• DATA
  • MODELS
  • REPORTS
  • HUMAN

How to benchmark salaries by occupation with your AI

Connect to official BLS wage data once. From there, your agent handles the heavy lifting of looking up specific job codes and wage distributions.

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Short answer

How can I use my AI to check occupation wages?

Your AI uses official BLS occupation codes to pull median pay and percentile ranges for specific roles. You'll get precise wage data for any job in the OEWS dataset. This breakdown shows how to turn those codes into compensation benchmarks.

The outcomes

What you get from this task

The AI turns raw BLS data into usable compensation intelligence.

DATA

Precise wage lookups

The AI uses query_bls to find exact median pay and percentile data for any occupation code you provide.

MODELS

Custom pay ranges

Your agent builds specific salary bands by analyzing the distribution of wages across different percentiles.

REPORTS

Formatted summaries

The AI organizes the raw BLS numbers into clean tables or lists that you can drop into a spreadsheet or email.

HUMAN

Final decision making

You review the generated wage bands to ensure they align with your specific company budget and local market nuances.

The workflow

What your AI does when the request arrives.

The AI acts as a bridge between your chat interface and the official BLS database.

  1. Identify codes

    Your agent identifies the correct BLS occupation codes needed to match your specific job titles.

    query_bls

  2. Fetch wages

    The AI pulls the median pay and percentile data for those specific codes from the OEWS dataset.

    query_bls

  3. Calculate bands

    Your agent calculates the spread between the 10th and 90th percentiles to define pay ranges.

    query_bls

  4. Format output

    The AI presents the final wage data in a structured format that makes sense for your report.

    query_bls

Try it

Copy these to start.

Use these prompts to kick off your research.

Starting points

Swap out the job titles and specific percentiles for your actual needs.

Bureau of Labor Statistics Connector

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Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_8E0OFwdn9LTk2NDCPThE9JsrVwbsQyywMC6nZz9V/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — Bureau of Labor Statistics capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
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      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_8E0OFwdn9LTk2NDCPThE9JsrVwbsQyywMC6nZz9V/mcp"
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  • Find the median annual wage for occupation code 15-1252 using the BLS data.

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  • Create a salary band table for the following occupation codes: 15-1132, 15-1133, and 15-1134.

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Connect BLS Wages, OEWS Occupational Employment once, then ask.

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FAQ

How this task behaves

  • 01

    Can the AI change the actual BLS data?

    No. The AI can only read and pull data from the BLS database; it cannot modify official government records.

  • 02

    Does the AI decide what my company should pay?

    No. The AI provides the statistical data, but you must make all final compensation decisions.

  • 03

    Can I use this for any job title?

    The AI works best when you provide specific BLS occupation codes, though it can attempt to find the right code for a title.

  • 04

    Can the AI export this to a CSV file?

    The AI can format the data into a table or a CSV-style text block that you can copy and paste, but it does not write files directly to your hard drive.

  • 05

    Does this include local city-level data?

    The AI pulls data based on the specific OEWS datasets available through the tool, which include various geographic levels.

  • More questions about BLS Wages, OEWS Occupational Employment? The Connector page answers them. See everything the BLS Wages, OEWS Occupational Employment Connector can do

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