Data Integrity & Sources — LaunchPoint Navigator

Data Integrity

Where our data comes from —
and how we keep it credible

The salary, growth, and workforce figures inside LaunchPoint Navigator are built on official U.S. government data — the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau — and mapped to federal SOC codes so every number can be traced back to its source. AI helps us explain that data in plain language; it never invents the numbers.

Primary sources

Authoritative, government-grade data

The data students and partners rely on comes from the same federal programs that economists, colleges, and workforce boards use.

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Salaries & wage ranges

Median pay and wage ranges for every career are drawn from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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10-year growth outlook

Projected job growth and “Fast / Average / Slow / Decline” outlook come from the BLS Employment Projections program, the federal standard for occupational forecasting.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Occupation identity (SOC codes)

Every career is mapped to an official Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code. That code ties each profile back to the exact federal record its numbers come from — so any figure can be independently verified.

Federal SOC taxonomy

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State & local workforce data

Population, median household income, unemployment, and regional industry mix are sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey) and state labor-market information.

U.S. Census Bureau

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Skills & education pathways

Typical skills, credentials, and education routes are aligned to the U.S. Department of Labor O*NET framework and reviewed by our editorial team.

O*NET / Dept. of Labor

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Financial-aid & cost data

College cost, aid, and financial-literacy content is built on published federal and state education data and is designed to teach concepts — not to recommend a specific financial product.

Federal & state education data

How we curate & validate

Five safeguards behind every number

Credibility isn't a claim — it's a process. Here is exactly how data moves from a federal dataset to a student's screen.

Sourced from federal data — not invented

Every quantitative figure a student sees — salary, wage range, growth outlook — is ingested from a published U.S. government dataset and keyed to a federal SOC code. These numbers are never generated by AI.

Loaded through a versioned, reviewable pipeline

Data is imported through a controlled pipeline into version-controlled files, each stamped with a source and a generation date. Nothing is scraped live from the open web, and every dataset change is tracked and auditable.

Human editorial review

Plain-language career descriptions are reviewed by our team before they reach students. Each profile carries an internal content-status label so we always know what has been drafted, reviewed, and finalized.

AI is a constrained drafting assistant — never the source of truth

Where we use AI to help write clear, student-friendly explanations, it is constrained to the verified federal figures above and reviewed by a person before publishing. AI does not set salaries, growth rates, or any number a bank would rely on.

Refreshed and correctable

Figures are refreshed as new federal data is published, and anyone can report a discrepancy. We treat corrections as a first-class part of keeping the platform trustworthy.

For banks & institutional partners

What this means for you

Built for institutions that are accountable for what they endorse

The hard numbers are federal, not AI. Salaries, wage ranges, and growth outlooks come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau — the same public sources a bank's own analysts would cite.
Every figure is traceable. SOC codes tie each career to an official federal record, so any number can be independently verified.
Fact and narrative are kept separate. Quantitative data is sourced and versioned; plain-language descriptions are human-reviewed, with AI used only as a constrained drafting assistant.
It's educational, not personalized financial advice. LaunchPoint Navigator teaches students how careers, earnings, and college costs work — it does not recommend financial products or give individualized investment or lending advice.

Read our full data methodology

Salary and growth figures reflect BLS 2023–24 data and are refreshed as new government data is released. See the full data methodology for exact sources and how each figure is derived, or report a possible discrepancy at support@mylaunchpoint.ai.

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