Labor Market Intelligence helps organizations assess changes in work, talent availability, jobs, skills, wages, supply, demand, and career pathways for hiring, training, planning, and growth decisions.

The page describes labor data and insights for talent decisions, career success, and organizational growth.

Organizational Intelligence connects data on markets, industries, companies, and economic activity to support benchmarking, impact assessment, and strategic decisions.

A skills-first approach helps employers assess current workforces and future needs, education and workforce development leaders align training with business needs, and people understand the labor market.

EMSI used Analyst, its labor market and education data software, to examine air traffic controller workforce replacement, occupation requirements, and future outlook.

Explore Lightcast expert analysis, original research, and practical guidance on skills, labor markets, AI, hiring, education, and workforce strategy.

The page explains the difference between workers covered by unemployment insurance and those who are not, amid scrutiny of job counts.

The page presents examples of Lightcast clients and customers achieving goals through data and insights.

Burningglass and Emsi are part of Lightcast. Burning Glass Institute is a separate entity that relies on Lightcast data.

The page introduces Lightcast’s executive leadership team and board of directors, whose members have decades of experience.

Lightcast provides labor market data to businesses, communities, and education institutions to support decisions and connect people with jobs.

Burning Glass Technologies’ solutions and economic research continue in Lightcast; Burningglass and Emsi are part of Lightcast, while Burning Glass Institute is separate and relies on Lightcast data.

Lightcast aims to unlock possibilities in the labor market and provide insights toward creating a job market that works for everyone.

Survey, Results, Research Highlights, and Case Studies to Show How Data Makes A Difference

Lightcast provides labor market data across 160+ countries, using over 2.5 billion job postings, 800 million career profiles, and 100+ government sources to support decisions by businesses, education institutions, and governments.

Lightcast's 2026 Impact Report draws on a survey of nearly 1,000 customers. The report examines how employers, educators, and public sector organizations use labor market data to improve outcomes; 96% of respondents call Lightcast important or essential to their work.

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Lightcast is named to TIME’s inaugural list of America’s Top WorkTech Companies for 2026, developed with Statista. TIME and Statista evaluated more than 5,000 U.S. workplace-technology companies for financial strength and industry impact, selecting the top 250.

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Lightcast’s report, Data Centers and the Local Workforce, finds that workforce availability may determine whether data center projects succeed. It analyzes a representative project in Laredo, Texas, and identifies a shortfall of 1.7 million skilled-trades workers. The report’s findings indicate that workforce shortages could limit data center growth.

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Lightcast expands its international labor market data coverage from 41 countries to more than 165. The expanded footprint covers 99% of world GDP and is available through the Talent Analyst platform, APIs, and Data Shares.

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