# BLS Occupational Employment Statistics: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 2 categories by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/bls-occupational-employment-statistics

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Compensation benchmarking data](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/rewards/compensation-benchmarking-data/index.md) | 0% | 42 | 0% | 2 |
| [Pay equity](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/rewards/pay-equity/index.md) | 0% | 63 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Completely Free Government Option: BLS Occupational Employment Statistics" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Compensation benchmarkin)
- "Use the BLS OEWS to build your baseline for standard operational roles" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Compensation benchmarkin)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named BLS Occupational Employment Statistics, from 3 of the 3 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- pin.com: 3
- comprehensive.io: 2
- github.com: 2
- ravio.com: 2
- brightmine.com: 1
- capterra.com: 1
- compensationtools.net: 1
- compport.com: 1
- deel.com: 1
- fitsmallbusiness.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://pin.com/blog/salary-benchmarking-tools: 3
- https://comprehensive.io/content/best-compensation-benchmarking-data-sources: 2
- https://brightmine.com/us/resources/total-rewards/benchmarking/how-to-choose-the-best-salary-benchmarking-tool: 1
- https://capterra.com/p/239186/PayParity: 1
- https://compensationtools.net/best-pay-equity-software: 1
- https://compport.com/blog/best-ai-pay-equity-software: 1
- https://comprehensive.io/: 1
- https://comprehensive.io/faq: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.