About CareerPath Guide
What we do
Changing careers or starting your first one raises the same questions: what does the job pay, how long does it take to get in, do I need a license, and where do I check one? CareerPath Guide answers them in plain English for people in the United States, using official data and naming every source.
What you will find here
- Salary guides built on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) wage data, with the median for every state and the year of the data.
- How-to-become guides that lay out the usual education, exams and training steps for a career.
- License lookup guides that send you to the official state board's search page and explain what the results mean.
- Tools: a salary-by-state map and a license lookup table for all 50 states and DC.
Where our information comes from
Pay figures come from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program; education and training information from the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook and O*NET; licensing information only from official state boards. Seeour data sources and our editorial policy, including how AI tools help us write.
What we are not
We are not a school, a recruiter, a licensing board or a job board. We do not issue or verify licenses, and we cannot promise admission, a job, a passing score or a salary. Pay figures are statistical medians; licensing rules are set by each state and change, so always confirm with the official board.
FAQ
Is a license status I see on your site official?
No. We never copy license databases. Our license pages link to the state board's own lookup, which is the official record.
How do you make money?
Through ads, and in the future possibly through affiliate links that are always disclosed. Neither decides what we write. See our affiliate disclosure.