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MyTopMatch Original Research
Why Public Licensing Data Cannot Yet Support a National Career-Access Ranking
A MyTopMatch audit of 47,573 occupational-license records found useful public signals alongside decisive gaps that prevent a definitive national career-access ranking.MyTopMatch Original Research
Career Rankings Can Shift by Dozens of Places When the Formula Changes
A MyTopMatch stress test of 747 occupations found a median 69-position rank interval across 2,000 reasonable weight variations.Research
Introducing MyTopMatch Research: A New Evidence Base for Career Decisions
Original MyTopMatch analysis of careers, compensation, education, opportunity, and mobility, built from authoritative U.S. labor-market data.Career research
Want High Pay Without Living at Work? These 10 Careers Have an Incredible Pay-to-Effort Ratio
Salary is only half the story. MyTopMatch compares ten high-paying careers by workweek, pressure, physical demands and freedom to make decisions.Management & Leadership Economics
Management's Median Wage Was 2.48 Times the U.S. All-Occupation Median
The descriptive occupation-group comparison is substantial; it is not an individual promotion-return estimate.Geographic Opportunity
Washington, California, and Virginia Formed a Weight-Stable State Tier for Software Developers
A matched-year analysis combines employment scale, occupational concentration, and purchasing-power-adjusted pay.Requirements-to-Pay
Education and Experience Categories Track Higher Occupational Pay
A family-adjusted analysis finds strong occupation-level pay associations; causal returns and residual occupation rankings remain outside the evidence.Opportunity-to-Barrier Index
Stockers Rank First for Opportunity Relative to Measured Formal Preparation
The 2026 Opportunity-to-Barrier Index compares 747 occupations while keeping pay, scale, access, and uncertainty visible.Education Trends
Bachelor's Attainment Rose 15.3 Percentage Points Among Human Resources Assistants
Six ACS one-year samples show a major change in the education held by incumbent HR assistants from 2018 through 2024.Degree Gap
Most Construction and Facilities Managers Held Less Than the Bachelor's Degree BLS Lists as Typical for Entry
A MyTopMatch analysis of 2024 Census microdata finds a wide gap between the current entry benchmark and incumbent educational attainment.Career Mobility