Lightcast

Lightcast is a labor market intelligence platform that helps leaders make data-driven decisions about jobs, skills, and workforce strategy using trusted, global labor market data. It serves enterprise employers, educators, and government agencies that need clear, actionable insight for planning talent pipelines, program offerings, and economic and workforce development initiatives. Drawing on more than 18 billion data points—such as job postings, career profiles, and compensation data—Lightcast combines long-standing taxonomy expertise with machine learning to reduce fragmentation and clarify trends. Users can access insights through software tools with interactive maps and visualizations, integrate datasets via flexible data delivery options such as APIs, or engage professional services for deeper analysis and custom applications. The value is faster, more confident decision-making grounded in comprehensive, contextualized data that supports workforce alignment, skills planning, and strategic investment.