About Our Data Sources
The Occupational Information Network (O*NET) database contains descriptive information on the characteristics and requirements of over 970 civilian occupations. This site includes information from the O*NET 24.1 Database as well as information from the O*NET Career Exploration Tools by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.
United States Census Bureau
The Census Bureau is committed to open government by sharing its public data as open data. Census data continues to be a key national resource, serving as a fuel for entrepreneurship and innovation, scientific discovery, and commercial activity. The Cendus Bureau continuously identify and publish datasets and Application Programming Interfaces (API’s) to Data.gov. Career Path DECIDE uses this data to inform users about options and make decisions.
United States Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Bureau of Labor Statistics provides information on occupational employment, wages, and outlook through the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey and the Employment Projections program.
Industry employment is provided by the 2016 "industry employment by occupation" statistics, from the United States Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Salary information comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics 2017 Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey.
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
Career Path DECIDE pulls student outcome and cost data for each institution from IPEDS, which is administered by the National Center for Education Statistics. IPEDS is a system of interrelated surveys conducted annually to gather information from every college, university, and technical and vocational institution that participates in the federal student financial aid programs.
The more than 7,500 institutions that participate in federal student aid programs report data on enrollments, program completions, graduation rates, faculty and staff, finances, institutional prices, and student financial aid each year.
TA DECIDE
Career Path DECIDE utilizes TA DECIDE data to inform the military affinity metrics and student outcomes data for each institution.
TA DECIDE is a dynamic information and comparison tool specifically designed to aid participants of DoD's Tuition Assistance (TA) program in making informed choices on schools and education programs. The engine is fueled by more than 10 recognized and trusted data sources from across the departments of Defense, Education and Veterans Affairs, providing an experience uniquely tailored to the needs of the Service member.
American Council on Education (ACE)
Career Path DECIDE utilizes ACE's Military Guide data to present credit recommendations for formal courses and occupations offered by all branches of the military. These credit recommendations appear on the service member’s Joint Services Transcript (JST). All recommendations are based on ACE reviews conducted by college and university faculty members who are actively teaching in the areas they review. The team assesses and validates whether the courses or occupations have the appropriate content, scope, and rigor for college credit recommendations.
Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC)
The DMDC serves under the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OUSD) to collate personnel, manpower, training, financial, and other data for the Department of Defense (DoD). Career Path DECIDE utilizes data pulled from this site in addition to the crosswalk data provided by O*NET Online to provide an extensive list of active and obsolete Military Occupational Classifications / Ratings to occupational mappings.
CareerOneStop
Career Path Decide utilizes the names, certifying organizations, occupational licenses, related occupations, other details for more than 5,700 national certifications and contact information for state agencies that issue license in all 50 states from CareerOneStop on the Certifications and Licensures page.
Credentialing Opportunities Online (COOL)
The Department of Navy (DON) COOL program began as part of a Joint-Service initiative to promote civilian credentialing opportunities for military Service members and it has now been expanded to include civilian personnel. The Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps have collaborated to share data, research, analysis, and best practices so that all Service members can benefit from credentialing opportunities. All Services have recognized the important role that occupational credentials can play in professionalizing the Force and in enhancing the Service member’s ability to transition to the civilian workforce upon completion of military service. The information gleaned from the military Service-specific COOL initiatives can also apply to civilian personnel. Career Path DECIDE utilizes data from COOL to show COOL Credentials in addition to the credentials sourced from CareerOneStop. These credentials are noted in the credentials search page with the COOL icon.