What is happening and when?
On April 11, 2025, Lightcast will be updating the way we code to the O*NET-SOC 2019 taxonomy.
What should clients expect?
All historic postings data will be better coded using the improved system, so data will be consistent for time series analysis. Clients may want to rerun analyses as we are expecting to see some shifts across occupations.
We are still coding postings to the O*NET 2019 taxonomy, but clients may notice some changes in the number of postings coded to particular occupations.
Why are we doing this?
The existing classifier works well - we have estimated up to 90% accuracy, but there is always room for improvement. This upgrade to the classifier will improve granularity and bring greater precision, as well as an impoved recognition of newer roles as they emerge in our data.
Additional Information
More specific details on all the changes in the data will be published here soon in a full change report.
If clients have any concerns about the classification system or the output O*NET-SOC 2019 data please contact [email protected] - Our team will happily provide further details or clarification relating to individual occupations.