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Data / Occupation Explorer

Find the occupations worth a closer look.

Search only occupation and labor-market combinations that clear the publication gate: exact geography, usable demand evidence, and a comparable wage measure. Markets without that evidence are not offered here.

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Occupation evidence

Current labor market · August 2026
Unemployment rate

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Labor force

Not seasonally adjusted

Employed

Resident employment

Unemployed

Resident unemployment

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Occupation outlook
Employment

Projected: —

Projected growth

Source-specific period

Total openings

Replacement + transfer + growth where applicable

Wage evidence

Measure stays source-specific

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Decision lens

What does this evidence support?

Demand

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Source fit

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Publication boundary

Use this page to identify occupations worth deeper research. Workforce Wonkery does not infer a training gap or recommend a new program from occupation openings alone. Training recommendations are published only in separately researched, curated decision briefs.

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Compare with California

This comparison keeps the selected MSA/CBSA beside the California reference. No county, WDB, workforce-region, or neighboring-market values are substituted.

Labor-market occupation evidence comparison
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Publication gate: this Explorer intentionally shows less. A combination is public only when the occupation evidence matches the selected geography and includes usable demand and wage evidence. Broader proxies, neighboring markets, and combinations with missing core evidence remain outside the public Explorer.