Job Market Data
Our Applied Research team provides custom, in-depth job market data analysis for corporate clients and educational institutions.
Understanding the Market, and Guiding Decisions
Our Research
Some of our commissioned research includes:
Underemployment: Research on the Long-Term Impact on Careers
The first job matters: college graduates who start out underemployed are likely to stay that way, and women are more likely to be underemployed than men.
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Different Skills, Different Gaps: Measuring and Closing the Skills Gap
In new research on the U.S. skills gap, we found demand for workers exceeded supply by a total of 4.4 million openings across 12 different career areas.
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The Quant Crunch: How the Demand for Data Science Skills is Disrupting the Job Market
Data Science and Analytics are no longer just buzzwords–they are essential business tools. We found the demand for these skills is growing rapidly, and that the demand is having a particularly strong impact in decision-making roles.
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Powering Applications
Top research organizations around the world use Burning Glass data to analyze labor markets:
Wheretheworkis.org, an interactive map developed by Burning Glass and the Institute for Public Policy Research in the UK, allows users to compare entry-level employer demand and the number of learners completing related studies. The project was created for the New Skills at Work project at JP Morgan Chase.
Still Searching: Job Vacancies and STEM Skills is an interactive research project built by the Brookings Institution with Burning Glass data. The report analyzes the skill requirements and the advertisement duration time for millions of STEM job openings in the United States.
Cyberseek.org, a site providing data on the cybersecurity job market in the United States, was co-produced with the CompTIA trade organization and the federal government’s National Institute for Standards and Technology, a division of the Department of Commerce. Burning Glass has provided all Labour Market Demand as well as career path data for this project.
