Standard Occupational Classification

Metadata Updated: August 12, 2023

The 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system is a federal statistical standard used by federal agencies to classify workers into occupational categories for the purpose of collecting, calculating, or disseminating data. All workers are classified into one of 867 detailed occupations according to their occupational definition. To facilitate classification, detailed occupations are combined to form 459 broad occupations, 98 minor groups, and 23 major groups. Detailed occupations in the SOC with similar job duties, and in some cases skills, education, and/or training, are grouped together.

For additional information visit: https://www.bls.gov/soc/

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons CCZero

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2018 Standard Occupational Classification System

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Metadata Created Date	November 10, 2020
Metadata Updated Date	August 12, 2023

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Resource Type	Dataset
Metadata Created Date	November 10, 2020
Metadata Updated Date	August 12, 2023
Publisher	Bureau of Labor Statistics
Maintainer	Amrit Kohli
Identifier	DOL-BLS-217
Data First Published	2009-06-19
Data Last Modified	2009-06-19
Public Access Level	public
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Homepage URL	https://www.bls.gov/soc/
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Publisher Hierarchy	U.S. Department of Labor > Bureau of Labor Statistics
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