# U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 2 categories by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/u-s-bureau-of-labor-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) | 2% | 18 | 0% | 2 |
| [Compensation management](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/rewards/compensation-management/index.md) | 0% | 100 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "BLS OEWS plus a Glassdoor cross-check costs nothing and is accurate enough to build a defensible pay range." (Kimi K2, Compensation benchmarkin)
- "Best Free Public Option: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) & O*NET" (Gemini 3.5 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, from 5 of the 7 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- salary.com: 3
- bls.gov: 2
- comprehensive.io: 2
- everstage.com: 2
- g2.com: 2
- leadchangegroup.com: 2
- pave.com: 2
- ravio.com: 2
- aon.com: 1
- bamboohr.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://g2.com/categories/salary-benchmarking/small-business: 2
- https://pave.com/products/market-data-methodology: 2
- https://ravio.com/blog/free-salary-data: 2
- https://ravio.com/blog/the-best-tools-for-salary-benchmarking: 2
- https://salary.com/: 2
- https://aon.com/en/capabilities/human-capital-analytics/radford-mclagan-compensation-database/compensation-data-for-private-companies: 1
- https://bamboohr.com/blog/compensation-management-tools: 1
- https://bestsalesteamtraining.com/guides/compensation-design-smb: 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.