The data behind career guidance
ULYDIA can provide newsrooms with original data on 1,617 careers documented across 249 territories, programmes drawn from national sources, and detailed guidance pathways in five countries.
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Careers
Programmes
Schools
Salaries
249 countries
Why the media turn to ULYDIA
Reliable data, an international view, accessible information.
Original data
Information on careers, salaries, programmes and schools, gathered from official sources and enriched by our team.
An international view
Comparisons across 249 countries to shed light on education, employment and mobility, in five languages.
Transparent methodology
Identified public sources and a documented approach, easy to explain and to cite in your articles.
A usable observatory
Salaries, pathways and international comparisons.
Our data covers salaries by career and country, routes into professions, vocational certifications and the institutional landscape. It can illustrate a story, explain a trend or add an international angle.
- Salaries by career and country
- Routes into professions
- Vocational certifications
- International comparisons
- Country-level data

Press resources
Our resources and the information your articles need.
Media kit
Our presentation, our figures and our key messages.
Download the PDFLogos
Our logos in high resolution and our brand guidelines.
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Visuals and screenshots to illustrate your articles.
View screenshotsOpen data
Programmes and institutions by country, as a CSV, under a CC BY 4.0 licence.
View the dataPress releases
Our official announcements, by date and language.
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A question, a figure, a comparison? Our team will get back to you.
Get in touchOur sources
Our data draws on public reference systems, completed by editorial work from our team. We give the source of any figure that has one, and flag those that are estimates.
- France CompétencesFrench national register of vocational certifications
- ONISEPFrench programmes and institutions
- IPEDSUS higher education institutions
- HESAUK higher education
- INEPBrazilian higher education
A few editorial angles
Examples of stories our data can support.
Which careers pay best, country by country?
An international comparison of pay, career by career, across 249 territories.
Which programmes lead to the highest salaries?
The pathways and degrees that make a difference on the job market.
Which careers are hiring, and where?
Growing sectors, market pressure, country-by-country shifts.
Need a figure, a comparison or an angle?
Our team can provide data, answer your questions and support you on your stories.
Email the media team press@ulydia.com

