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Opportunity Data publishes its statistical infrastructure free: the Workforce Pell decision-support framework, the AI Exposure Index, and postsecondary earnings data, each with the datasets behind it and a method you can check. Paid products add what the free layer does not hold: back editions, state-level reports, and institution-specific reviews.

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Each component turns a public dataset into an answer you can act on and cite, free to use. The facts under each one say who it serves, what data it holds, what you can do with it, what you can download, how often it is updated, and which products relate to it. Components marked Beta are in active development.

Workforce Pell · Live since July 1, 2026
Will your program qualify for Workforce Pell?
Workforce Pell is live, and only programs that clear the federal earnings test and win state approval qualify. Screen any program against the threshold, follow where your state stands in its approval pipeline, and compare how the live states define an eligible program.
Who it serves
State agencies and workforce boards, college and system offices, associations, and reporters following implementation.
Updated
The State Implementation Record is swept twice a week, Monday and Friday, across all 52 jurisdictions. The comparison follows each list change. The earnings test follows each PSEO release.
What you can do
Screen a program against the earnings threshold, read each state’s status with its sources, compare list length and wage bars across the live states, and look up listed programs in Colorado and North Carolina.
Data, downloads, and related
Data
Primary sources for all 52 jurisdictions (statutes, governor directives, agency policies, board agendas), state eligible-occupation lists, Census PSEO completer earnings, the federal poverty guideline, and IPEDS tuition.
Downloads
Methodology notes for the comparison and the earnings test (PDF), and a counselor guide (PDF). The record is read on the page.
Related products
This Week: The Archive (back editions of the record), Nuclear Workforce State Reports, and the Program Portfolio Review for one college.
A.I. & Labor Market Disruption
Which work is most exposed to A.I.?
See which occupations A.I. is most likely to reshape, and which of your academic programs feed into them. Exposure scored across 696 occupations and 1,806 programs, so you can guide students, target program investment, and ground board conversations in evidence.
Who it serves
Institutional research and academic affairs offices, state agencies, advisors, researchers, and reporters.
Updated
Data release September 2026 under the index’s published update policy. The methodology is version 2 and unchanged. Every prior version stays archived at a stable address.
What you can do
Rank occupations and programs on each dimension and the composite, map a state’s completion-weighted exposure, compare scores with the BLS AI Exposure Categories, and cite a versioned score.
Data, downloads, and related
Data
O*NET 31.0 work characteristics (nine variables on three dimensions), BLS OEWS May 2025 employment weights, the CIP-SOC crosswalk, and IPEDS 2023 completions for the state map: 696 occupations with unique BLS employment and 1,806 academic programs.
Downloads
Occupation index, program index, and state table (CSV, with citations below). The April 2026 version stays at its own addresses. Bridge and archive files on request.
Post-Secondary Earnings
What do graduates actually earn?
What graduates of a given program actually earn at 1, 5, and 10 years out, drawn from Census administrative wage records across 1,100+ institutions in 37 states and DC. The evidence base for program review, student advising, and the case you make to funders, regulators, and your board.
Who it serves
Advisors and students, program review and accreditation staff, system offices, and researchers.
Updated
Rebuilt on each Census PSEO release. The 2026Q2 release was adopted in October 2026.
What you can do
Compare programs within a college and colleges within a program, read trajectories and spread rather than one number, and see where suppression removes outcomes from view.
Data, downloads, and related
Data
U.S. Census Bureau Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO), 2026Q2 release: earnings at years 1, 5, and 10 at the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles for certificates, associate, and bachelor’s degrees; 1,101 institutions in 37 states and DC, 1,092 of them with at least one published earnings figure; graduation cohorts 2001 to 2020; 2023 dollars.
Downloads
None on this site. The source files are public at the Census Bureau’s PSEO program. The Limits of PSEO documents suppression.
By Field of Study
Is this field of study a safe bet?
How 73 bachelor's fields compare on early-career pay, underemployment, and unemployment, with graduate counts so you see both the odds and the scale. For advising, program portfolio review, and workforce-alignment conversations with state and employer partners.
Who it serves
Advisors, students and families, institutional planners, and reporters.
Updated
The snapshot follows the New York Fed’s by-major release (current: February 2026). The Class of 2026 page follows the Fed’s quarterly series (2026:Q3). The underemployment series adds each ACS one-year file; the 2025 file is not yet posted.
What you can do
See pay, underemployment, unemployment, and graduate counts together, follow underemployment by field across seven survey years with a significance test, and read the Class of 2026 job market by field.
Data, downloads, and related
Data
New York Fed, The Labor Market for Recent College Graduates (outcomes by major) with IPEDS 2023 completions, and Census ACS one-year microdata 2018 to 2024 for the underemployment series; 73 bachelor’s fields.
Downloads
grad-labor-data.csv, underemployment-by-field.csv, and the sensitivity checks (CSV); methodology notes for the snapshot and the series (PDF).

