Yearly Technology Impact by Occupation API Guide
Yearly Technology Impact by Occupation API provides a year-by-year projection of how emerging technologies—such as automation and augmentation—are expected to impact specific occupations.
It helps you assess how workforce demand may evolve over time, enabling you to make smarter workforce strategy, talent planning, and upskilling decisions at the occupation level.
Who is this API for?
This API is designed for strategic workforce and technology planning roles, particularly:
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Tech Strategist – to assess how emerging technologies may disrupt or enhance job functions
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People Analyst – to model role evolution over time and shape future workforce strategies
Goals this API helps you achieve
The Yearly Technology Impact by Occupation API supports forward-looking decisions such as:
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Understand long-term tech impact: Model how automation and augmentation may shift work content year-on-year
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Plan succession and retraining: Spot when roles become highly automatable or augmentable, and adjust your talent pipeline accordingly
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Build agile workforce strategies: Identify roles likely to benefit from augmentation and prioritize upskilling or hiring accordingly
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Monitor change across different occupations: Run side-by-side comparisons to determine where to focus transformation efforts
What’s included in the response?
When queried with an Occupation ID, this API returns projected yearly values for automation and augmentation from the current year up to 15 years ahead:
| Field | Description |
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year |
Projection year (e.g., 2025–2030) |
automationPercent |
Percentage of work time projected to be automatable |
automationHours |
Total hours of automatable work (based on 40-hour week × 52 weeks) |
augmentationPercent |
Percentage of work time projected to be augmentable |
augmentationHours |
Total hours of augmentable work |
totalImpactPercent |
Combined percentage of time affected by tech |
totalImpactHours |
Combined total hours affected by tech |
All values are occupation-specific and time-bound, allowing you to visualize change over multiple years.
Input and Output
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Input: Occupation ID (from Pearson’s Occupation Ontology)
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Optional: Analysis period (defaults to 5 years; supports longer ranges up to 15 years)
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Output: A structured list of yearly projections for automation, augmentation, and total tech impact (in % and hours)
Real-world applications
This API is a strategic forecasting tool commonly used by:
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Workforce planning teams modeling future role disruptions for high-risk occupations
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Learning and development leads prioritizing upskilling initiatives for roles with high augmentation potential
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Technology strategy teams identifying which jobs to target for AI and automation integration
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HR leaders and business execs planning transformation initiatives aligned with tech adoption timelines
API Bundle
The Yearly Technology Impact by Occupation API is part of the:
Technology Impact on Workforce – Ideal for scenario planning, tech readiness, and long-term workforce transformation.