Documentation Kenii Pathways Reference

Data sources

Applies to 2.0.0 and later

Lists the BLS, Projections Central, O*NET, and CIP-to-SOC sources Pathways draws wage and outlook data from, and how each is cached.

Data sources

Pathways draws its wage, outlook, and occupation information from public federal and state sources, mapped to programs through standard crosswalks. This reference lists each source, how the data is scoped, and how it is cached.

Sources

Source Provides Endpoint
Bureau of Labor Statistics (OES) Regional and national wages by occupation api.bls.gov
Projections Central State and national employment projections public.projectionscentral.org
O*NET Occupation detail services.onetcenter.org
CIP to SOC crosswalk Maps a program’s CIP code to occupation (SOC) codes Static crosswalk file shipped with the plugin

Scope and fallback

Wage and projection queries are made for the configured state first, then fall back to national figures when state data is not returned. The state is set by the kenii_bls_state_code option (a two-digit FIPS code). When the option is empty, queries resolve to national data.

Caching

Data Cached as Freshness
BLS wages Post meta on the program About seven days
Projections Transient About thirty days

Cached figures are what students see. Refreshing the data is an administrator action, not something a student page triggers.

Missing data

When a source returns nothing for an occupation, Pathways records that no data is available and shows that state rather than substituting a figure from elsewhere.