R's census occupation code (2010)

Source: R/gss_vars_02.R

occ10

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question Occupation and industry questions asked and not directly coded but used to code OCC and IND variables.

Values

  • 10 chief executives

  • 20 general and operations managers

  • 30 legislators

  • 40 advertising and promotions managers

  • 50 marketing and sales managers

  • 60 public relations and fundraising managers

  • 100 administrative services managers

  • 110 computer and information systems managers

  • 120 financial managers

  • 135 compensation and benefits managers

  • 136 human resources managers

  • 137 training and development managers

  • 140 industrial production managers

  • 150 purchasing managers

  • 160 transportation, storage, and distribution managers

  • 205 farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers

  • 220 construction managers

  • 230 education administrators

  • 300 architectural and engineering managers

  • 310 food service managers

  • 325 funeral service managers

  • 330 gaming managers

  • 340 lodging managers

  • 350 medical and health services managers

  • 360 natural sciences managers

  • 400 postmasters and mail superintendents

  • 410 property, real estate, and community association managers

  • 420 social and community service managers

  • 425 emergency management directors

  • 430 managers, all other

  • 500 agents and business managers of artists, performers,

  • 510 buyers and purchasing agents, farm products

  • 520 wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products

  • 530 purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products

  • 540 claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators

  • 565 compliance officers

  • 600 cost estimators

  • 630 human resources workers

  • 640 compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists

  • 650 training and development specialists

  • 700 logisticians

  • 710 management analysts

  • 725 meeting, convention, and event planners

  • 726 fundraisers

  • 735 market research analysts and marketing specialists

  • 740 business operations specialists, all other

  • 800 accountants and auditors

  • 810 appraisers and assessors of real estate

  • 820 budget analysts

  • 830 credit analysts

  • 840 financial analysts

  • 850 personal financial advisors

  • 860 insurance underwriters

  • 900 financial examiners

  • 910 credit counselors and loan officers

  • 930 tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents

  • 940 tax preparers

  • 950 financial specialists, all other

  • 1005 computer and information research scientists

  • 1006 computer systems analysts

  • 1007 information security analysts

  • 1010 computer programmers

  • 1020 software developers, applications and systems software

  • 1030 web developers

  • 1050 computer support specialists

  • 1060 database administrators

  • 1105 network and computer systems administrators

  • 1106 computer network architects

  • 1107 computer occupations, all other

  • 1200 actuaries

  • 1210 mathematicians

  • 1220 operations research analysts

  • 1230 statisticians

  • 1240 miscellaneous mathematical science occupations

  • 1300 architects, except naval

  • 1310 surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists

  • 1320 aerospace engineers

  • 1330 agricultural engineers

  • 1340 biomedical engineers

  • 1350 chemical engineers

  • 1360 civil engineers

  • 1400 computer hardware engineers

  • 1410 electrical and electronics engineers

  • 1420 environmental engineers

  • 1430 industrial engineers, including health and safety

  • 1440 marine engineers and naval architects

  • 1450 materials engineers

  • 1460 mechanical engineers

  • 1500 mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers

  • 1510 nuclear engineers

  • 1520 petroleum engineers

  • 1530 engineers, all other

  • 1540 drafters

  • 1550 engineering technicians, except drafters

  • 1560 surveying and mapping technicians

  • 1600 agricultural and food scientists

  • 1610 biological scientists

  • 1640 conservation scientists and foresters

  • 1650 medical scientists

  • 1660 life scientists, all other

  • 1700 astronomers and physicists

  • 1710 atmospheric and space scientists

  • 1720 chemists and materials scientists

  • 1740 environmental scientists and geoscientists

  • 1760 physical scientists, all other

  • 1800 economists

  • 1815 survey researchers

  • 1820 psychologists

  • 1830 sociologists

  • 1840 urban and regional planners

  • 1860 miscellaneous social scientists and related workers

  • 1900 agricultural and food science technicians

