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OCCSOC
Occupation, SOC classification
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Description

OCCSOC reports the person's primary occupation, classified according to the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system for 2000-2009, according to the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) for 2010-2017, and according to 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) for 2018-onward.

For workers employed during the previous week, the data refer to the job at which the person worked the greatest number of hours. For persons who were unemployed or out of the labor force, the data refer to the most recent job, if it was within the previous five years.

The variable OCC provides a numeric occupational classification that is closely related to the OCCSOC scheme. The crosswalk between the OCC and OCCSOC codes are available here:

OCC to OCCSOC Crosswalk

User caution: OCCSOC contains alphabetic characters (See OCC for a fully numeric classification of occupations).

Note: The OCC to OCCSOC crosswalk is reflective of the codes in the ACS PUMS data files, which slightly differ from the codes found here: Full list of Census provided Industry and Occupation Codes.