Data To Help Your Region Thrive
Equip your community with the labor market insight to grow stronger industries, build better career pathways, and expand opportunity for everyone.

Be the advocate with answers
Lightcast data helps communities spotlight competitive strengths and illuminate pressing needs, so you can take action to unlock growth and opportunity.
Know the industries and occupations driving your region
Help jobseekers discover and train for successful careers
Map out career and education pathways in your community
Assess the skills your local workforce has, and the skill gaps that need to be filled
Benchmark your region against peers and market your competitive advantages
Attract new businesses, and grow your existing base
“Having all this detailed data on the labor market [from Lightcast] makes a huge difference in our work.”

Talent Attraction Scorecard 2025
The Lightcast Talent Attraction Scorecard is celebrating its 10th anniversary. With in-depth analysis of population growth, job growth, demographics, and salary data, we've ranked every state and metro area in the US.
Solutions for every challenge
See what sets your community apart. Developer helps you quickly and efficiently understand your local economy, identify industry strengths, and analyze your workforce. It’s all the labor, economic, and demographic data you need—in one place.
Understand the true impact of change in your economy. Model how new jobs, business expansions, or investments ripple through your region—affecting employment, earnings, and industry growth—so you can make smarter, data-backed decisions.
Find companies with the most potential to expand to your region with a business intelligence platform that ranks over 9.5 million companies.
Tell your story with a customizable, no-code dashboard that communicates key workforce, economic, and community indicators. Automate reporting, attract investment, and help jobseekers find opportunity in your community – all while saving valuable time for your staff.
See where your talent is coming from—and where it’s going. Track migration patterns by occupation, education, and demographics to uncover opportunities for attraction, retention, and workforce growth in your region.
Give jobseekers the labor market information they need to make smarter career decisions. With Career Coach, they can develop their resumes, discover training and education programs, and find great jobs at local businesses.
Get expert recommendations for your community’s toughest challenges. Our consultants and data scientists provide custom studies and analyses on critical issues including the State of the Workforce, labor market supply-demand gaps, target industries, labor shed, workforce availability, career pathways, and skills transferability.
Get direct access to the same robust datasets powering our software solutions. With the Lightcast API, you have the freedom to create custom data displays and applications for your organization.
Our Data: Comprehensive. Contextualized. Actionable.
With the world’s most comprehensive labor market database—including over 3 billion job postings, 1.2 billion career profiles, and over 100 government sources—Lightcast delivers unparalleled insight into skills, jobs, businesses, professional profiles, and workforce trends across 165 countries.
Learn More About Lightcast Data3 billion
Job postings
6.3 million
companies

34,000
Skills
242 million
Salary observations
1.2 billion
careers profiles
165
countries
17
languages
1800+
Unique occupations
Let’s Unlock Prosperity Together.
Workforce and economic development teams are under pressure to accomplish difficult work with limited resources. With Lightcast, you have the insight and solutions you need to build a thriving community.



