Workflow validation
Occupation Wage Benchmark API
A buyer-intent page for HR analytics, compensation benchmarking, staffing, workforce planning, labor market intelligence, and location strategy teams that want public BLS OEWS wage records filtered by occupation, geography, industry, release period, employment estimate, and wage field.
GET /v1/labor/bls/oews/wage-benchmarks?occupations=15-1252,13-1111&states=CA,NY&release=2025-05
{
"data": [
{
"releasePeriod": "2025-05",
"occupationCode": "15-1252",
"occupationTitle": "Software Developers",
"area": "California",
"state": "CA",
"annualMedianWage": 164820,
"annualMeanWage": 173080,
"watchlistReady": true,
"source": "BLS OEWS validation sample"
}
],
"meta": { "sampleOnly": true, "workflow": "occupation-wage-benchmark-api" }
}
Likely Buyers
This page is only a demand test. Build starts after tracked workflow intent beats the broader market pages.
- HR analytics and compensation teams watching occupation wage releases by geography.
- Staffing and workforce planning teams comparing regional labor market wage records.
- Location strategy and market-intelligence tools that need source-linked public wage benchmarks.
Signals To Watch
These events decide whether this workflow deserves implementation.
- Request clicks from BLS wage API and occupation wage benchmark keywords.
- BLS OEWS wage CSV sample downloads.
- Demo clicks from users comparing occupation, geography, employment, and wage fields.
Smallest Build
If this page crosses a gate, the first implementation should stay this narrow.
- BLS OEWS source cache with occupation, geography, industry, release-period, and wage-field filters first.
- Release-based JSON and CSV exports before broad compensation benchmarking or enrichment.
- No compensation advice, hiring advice, legal advice, pay-equity analysis, wage compliance certification, or employment decisioning.