What's New?
April 2024
New BLS wage information in O*NET websites
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
external site (BLS) has released wage estimates for 2023. The latest wages are now included in career reports within O*NET OnLine, My Next Move, Mi Próximo Paso, and My Next Move for Veterans. Check out available local, state, and national wage distributions via simple, easy to interpret graphics.
My Next Move's state maps also feature updated data, showing which states have above average work opportunities for a given career. Click on "Check out my state" from career reports in My Next Move, Mi Próximo Paso, and My Next Move for Veterans.
Developers can access these updates via O*NET Web Services.
April 2024
Sources of Additional Information Updated and Reorganized
For over a decade, O*NET OnLine occupation reports have contained a section labeled “Sources of Additional Information.” This “SAI” provided customers with a list of sources external to the O*NET Program that included occupationally relevant information, such as related jobs, specialties, and industries. SAI listings were also made available to program and application developers via O*NET Web Services.
Recently the O*NET Center conducted a preliminary exploration of the use of ChatGPT to supplement the SAI listings. This effort proved successful, adding sources to 106 O*NET-SOC occupations and leading to a new total of just under 9,000 linkages to information for customers to explore. See: Supplementing the O*NET Sources of Additional Information: A Preliminary Exploration of the Use of ChatGPT.
SAI information is newly organized. For the vast majority of occupations, this section is now called “Professional Associations” and is grouped into categories:
- National Associations
- Regional Associations
- Accreditation, Certification, & Unions
For military occupations (i.e., those in the “55” job family), this section is now called “Military Career Summaries” and includes information from Careers in the Military
external site when available.
Visit O*NET OnLine to explore these improvements today!
April 2024
O*NET Web Services Users Summary Updated
O*NET Resource Center has an interactive O*NET Web Services Users summary.
O*NET Web Services currently provides the latest O*NET data, search features, and career tools to 4,200+ users. Explore examples from five primary user groups to discover the diversity of applications and audiences leveraging O*NET information.
Check it out on your desktop or mobile device today!
March 2024
Paper-and-Pencil O*NET Interest Profiler Updated
February 2024
O*NET Database and websites updated
November 2023
RIASEC vocational interest information updated
The 28.1 release of the O*NET database updates vocational interest information, technology skills, and alternate titles.
Specifically:
- RIASEC Occupational Interest Profiles (OIPs) and high-point codes for all 923 data-level occupations were developed using machine learning.
- An updated listing of 162 “Hot Technologies,” based on employer job postings from across all occupations, resulted in 11,400+ occupation linkages.
- Updated “In Demand” technology skill designations, based on employer job postings from within each occupation, led to approximately 2,500 “In Demand” skill linkages across 489 occupations.
- 90+ new technology skill linkages related to 75 occupations were identified from employer job postings.
- 450+ alternate titles related to 237 occupations were added from a review of Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs), customer input, and other sources.
To learn more about the successful effort to leverage advances in supervised machine learning to update the vocational interest information in the O*NET System, see: Using Machine Learning to Develop Occupational Interest Profiles and High-Point Codes for the O*NET System.
New data is incorporated within My Next Move, Mi Próximo Paso, My Next Move for Veterans, and O*NET OnLine.
Learn more or download the database from the Resource Center. Developers can also access the latest data from O*NET Web Services.
November 2023
Updated military information included in O*NET websites
October 2023
New Apprenticeship Opportunities section in O*NET OnLine
Start your career and build your skillset!
The occupation reports within O*NET OnLine now have an “Apprenticeship Opportunities” section. Where available, see examples of apprenticeship titles vetted by industry and approved by the U.S. Department of Labor for use in a Registered Apprenticeship Program. Then dive directly into Apprenticeship.gov
external site to learn more about opportunities related to the occupation.
In addition, an updated Registered Apprenticeship Partners Information Data System (RAPIDS) crosswalk is incorporated into O*NET OnLine and O*NET Code Connector.
Developers and researchers can also access the apprenticeship-to-occupation linkages from O*NET Resource Center—Crosswalks or O*NET Web Services.
October 2023
Updated BLS information included in O*NET websites
September 2023
Interactive O*NET Reference List Updated
O*NET Resource Center has an interactive O*NET Reference List that showcases the extensive use of O*NET data, websites, applications, and tools. This update adds 600+ new references. Explore over 2,100 research and product-oriented references. Download a complete reference listing. Or, browse references by topic of interest including:
- Career and Vocational Research
- Education Research
- Health Research
- Industrial/Organizational Research
- Labor Market Research
- Application Development
- O*NET Evaluation
- O*NET Initiatives and Development
Look into how O*NET information and tools were used. Direct linkages to each reference make it easy to access the wide variety of publications.
Know of an additional publication that used O*NET data, tools, or applications? Send the reference to O*NET Customer Service.
August 2023
O*NET Database and websites updated
July 2023
O*NET Ally Campaign
Welcome and thank you O*NET Ally participants! The National Center for O*NET Development initiated the O*NET Ally campaign to acknowledge the efforts of national and regional professional associations supporting the O*NET data collection. Over 100 O*NET Allies recently helped to identify occupational experts who could be surveyed about their work.
Is your association interested in becoming an O*NET Ally? Please contact O*NET Customer Service.