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900+ OCCUPATIONS · 35 SKILLS · CAREER PATHS · WAGE DATA · O*NET + BLS

skills.wageapi.com
GET /v1/occupations/15-1252.00

{
  "data": {
    "soc_code": "15-1252.00",
    "title": "Software Developers",
    "job_zone": 4,
    "bright_outlook": true,
    "skills": [
      { "name": "Programming", "importance": 0.92 },
      { "name": "Complex Problem Solving", "importance": 0.88 }
    ],
    "wages": { "median": 132270 },
    "projection": { "change_pct": 25.0, "outlook": "bright" }
  }
}

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COMPARE OCCUPATIONS

Side-by-side skill and wage comparison

Software Developers
Registered Nurses
Data Scientists

Skill Comparison

Critical Thinking

0.81
0.84
0.88

Programming

0.88
0.12
0.72

Mathematics

0.72
0.45
0.85

Complex Problem Solving

0.78
0.62
0.82

Systems Analysis

0.75
0.38
0.68

Active Learning

0.69
0.75
0.75

Wage Comparison

Software Developers

$79,160$102,670$132,270$168,200$198,580

Registered Nurses

$63,720$72,910$86,070$101,510$132,680

Data Scientists

$61,400$82,500$108,020$141,340$195,500

Summary

OccupationMedian WageJob ZoneBright OutlookEmploymentGrowth %
Software Developers$132,27041,795,300+25.0%
Registered Nurses$86,07033,175,390+6.0%
Data Scientists$108,0205192,070+36.0%

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Employment Outlook

Top growing and declining occupations from BLS 10-year projections

Fastest Growing

1Wind Turbine Service Technicians+44.3%
2Nurse Practitioners+40.2%
3Data Scientists+35.8%
4Information Security Analysts+31.5%
5Statisticians+30.6%
6Physician Assistants+27.6%
7Software Developers+24.8%
8Web Developers+23.3%

Most Annual Openings

1Home Health and Personal Care Aides
684.6k
2Fast Food and Counter Workers
577.9k
3Stockers and Order Fillers
457.3k
4Laborers and Material Movers
435.8k
5General and Operations Managers
291.8k
6Registered Nurses
193.1k
7Software Developers
136.3k
8Market Research Analysts
94.6k

SIMPLE REST API

11 endpoints covering occupations, skills, career paths, and wages

Occupations

Skills

Career

curl -s "https://skills.wageapi.com/api/v1/occupations/search?q=software+engineer" \
  -H "X-API-Key: sk_demo_key"
Response Body200 OK
{
  "data": {
    "items": [
      { "soc_code": "15-1252.00", "title": "Software Developers", "job_zone": 4, "bright_outlook": true, "green_occupation": false }
    ],
    "total": 1, "page": 1, "page_size": 20, "pages": 1
  },
  "metadata": {
    "sources": [{"name": "O*NET OnLine", "url": "https://www.onetonline.org"}],
    "request_id": "req_abc123",
    "rate_limit": {"limit": 100, "remaining": 99, "reset": "2026-03-31T00:00:00Z"}
  }
}

Why SkillsAPI

Occupation Profiles

Complete SOC-coded profiles with skills, tasks, wages, and outlook from official O*NET data.

Skill Taxonomy

200+ standardized skills, knowledge areas, and abilities with importance ratings.

Career Intelligence

Transition paths between occupations with shared skills, gaps, and wage change analysis.

Employment Outlook

BLS employment projections, annual openings, and growth outlook for every occupation.

Connect to AI Agents

All 11 endpoints available as MCP tools. Query skills and occupations from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client.

Native MCP Server

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) lets AI assistants query occupation and skill data directly.

Ask your AI agent: “What skills does a data scientist need?” — get structured, source-attributed answers with importance scores.

No prompt engineering required. The API's agent-first descriptions guide LLM tool discovery automatically.

  • All 11 endpoints as MCP tools
  • Streamable HTTP transport
  • Full schema descriptions for LLM discovery
  • Source attribution in every response

Claude Desktop / Cursor config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "skillsapi": {
      "url": "https://skills.wageapi.com/api/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "X-API-Key": "sk_your_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

What are the top skills for a Data Scientist and how does the career outlook look?

Based on O*NET data, the top skills for Data Scientists (15-2051.00) are:

1. Mathematics (0.85)  2. Programming (0.72)  3. Critical Thinking (0.84)

Employment outlook: Bright — 35.8% projected growth with 21,900 annual openings.

Sources: O*NET OnLine, BLS Projections

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AUTHORITATIVE DATA

Official US government datasets. Pre-loaded and indexed. No scraping.

1,000+

Occupations

200+

Skills & Abilities

11

API Endpoints

O*NET 29.0

1,016 occupations, 200+ skills taxonomy, task statements

Semi-annual updatesPublic Domain

Bureau of Labor Statistics — OES

Wage percentiles by occupation and metro area

Annual updatesPublic Domain

BLS Employment Projections

10-year employment outlook, annual openings

Biennial updatesPublic Domain

All data sourced from official US government APIs and databases. Updated on published schedules.

O*NET™ has been produced for the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration by the National Center for O*NET Development.

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