About O*NET Web Services
O*NET Web Services provides easy access to occupational data and career exploration applications for over 900 occupations, direct from one of the nation’s primary sources of occupational information. O*NET Web Services is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration, and developed by the National Center for O*NET Development.
O*NET Web Services has 5,100+ registered users. See examples of our users.
What is O*NET?
The Occupational Information Network covers the entire U.S. economy with its SOC-based taxonomy. It contains a comprehensive framework describing the world of work, covering both worker and occupational requirements. The O*NET Program collects and publishes approximately 500 standardized ratings plus occupation-specific information for each of 900+ occupations.
The O*NET Database is updated quarterly with information collected from job incumbents, employer job postings, expert research, and other sources.
O*NET websites cover multiple audiences, from students to veterans to Spanish speakers to workforce professionals.
O*NET Web Services provides access to the full O*NET Database, along with the most popular features and tools from each of our websites.
Learn more about the O*NET Program at our Resource Center. Contact (onet@onetcenter.org) for questions, comments, or feedback.
Features by Category
| Feature |
Database |
OnLine |
My Next Move |
My Next Move for Veterans |
Mi Próximo Paso |
Taxonomy |
| Data |
|---|
| Data-level occupations |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Title-only occupations |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| All available O*NET data |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Display criteria |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Standardized data ratings |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Easy read content |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Applications |
|---|
| Search |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Browse |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Crosswalk to other systems |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Occupation/Career reports |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| O*NET Interest Profiler |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Specific Audience |
|---|
| Spanish language |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Military transition |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| O*NET-SOC classification version transition |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Developer usage |
|---|
| License agreement |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Commercial use allowed |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Corresponding product |
O*NET Database |
O*NET OnLine |
My Next Move |
My Next Move for Veterans |
Mi Próximo Paso |
O*NET-SOC Taxonomy |
Features in Detail
- Keyword Search — both the My Next Move search and the OnLine occupation search are available for use in your career site. Our REST web services API returns occupations matching a word, phrase, title, or full or partial O*NET-SOC code. The results include the code and title of each matching occupation.
- My Next Move Career Reports — concise, easy-read overviews for each occupation in My Next Move. Key knowledge, skills, and abilities are available for over 900 occupations. Our APIs also provide Bright Outlook and salary information, example technology skills, and more.
- Summary and Details Occupation Reports — summary and detailed information from O*NET OnLine for over 900 occupations. Your application can include an occupation's most important tasks, knowledge, skills, abilities, technology skills, and more. Or, it can include a full, detailed ranking of all available information for a given data type.
- Military Search — the military transition search used in My Next Move for Veterans is also available through our web services API. The search returns relevant O*NET-SOC occupations based on full or partial codes and titles from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Space Force classification systems.
- Spanish Keyword Search — the Spanish-language keyword search used in Mi Próximo Paso is part of our web services API. Occupation titles are returned, in Spanish, matching a Spanish word or phrase. A wide range of features from Mi Próximo Paso are also available, including detailed career reports and Interest Profiler questions and scoring.
- Interest Profiler — a variety of integration options are available. Include this useful career tool in your own site with our IFrame Widget. After adding a simple block of HTML code, users can take the O*NET Interest Profiler without leaving your career resources. For tighter integration, we also offer a REST web services API that provides scoring services and career results from the range of O*NET-SOC occupations. You can include this tool in English or Spanish. In addition, a "mini" version of the IP useful for mobile assessment settings is also available.
- Database Services — get real-time, up-to-date access to all of the information in the downloadable O*NET Database. Retrieve data from any part of the database. Customize results by filtering and sorting based on multiple criteria.
Our Reference Manual has the details on these and other web services we offer. The services currently use the O*NET 29.2 Database.
Easy to Implement
- REST API with full documentation and interactive demo before you sign up
- HTTPS for privacy and integrity of requests
- Industry-standard JSON output and X-API-Key authentication
- Complete OpenAPI 3.1 definition for automated code generation and integration
- Full working examples and connection libraries in several languages: Sample code on GitHub
Before You Sign Up
All O*NET data and Web Services access is free, but attribution is required in your applications. See our license.
Services are provided on a “best-effort” basis, and request rates are limited during periods of heavy traffic. Customers requiring high volume or guaranteed uptime should consider using the downloadable O*NET Database as a local source of information, or caching common requests for performance. See all terms of service.
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