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Lightcast

Lightcast (formerly Emsi Burning Glass) provides labor market data and analytics including the Career Coach Careers API, a RESTful service that contains economic data for careers stored in JSON format.

Lightcast publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Careers, Economics, Labor Market, and Workforce.

Lightcast’s developer surface includes engineering blog and 4 more developer resources.

📡 Source on GitHub
10.7/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-30 · rubric v0.17.2
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
CareersEconomicsLabor MarketWorkforce

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scored 2026-08-30 · rubric v0.17.2
Composite quality — 10.7/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.5 / 20
Access Clarity 3.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 1.4 / 13
Contract Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.7 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
Delegated User Identity 0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Lightcast Careers API

The Career Coach Careers API is a RESTful API service that contains economic data for all careers in the Career Coach app stored in JSON format.

Pricing Plans 1

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Lightcast Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

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Lightcast Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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Lightcast Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

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Lightcast Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

SECURITY

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

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LlmsText
LlmsText

Build 1

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GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

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DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 2

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LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: lightcast
name: Lightcast
description: Lightcast (formerly Emsi Burning Glass) provides labor market data and analytics including the Career Coach Careers
  API, a RESTful service that contains economic data for careers stored in JSON format.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/lightcast.png
tags:
- Careers
- Economics
- Labor Market
- Workforce
created: '2025-01-07'
modified: '2026-04-28'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lightcast/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/lightcast-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Lightcast-io
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lightcastdata
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://docs.lightcast.dev/llms.txt
- url: https://lightcast.io/resources/blog
  type: Blog
apis:
- aid: lightcast:lightcast
  name: Lightcast Careers API
  description: The Career Coach Careers API is a RESTful API service that contains economic data for all careers in the Career
    Coach app stored in JSON format.
  humanURL: https://docs.lightcast.dev/apis/careers
  tags:
  - Careers
  - Economics
  - Labor Market
  - Workforce
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.lightcast.dev/apis/careers
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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