Job Outlook

This application is a simple API that returns the job outlook for a given program. This page and the links below are displays of the data for the browser.

• Computer and Information Technologies (State-wide stats)
• Computer and Information Technologies (Somerset Community College stats)
• Veterinary Technology (State-wide stats)
• Business Administration and Communication (State-wide stats)

The endpoint for this application is GET https://job-outlook.kctcsweb.com/api/program-job-outlook.
The request has a required parameter cip (e.g. 110101 or 11.0101 both are valid) and an optional parameter institution which defaults to kctcs if not provided. Passing an institution other than kctcs will return the stats for the region the institution is in/closest to. Otherwise, the state-wide stats for the program will be returned.

The options for the institution parameter are:

• kctcs: State-wide stats
• ashland: Ashland
• bigsandy: Big Sandy
• bluegrass: Bluegrass
• elizabethtown: Elizabethtown
• gateway: Gateway
• hazard: Hazard
• henderson: Henderson
• hopkinsville: Hopkinsville
• jefferson: Jefferson
• madisonville: Madisonville
• maysville: Maysville
• owensboro: Owensboro
• somerset: Somerset
• southcentral: Southcentral
• southeast: Southeast
• westkentucky: West Kentucky

The response is a JSON object with the following properties (asterisk indicates the property will always be present, otherwise it may be null or an empty array):

• *program_area: The program area
• post_kctcs_graduate_count: The number of graduates from KCTCS
• post_kctcs_graduate_count_formatted: The number of graduates from KCTCS formatted
• *region: The region
• post_kctcs_employment_rate: The employment rate from KCTCS
• post_kctcs_employment_rate_formatted: The employment rate from KCTCS formatted
• post_kctcs_median_annual_wages: The median annual wages from KCTCS
• post_kctcs_median_annual_wages_formatted: The median annual wages from KCTCS formatted
• occupation_outlooks: An array of occupation outlooks (objects with the following properties:)
• *occupation_code: The O*NET code of the occupation
• *occupation_title: The title of the occupation
• *occupation_description: The description of the occupation
• median_annual_wages: The median annual wages of the occupation
• median_annual_wages_formatted: The median annual wages of the occupation formatted
• sub_occupation_descriptions: An array of sub-occupation descriptions (objects with the following properties:)
• *occupation_code: The O*NET code of the occupation description
• *occupation_title: The title of the occupation description
• *occupation_description: The description of the occupation description