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    • Standard Occupational Classification

    Metadata Updated: May 16, 2022

    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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    Metadata Created Date May 16, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date May 16, 2022

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    Harvested from BLS Data

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date May 16, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date May 16, 2022
    Publisher Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Maintainer
    Identifier DOL-BLS-217
    Data First Published 2009-06-19
    Data Last Modified 2009-06-19
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 012:20
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
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    Harvest Source Id 2762624f-7498-4ed8-a1cf-1c010ca6b6ea
    Harvest Source Title BLS Data
    Homepage URL https://www.bls.gov/soc/
    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    Program Code 012:031
    Publisher Hierarchy U.S. Department of Labor > Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 5e917a2252fdfef073c83762823b98f52f67d576
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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