  • 1910 biological technicians

  • 1920 chemical technicians

  • 1930 geological and petroleum technicians

  • 1940 nuclear technicians

  • 1950 social science research assistants

  • 1965 miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians

  • 2000 counselors

  • 2010 social workers

  • 2015 probation officers and correctional treatment specialists

  • 2016 social and human service assistants

  • 2025 miscellaneous community and social service specialists,

  • 2040 clergy

  • 2050 directors, religious activities and education

  • 2060 religious workers, all other

  • 2100 lawyers

  • 2105 judicial law clerks

  • 2110 judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers

  • 2145 paralegals and legal assistants

  • 2160 miscellaneous legal support workers

  • 2200 postsecondary teachers

  • 2300 preschool and kindergarten teachers

  • 2310 elementary and middle school teachers

  • 2320 secondary school teachers

  • 2330 special education teachers

  • 2340 other teachers and instructors

  • 2400 archivists, curators, and museum technicians

  • 2430 librarians

  • 2440 library technicians

  • 2540 teacher assistants

  • 2550 other education, training, and library workers

  • 2600 artists and related workers

  • 2630 designers

  • 2700 actors

  • 2710 producers and directors

  • 2720 athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers

  • 2740 dancers and choreographers

  • 2750 musicians, singers, and related workers

  • 2760 entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other

  • 2800 announcers

  • 2810 news analysts, reporters and correspondents

  • 2825 public relations specialists

  • 2830 editors

  • 2840 technical writers

  • 2850 writers and authors

  • 2860 miscellaneous media and communication workers

  • 2900 broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio

  • 2910 photographers

  • 2920 television, video, and motion picture camera operators and

  • 2960 media and communication equipment workers, all other

  • 3000 chiropractors

  • 3010 dentists

  • 3030 dietitians and nutritionists

  • 3040 optometrists

  • 3050 pharmacists

  • 3060 physicians and surgeons

  • 3110 physician assistants

  • 3120 podiatrists

  • 3140 audiologists

  • 3150 occupational therapists

  • 3160 physical therapists

  • 3200 radiation therapists

  • 3210 recreational therapists

  • 3220 respiratory therapists

  • 3230 speech-language pathologists

  • 3235 exercise physiologists

  • 3245 therapists, all other

  • 3250 veterinarians

  • 3255 registered nurses

  • 3256 nurse anesthetists

  • 3257 nurse midwives

  • 3258 nurse practitioners

  • 3260 health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other

  • 3300 clinical laboratory technologists and technicians

  • 3310 dental hygienists

  • 3320 diagnostic related technologists and technicians

  • 3400 emergency medical technicians and paramedics

  • 3420 health practitioner support technologists and technicians

  • 3500 licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

  • 3510 medical records and health information technicians

  • 3520 opticians, dispensing

  • 3535 miscellaneous health technologists and technicians

  • 3540 other healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

  • 3600 nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides

  • 3610 occupational therapy assistants and aides

  • 3620 physical therapist assistants and aides

  • 3630 massage therapists

  • 3640 dental assistants

  • 3645 medical assistants

  • 3646 medical transcriptionists

  • 3647 pharmacy aides

  • 3648 veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers

  • 3649 phlebotomists

  • 3655 miscellaneous healthcare support occupations, including medical equipment preparers

  • 3700 first-line supervisors of correctional officers

  • 3710 first-line supervisors of police and detectives

  • 3720 first-line supervisors of fire fighting and prevention workers

  • 3730 first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other

  • 3740 firefighters

  • 3750 fire inspectors

  • 3800 bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers

  • 3820 detectives and criminal investigators

  • 3830 fish and game wardens

  • 3840 parking enforcement workers

  • 3850 police and sheriff's patrol officers

  • 3860 transit and railroad police

  • 3900 animal control workers

  • 3910 private detectives and investigators

  • 3930 security guards and gaming surveillance officers

  • 3940 crossing guards

  • 3945 transportation security screeners

  • 3955 lifeguards and other recreational, and all other protective service workers

