What is happening and when?
On April 11, 2025, Lightcast will be updating the way we code to the NOC 2020 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 NOC 2020 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 – But there is always room for improvement.
We are making this change to bring our customers the best possible coding which will be derived from the latest version of our flagship Lightcast Occupation Taxonomy coding that boasts close to 90% accuracy levels. The updated coding has more granularity and greater precision, as well as a greater 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 NOC 2020 data please contact [email protected] - Our team will happily provide further details or clarification relating to individual occupations.