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Lightcast Labor Market Intelligence

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What it is

Lightcast Labor Market Intelligence provides labor-market data for hiring, training, workforce planning, and growth decisions. Its coverage includes more than 3 billion job postings, 1.2 billion career profiles, and information from over 100 government sources. Organizations can forecast demand, identify talent gaps, benchmark workforces, and evaluate locations using worker, skill, wage, and industry information. Career-pathway data describes movement among jobs, skills, programs, and industries to inform mobility and training. The collection includes Analyst/Talent Analyst, Developer, Career Coach, Alumni Pathways, Talent Migration Dashboard, Professional Services, eIMPACT, Embark, and NACM. Analyst covers industries, occupations, postings, skills, programs, and demographics; Profile Analytics supports aggregate searches, filtering, and profile drill-down. Delivery options include an API and data shares through Amazon S3, Databricks, Google BigQuery, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob Storage, SFTP, and Snowflake. The paid service is offered from Lightcast’s Moscow, Idaho headquarters, with pricing based on organizational needs and goals.

Spec sheet

Purpose
Lightcast Labor Market Intelligence helps organizations understand changing work, talent availability, and labor market supply and demand to guide hiring, training, planning, and growth decisions.Read 30 Sep 2026 · lightcast.marketing
Intended users
Lightcast describes its audience as business, education, and public-sector organizations, including workforce leaders, educators, and government agencies.Read 30 Sep 2026 · lightcast.marketing
Support
Lightcast describes support from economists, data scientists, and dedicated account managers who help customers interpret data and move from insight to action.Read 30 Sep 2026 · lightcast.io
Headquarters
Moscow, Idaho, USARead 28 Sep 2026 · lightcast.marketing
Analyst features
Analyst covers industries, occupations, job postings, skills, programs, and demographics, with Profile Analytics for searching and filtering aggregate data and drilling down to profiles.Read 30 Sep 2026 · lightcast.marketing
Career pathways
Lightcast says its pathway data shows how people move between jobs, skills, programs, and industries to support mobility and training decisions.Read 30 Sep 2026 · lightcast.marketing
Company history and reach
Lightcast says it has over 25 years of experience and offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, New Zealand, and India.Read 30 Sep 2026 · lightcast.marketing
Data coverage
Lightcast says its labor market data includes over 3 billion job postings, 1.2 billion career profiles, and information from over 100 government sources.Read 30 Sep 2026 · lightcast.marketing
Data handling
The privacy policy says Lightcast may process user-provided service and API data and use approved safeguards, including Standard Contractual Clauses, for cross-border transfers.Read 30 Sep 2026 · legal.lightcast.io
Integrations and delivery
Lightcast documents API access and data-share delivery through Amazon S3, Databricks, Google BigQuery, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob Storage, SFTP, and Snowflake.Read 30 Sep 2026 · docs.lightcast.io
Partners
Lightcast says more than 250 HR Tech, Ed Tech, and Gov Tech organizations use its data in their platforms.Read 30 Sep 2026 · lightcast.io
Pricing availability
Lightcast does not list a fixed price on its pricing page and says it considers customer goals and budget when recommending a solution.Read 30 Sep 2026 · lightcast.io
Products
The labor market intelligence collection includes Analyst/Talent Analyst, Developer, Career Coach, Alumni Pathways, Talent Migration Dashboard, Professional Services, eIMPACT, Embark, and NACM.Read 30 Sep 2026 · lightcast.marketing
Security and privacy
Lightcast's privacy policy says its services are compliant-by-design and meet requirements of the CCPA, GDPR, and other applicable laws.Read 30 Sep 2026 · legal.lightcast.io
Strategy
The offering supports demand forecasting, talent gap identification, workforce benchmarking, and location evaluation using workers, skills, wages, and industry data.Read 30 Sep 2026 · lightcast.marketing

Plans and prices

Lightcast Labor Market Intelligence Priced on request Price depends on organizational needs and goals · software subscriptions, consulting, and data delivery options Read 30 Sep 2026 · lightcast.io

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Data spans postings, profiles, and government sources
  • Supports demand forecasting and talent-gap analysis
  • Career pathways inform mobility and training
  • API and multiple data-share delivery options
  • Dedicated economists, data scientists, and account managers

Limits

  • Pricing is available only on request
  • Paid offering with needs-based recommendations
  • Data handling may involve cross-border transfers

Who it suits

Lightcast describes this offering for business, education, and public-sector organizations, including workforce leaders, educators, and government agencies. It fits teams needing labor data, skills intelligence, talent matching, mobility analysis, or workforce planning.

Verdict

Lightcast Labor Market Intelligence combines large labor datasets with tools for forecasting, benchmarking, pathways, and talent analysis. Its API and delivery choices support integration, while organizations must request pricing tailored to their goals and budget.

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