  • 4000 chefs and head cooks

  • 4010 first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers

  • 4020 cooks

  • 4030 food preparation workers

  • 4040 bartenders

  • 4050 combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food

  • 4060 counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop

  • 4110 waiters and waitresses

  • 4120 food servers, nonrestaurant

  • 4130 dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers

  • 4140 dishwashers

  • 4150 hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop

  • 4160 food preparation and serving related workers, all other

  • 4200 first-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers

  • 4210 first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers

  • 4220 janitors and building cleaners

  • 4230 maids and housekeeping cleaners

  • 4240 pest control workers

  • 4250 grounds maintenance workers

  • 4300 first-line supervisors of gaming workers

  • 4320 first-line supervisors of personal service workers

  • 4340 animal trainers

  • 4350 nonfarm animal caretakers

  • 4400 gaming services workers

  • 4410 motion picture projectionists

  • 4420 ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers

  • 4430 miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers

  • 4460 embalmers and funeral attendants

  • 4465 morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors

  • 4500 barbers

  • 4510 hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists

  • 4520 miscellaneous personal appearance workers

  • 4530 baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges

  • 4540 tour and travel guides

  • 4600 childcare workers

  • 4610 personal care aides

  • 4620 recreation and fitness workers

  • 4640 residential advisors

  • 4650 personal care and service workers, all other

  • 4700 first-line supervisors of retail sales workers

  • 4710 first-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers

  • 4720 cashiers

  • 4740 counter and rental clerks

  • 4750 parts salespersons

  • 4760 retail salespersons

  • 4800 advertising sales agents

  • 4810 insurance sales agents

  • 4820 securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents

  • 4830 travel agents

  • 4840 sales representatives, services, all other

  • 4850 sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing

  • 4900 models, demonstrators, and product promoters

  • 4920 real estate brokers and sales agents

  • 4930 sales engineers

  • 4940 telemarketers

  • 4950 door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers

  • 4965 sales and related workers, all other

  • 5000 first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers

  • 5010 switchboard operators, including answering service

  • 5020 telephone operators

  • 5030 communications equipment operators, all other

  • 5100 bill and account collectors

  • 5110 billing and posting clerks

  • 5120 bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks

  • 5130 gaming cage workers

  • 5140 payroll and timekeeping clerks

  • 5150 procurement clerks

  • 5160 tellers

  • 5165 financial clerks, all other

  • 5200 brokerage clerks

  • 5210 correspondence clerks

  • 5220 court, municipal, and license clerks

  • 5230 credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks

  • 5240 customer service representatives

  • 5250 eligibility interviewers, government programs

  • 5260 file clerks

  • 5300 hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks

  • 5310 interviewers, except eligibility and loan

  • 5320 library assistants, clerical

  • 5330 loan interviewers and clerks

  • 5340 new accounts clerks

  • 5350 order clerks

  • 5360 human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping

  • 5400 receptionists and information clerks

  • 5410 reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks

  • 5420 information and record clerks, all other

  • 5500 cargo and freight agents

  • 5510 couriers and messengers

  • 5520 dispatchers

  • 5530 meter readers, utilities

  • 5540 postal service clerks

  • 5550 postal service mail carriers

  • 5560 postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators

  • 5600 production, planning, and expediting clerks

  • 5610 shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks

  • 5620 stock clerks and order fillers

  • 5630 weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping

  • 5700 secretaries and administrative assistants

  • 5800 computer operators

  • 5810 data entry keyers

  • 5820 word processors and typists

  • 5830 desktop publishers

  • 5840 insurance claims and policy processing clerks

  • 5850 mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service

  • 5860 office clerks, general

  • 5900 office machine operators, except computer

  • 5910 proofreaders and copy markers

  • 5920 statistical assistants

  • 5940 office and administrative support workers, all other

  • 6005 first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers

  • 6010 agricultural inspectors

  • 6020 animal breeders

  • 6040 graders and sorters, agricultural products

  • 6050 miscellaneous agricultural workers

  • 6100 fishers and related fishing workers

  • 6110 hunters and trappers

  • 6120 forest and conservation workers

  • 6130 logging workers

  • 6200 first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers

  • 6210 boilermakers

  • 6220 brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons

  • 6230 carpenters

  • 6240 carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers

  • 6250 cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers

  • 6260 construction laborers

  • 6300 paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators

  • 6310 pile-driver operators

  • 6320 operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

  • 6330 drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers

  • 6355 electricians

  • 6360 glaziers

  • 6400 insulation workers

  • 6420 painters, construction and maintenance

  • 6430 paperhangers

  • 6440 pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

  • 6460 plasterers and stucco masons

  • 6500 reinforcing iron and rebar workers

  • 6515 roofers

  • 6520 sheet metal workers

  • 6530 structural iron and steel workers

  • 6540 solar photovoltaic installers

  • 6600 helpers, construction trades

  • 6660 construction and building inspectors

  • 6700 elevator installers and repairers

  • 6710 fence erectors

  • 6720 hazardous materials removal workers

  • 6730 highway maintenance workers

  • 6740 rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators

  • 6750 septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners

  • 6765 miscellaneous construction and related workers

  • 6800 derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining

  • 6820 earth drillers, except oil and gas

  • 6830 explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters

  • 6840 mining machine operators

  • 6910 roof bolters, mining

  • 6920 roustabouts, oil and gas

  • 6930 helpers-extraction workers

  • 6940 other extraction workers

  • 7000 first-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers

  • 7010 computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers

  • 7020 radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers

  • 7030 avionics technicians

  • 7040 electric motor, power tool, and related repairers

  • 7050 electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation

  • 7100 electrical and electronics repairers, industrial and utility

