Market validation

Occupational Wage Benchmark Monitor

A proposed API and CSV feed product for teams that need public BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics records normalized by release period, occupation, geography, employment estimate, hourly wage fields, annual wage fields, and source reference.

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GET /v1/labor/bls/oews/wages?occupation=software%20developers&state=CA&release=2025-05

{
  "data": [
    {
      "releasePeriod": "2025-05",
      "area": "California",
      "state": "CA",
      "occupationCode": "15-1252",
      "occupationTitle": "Software Developers",
      "employment": 249620,
      "hourlyMeanWage": 83.21,
      "annualMeanWage": 173080,
      "annualMedianWage": 164820,
      "source": "BLS OEWS validation sample"
    }
  ],
  "meta": { "sampleOnly": true, "market": "labor-market-wages" }
}

Validation Thesis

This concept is only built further if tracked requests, demo clicks, or marketplace intent justify the build.

Occupation, geography, and release-period wage feeds for HR analytics and compensation benchmarking teams.
Regional labor market watchlists for staffing, workforce planning, and location strategy workflows.
CSV/report subscription path for analysts who need source-linked public BLS wage records.

Public Data Sources

The initial product would normalize public records into stable polling endpoints and exports.

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
BLS Public Data API
BLS OEWS data tables

Buyer Workflows

These are the specific self-serve workflows this page is testing before any backend is built.

Occupation wage watchlist

Normalize public OEWS records by occupation code, title, area, state, employment, hourly wage, annual wage, and release period.

Regional workforce benchmark feed

Route occupation and geography wage records into HR analytics, staffing, workforce planning, and location strategy workflows.

Release-based data refresh

Refresh CSV snapshots when BLS OEWS data tables or related public time series are updated, with source release dates.

Specific Workflow Tests

These pages test sharper buyer searches before implementation.

Workflow validation Occupation Wage Benchmark API BLS OEWS wage alerts for occupation and geography watchlists

Monetization Hypothesis

Pricing only becomes meaningful after tracked demand appears. The first offer should stay narrow and low-touch.

CSV/report subscription for HR analytics, compensation benchmarking, staffing, workforce planning, and location strategy teams
API subscription for occupation, geography, industry, release-period, and wage-field watchlists
No compensation advice, hiring advice, legal advice, pay-equity analysis, or wage compliance certification

Validation FAQ

Is this BLS wage API live?

No. This is a validation page. Build priority depends on tracked request, sample-download, demo, and paid-API intent.

Would it decide pay levels or certify wage compliance?

No. The proposed product would normalize public BLS OEWS records and source links only. Buyers remain responsible for compensation, legal, hiring, pay-equity, and compliance decisions.