Download the data.

The open CSV files behind the analyses. Each file matches its page and methodology note and carries a suggested citation, ready to copy.

ai-exposure-occupations.csv O*NETBLS OEWS
Occupation AI Exposure Index: 696 occupations (SOC) scored on digital intensity, human contact, and physical anchor, with the composite index and employment.
ai-exposure-programs.csv O*NETBLS OEWS
AI exposure for 1,786 academic programs (six-digit CIP), with the three underlying dimensions.
ai-exposure-by-state.csv AI Exposure IndexIPEDS 2023
Completion-weighted AI exposure for all 50 states and DC, with credential-mix shares and 2023 completion counts.
grad-labor-data.csv NY FedIPEDS
Recent-graduate outcomes for 73 fields of study: unemployment, underemployment, early and mid-career wages, and graduate counts.
underemployment-by-field.csv ACS microdata
Underemployment and unemployment rates by field of study, 2018 to 2024.

Replication files for individual analyses sit on their pages: Where Short-Term Credentials Lead (state, field, and benchmark tables), the California list analysis (the wage join and the earnings-test file), Underemployment by Field (sensitivity checks), and CCB vs. Traditional BA (reproducibility workbook). More datasets are published as analyses ship.

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Pre-built reports from $19 extend the free infrastructure: card payment, instant download, and twelve months of refreshed editions. Each has a free sample that is the exact file. Buying one does not shape what the free pages say: public findings stay editorially independent.

Access · 12 months

Workforce Pell This Week: The Archive

Every weekly edition of the State Implementation Record’s This-week panel since August 2026, each item dated to the sweep that first published it and verified against a primary source, updated after every sweep for a year. One private link per organization. The current week stays free on the record.

$1,500 per organizationCard payment through Stripe; invoice for agencies and systems
State report · PDF

Nuclear Workforce State Reports

A four-page report for any state: all 61 occupations in the nuclear plant staffing taxonomy with the state’s 2023-24 sub-baccalaureate completions and institutions, the ten institutions ranked by trades and technical completions, and the gaps. The free Nebraska sample is the exact file.

$19 per stateCard payment through Stripe; download link valid 12 months
State and college reports · PDF and CSV

Short Programs and the Workforce Pell Outcome Test

Every short program on a state Eligible Training Provider List that fits the Workforce Pell length window, tested against the 70 percent completion and second-quarter employment standards: programs that meet both, near misses with the additional completers or employed students needed, providers, and field benchmarks. 36 state reports and 184 college reports. The free Wisconsin sample is the exact file.

$39 per state, $19 per collegeCard payment through Stripe; download link valid 12 months

Several states, several colleges, or an invoice: info@opportunitydata.org.

Custom work on your own data

The reports use public data only. When the question needs your own program list, programs not in the public record, a named analyst, or a board deadline, the work is quoted at fixed fees.

  • Program Portfolio Review, $9,500 for one college, delivered ten business days after receipt of the program list
  • Accountability Watch, $3,500 per institution per year; $2,500 with a review
  • State Implementation Review, Rapid Review $18,500; Full State Review from $48,000
  • Executive briefings, from $4,500

Scope and how to buy on Work With Us ›

In development.

Opportunity Data is building the next layer of products on the same infrastructure. Nothing in this list is available yet, and nothing here is for sale. The list is published so that readers who need one of these can say so, and so the first versions are built around real requests.

  • Workforce Pell monitoring and alerts PlannedA notice when a state’s status, eligible-occupation list, approval policy, or approved-program roster changes, drawn from the same sweep that updates the record.
  • Program eligibility matching PlannedA college’s program inventory matched to its state’s list, the length window, and the earnings test, on demand rather than as a commissioned review.
  • Institutional AI exposure benchmarking PlannedA college’s completions scored on the AI Exposure Index and compared with its peers and its state.
  • Earnings comparison with exports PlannedProgram and institution earnings comparisons from PSEO with downloadable tables.
  • Enhanced datasets and data licensing PlannedInstitution-level and crosswalked files for research and institutional use, under a license.
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Built to be cited.

High-stakes decisions need numbers that hold up. Every figure here traces to a named public source and a published method, so it survives a board packet, a state approval file, or a peer review.

Graduate earnings come from tax records, not self-reported surveys.Census Bureau earnings outcomes, BLS wage and employment data, O*NET work characteristics, and New York Fed and IPEDS outcomes for recent graduates.

For methodology and data limits, see the technical notes on PSEO suppression, the Value-Added Test, and the AI Exposure Index.

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Released May 2026 · Updated November 2026