Career Outlook Data

FIT's major program pages contain data that combines labor market information, job postings, global data, skills data, compensation data, and online profiles. This information comes from Lightcast, a labor market analytics company. For more information on the company's data, reports, and forecast processes, visit Lightcast.

Definitions

Wage is the median value of wages reported in government sources for a given career. This can help you determine how much you can expect to earn if they enter this career.

The Job Openings number represents the demand by career, accounting for growth and estimating replacement needs for workers who change careers or retire. This number can help infer if there will be a job post-graduation. Note: this is not the number of Job Postings.

Current Employment is the number of workers employed in a career and when included will help you get a feel for the prevalence of that job in an area.

Top Skills shows the top 5 skills employers are looking for by career, based on skills data derived from job postings. This data informs you what skills you should learn and develop (and advertise in their resume or online professional profile) before entering a career.

Projected Outlook is the expected 10-year forecast for a career based on the proprietary Lightcast projection methodology. It demonstrates what employment opportunities could look like in the future for a given career.