.",
      "task_type": "Core"
    },
    {
      "task_id": 21662,
      "task": "Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.",
      "task_type": "Core"
    },
    {
      "task_id": 21663,
      "task": "Confer with data processing or project managers to obtain information on limitations or capabilities for data processing projects.",
      "task_type": "Core"
    },
    {
      "task_id": 21664,
      "task": "Confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design systems and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.",
      "task_type": "Core"
    },
    {
      "task_id": 21665,
      "task": "Consult with customers or other departments on project status, proposals, or technical issues, such as software system design or maintenance.",
      "task_type": "Core"
    },
    {
      "task_id": 21667,
      "task": "Design, develop and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcomes and consequences of design.",
      "task_type": "Core"
    },
    {
      "task_id": 21668,
      "task": "Determine system performance standards.",
      "task_type": "Core"
    },
    {
      "task_id": 21669,
      "task": "Develop or direct software system testing or validation procedures, programming, or documentation.",
      "task_type": "Core"
    },
    {
      "task_id": 21670,
      "task": "Modify existing software to correct errors, adapt it to new hardware, or upgrade interfaces and improve performance.",
      "task_type": "Core"
    },
    {
      "task_id": 21673,
      "task": "Prepare reports or correspondence concerning project specifications, activities, or status.",
      "task_type": "Core"
    },
    {
      "task_id": 21676,
      "task": "Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements.",
      "task_type": "Core"
    },
    {
      "task_id": 21666,
      "task": "Coordinate installation of software system.",
      "task_type": "Supplemental"
    },
    {
      "task_id": 21671,
      "task": "Monitor functioning of equipment to ensure system operates in conformance with specifications.",
      "task_type": "Supplemental"
    },
    {
      "task_id": 21672,
      "task": "Obtain and evaluate information on factors such as reporting formats required, costs, or security needs to determine hardware configuration.",
      "task_type": "Supplemental"
    },
    {
      "task_id": 21677,
      "task": "Supervise and assign work to programmers, designers, technologists, technicians, or other engineering or scientific personnel.",
      "task_type": "Supplemental"
    },
    {
      "task_id": 21678,
      "task": "Supervise the work of programmers, technologists and technicians and other engineering and scientific personnel.",
      "task_type": "Supplemental"
    },
    {
      "task_id": 21679,
      "task": "Train users to use new or modified equipment.",
      "task_type": "Supplemental"
    }
  ],
  "technology_skills": [
    {
      "example": "Amazon Web Services AWS software",
      "commodity_title": "Data base user interface and query software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "Apache Kafka",
      "commodity_title": "Development environment software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "Atlassian JIRA",
      "commodity_title": "Content workflow software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "C",
      "commodity_title": "Development environment software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "C#",
      "commodity_title": "Object or component oriented development software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "C++",
      "commodity_title": "Object or component oriented development software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "Cascading style sheets CSS",
      "commodity_title": "Web platform development software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "Docker",
      "commodity_title": "Application server software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "Git",
      "commodity_title": "File versioning software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "GitHub",
      "commodity_title": "Application server software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "Google Angular",
      "commodity_title": "Web platform development software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "Hypertext markup language HTML",
      "commodity_title": "Web platform development software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "IBM Terraform",
      "commodity_title": "Configuration management software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "JavaScript",
      "commodity_title": "Web platform development software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "Jenkins CI",
      "commodity_title": "Enterprise application integration software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "Kubernetes",
      "commodity_title": "Application server software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "Linux",
      "commodity_title": "Operating system software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "Microsoft .NET Framework",
      "commodity_title": "Development environment software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "Microsoft Azure software",
      "commodity_title": "Development environment software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "NoSQL",
      "commodity_title": "Data base management system software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "Node.js",
      "commodity_title": "Web platform development software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "Oracle Java",
      "commodity_title": "Object or component oriented development software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "PostgreSQL",
      "commodity_title": "Object oriented data base management software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "Python",
      "commodity_title": "Object or component oriented development software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "React",
      "commodity_title": "Web platform development software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "Spring Boot",
      "commodity_title": "Application server software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "Spring Framework",
      "commodity_title": "Web platform development software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "Structured query language SQL",
      "commodity_title": "Data base user interface and query software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "TypeScript",
      "commodity_title": "Object or component oriented development software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 1
    },
    {
      "example": "AJAX",
      "commodity_title": "Web platform development software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 0
    },
    {
      "example": "Adobe Acrobat",
      "commodity_title": "Document management software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 0
    },
    {
      "example": "Adobe After Effects",
      "commodity_title": "Video creation and editing software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 0
    },
    {
      "example": "Adobe Creative Cloud software",
      "commodity_title": "Graphics or photo imaging software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 0
    },
    {
      "example": "Adobe Illustrator",
      "commodity_title": "Graphics or photo imaging software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 0
    },
    {
      "example": "Adobe InDesign",
      "commodity_title": "Desktop publishing software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 0
    },
    {
      "example": "Adobe Photoshop",
      "commodity_title": "Graphics or photo imaging software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 0
    },
    {
      "example": "Alteryx software",
      "commodity_title": "Business intelligence and data analysis software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 0
    },
    {
      "example": "Amazon DynamoDB",
      "commodity_title": "Data base management system software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 0
    },
    {
      "example": "Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2",
      "commodity_title": "Data base user interface and query software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 0
    },
    {
      "example": "Amazon Redshift",
      "commodity_title": "Data base user interface and query software",
      "hot": 1,
      "in_demand": 0
    }
  ],
  "related_occupations": [
    {
      "code": "15-1299.08",
      "title": "Computer Systems Engineers/Architects",
      "tier": "Primary-Short"
    },
    {
      "code": "15-1251.00",
      "title": "Computer Programmers",
      "tier": "Primary-Short"
    },
    {
      "code": "15-1211.00",
      "title": "Computer Systems Analysts",
      "tier": "Primary-Short"
    },
    {
      "code": "17-2061.00",
      "title": "Computer Hardware Engineers",
      "tier": "Primary-Short"
    },
    {
      "code": "15-1253.00",
      "title": "Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers",
      "tier": "Primary-Short"
    },
    {
      "code": "15-1243.00",
      "title": "Database Architects",
      "tier": "Primary-Long"
    },
    {
      "code": "15-1242.00",
      "title": "Database Administrators",
      "tier": "Primary-Long"
    },
    {
      "code": "15-1241.00",
      "title": "Computer Network Architects",
      "tier": "Primary-Long"
    },
    {
      "code": "15-1254.00",
      "title": "Web Developers",
      "tier": "Primary-Long"
    },
    {
      "code": "15-1299.05",
      "title": "Information Security Engineers",
      "tier": "Primary-Long"
    }
  ],
  "alternate_titles": {
    "total": 91,
    "sample": [
      "AI Specialist (Artificial Intelligence Specialist)",
      "Application Analyst",
      "Application Architect",
      "Application Developer",
      "Application Engineer",
      "Application Integration Engineer",
      "Application Integrator",
      "Application Programmer",
      "Application Software Engineering IT Specialist (Application Software Engineering Information Technology Specialist)",
      "Application Support Engineer",
      "Application Systems Analyst",
      "Application Systems Architect",
      "Beta Tester",
      "Business Application Developer",
      "Certified Internetwork Expert",
      "Commercial Drone Software Developer",
      "Computer Application Developer",
      "Computer Application Engineer",
      "Computer Architect",
      "Computer Consultant",
      "Computer Engineer",
      "Computer Programmer Analyst",
      "Computer Software Engineer",
      "Computer Systems Software Architect",
      "Computer Systems Software Engineer"
    ]
  }
}
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