Professional
BLS Salary Benchmarking
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Search by occupation title, SOC code, or metro area. Returns mean, median, and 10th/25th/75th/90th percentile hourly and annual wages.
Endpoints
GET /api/v1/pro/wages Requires API key Search by occupation title, SOC code, metro area, or area type. At least one parameter required.
Parameters
| occupation | Job title (partial match, case-insensitive) |
| soc | SOC code (e.g. 15-1252) |
| area | Metro area name (partial match) |
| area_type | 1=national, 2=state, 3=metro, 4=non-metro |
| limit | Max results (default 25, max 100) |
Example
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer pro_YOUR_KEY" \
"https://api.verilexdata.com/api/v1/pro/wages?occupation=software+engineer&area=New+York"Response
{
"dataset": "wages",
"count": 3,
"data": [
{
"area": "New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA",
"area_type": "3",
"soc_code": "15-1252",
"occupation_title": "Software Developers",
"total_employment": 128340,
"hourly_mean": 72.15,
"annual_mean": 150070,
"hourly_median": 67.45,
"annual_median": 140290,
"hourly_pct10": 41.20,
"hourly_pct25": 52.80,
"hourly_pct75": 87.30,
"hourly_pct90": 102.50
}
]
}GET /api/v1/pro/wages/stats Free Total records, unique occupations, unique areas, and update frequency.
Use cases
HR salary benchmarking for job postings
Consulting rate justification
Cost-of-living adjustments by metro
Labor market analysis for workforce planning