  • 7110 electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles

  • 7120 electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers

  • 7130 security and fire alarm systems installers

  • 7140 aircraft mechanics and service technicians

  • 7150 automotive body and related repairers

  • 7160 automotive glass installers and repairers

  • 7200 automotive service technicians and mechanics

  • 7210 bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

  • 7220 heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics

  • 7240 small engine mechanics

  • 7260 miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers

  • 7300 control and valve installers and repairers

  • 7315 heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers

  • 7320 home appliance repairers

  • 7330 industrial and refractory machinery mechanics

  • 7340 maintenance and repair workers, general

  • 7350 maintenance workers, machinery

  • 7360 millwrights

  • 7410 electrical power-line installers and repairers

  • 7420 telecommunications line installers and repairers

  • 7430 precision instrument and equipment repairers

  • 7440 wind turbine service technicians

  • 7510 coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers

  • 7520 commercial divers

  • 7540 locksmiths and safe repairers

  • 7550 manufactured building and mobile home installers

  • 7560 riggers

  • 7600 signal and track switch repairers

  • 7610 helpers-installation, maintenance, and repair workers

  • 7630 other installation, maintenance, and repair workers

  • 7700 first-line supervisors of production and operating workers

  • 7710 aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers

  • 7720 electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers

  • 7730 engine and other machine assemblers

  • 7740 structural metal fabricators and fitters

  • 7750 miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators

  • 7800 bakers

  • 7810 butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers

  • 7830 food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders

  • 7840 food batchmakers

  • 7850 food cooking machine operators and tenders

  • 7855 food processing workers, all other

  • 7900 computer control programmers and operators

  • 7920 extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

  • 7930 forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

  • 7940 rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

  • 7950 cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

  • 7960 drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

  • 8000 grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

  • 8010 lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

  • 8020 milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

  • 8030 machinists

  • 8040 metal furnace operators, tenders, pourers, and casters

  • 8060 model makers and patternmakers, metal and plastic

  • 8100 molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

  • 8120 multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

  • 8130 tool and die makers

  • 8140 welding, soldering, and brazing workers

  • 8150 heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

  • 8160 layout workers, metal and plastic

  • 8200 plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

  • 8210 tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners

  • 8220 metal workers and plastic workers, all other

  • 8250 prepress technicians and workers

  • 8255 printing press operators

  • 8256 print binding and finishing workers

  • 8300 laundry and dry-cleaning workers

  • 8310 pressers, textile, garment, and related materials

  • 8320 sewing machine operators

  • 8330 shoe and leather workers and repairers

  • 8340 shoe machine operators and tenders

  • 8350 tailors, dressmakers, and sewers

  • 8360 textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders

  • 8400 textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders

  • 8410 textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders

  • 8420 textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders

  • 8430 extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers

  • 8440 fabric and apparel patternmakers

  • 8450 upholsterers

  • 8460 textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other

  • 8500 cabinetmakers and bench carpenters

  • 8510 furniture finishers

  • 8520 model makers and patternmakers, wood

  • 8530 sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood

  • 8540 woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing

  • 8550 woodworkers, all other

  • 8600 power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers

  • 8610 stationary engineers and boiler operators

  • 8620 water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

  • 8630 miscellaneous plant and system operators

  • 8640 chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders

  • 8650 crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers

  • 8710 cutting workers

  • 8720 extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters,

  • 8730 operators, and tenders furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders

  • 8740 inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers

  • 8750 jewelers and precious stone and metal workers

  • 8760 medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians

  • 8800 packaging and filling machine operators and tenders

  • 8810 painting workers

  • 8830 photographic process workers and processing machine operators

  • 8840 semiconductor processors

  • 8850 adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders

  • 8860 cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders

  • 8900 cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders

  • 8910 etchers and engravers

  • 8920 molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic

  • 8930 paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders

  • 8940 tire builders

  • 8950 helpers-production workers

  • 8965 production workers, all other

  • 9000 supervisors of transportation and material moving workers

  • 9030 aircraft pilots and flight engineers

  • 9040 air traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists

  • 9050 flight attendants

  • 9110 ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians

  • 9120 bus drivers

  • 9130 driver/sales workers and truck drivers

  • 9140 taxi drivers and chauffeurs

  • 9150 motor vehicle operators, all other

  • 9200 locomotive engineers and operators

  • 9230 railroad brake, signal, and switch operators

  • 9240 railroad conductors and yardmasters

  • 9260 subway, streetcar, and other rail transportation workers

  • 9300 sailors and marine oilers

  • 9310 ship and boat captains and operators

  • 9330 ship engineers

  • 9340 bridge and lock tenders

  • 9350 parking lot attendants

  • 9360 automotive and watercraft service attendants

  • 9410 transportation inspectors

  • 9415 transportation attendants, except flight attendants

  • 9420 other transportation workers

  • 9500 conveyor operators and tenders

  • 9510 crane and tower operators

  • 9520 dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators

  • 9560 hoist and winch operators

  • 9600 industrial truck and tractor operators

  • 9610 cleaners of vehicles and equipment

  • 9620 laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand

  • 9630 machine feeders and offbearers

  • 9640 packers and packagers, hand

  • 9650 pumping station operators

  • 9720 refuse and recyclable material collectors

  • 9730 mine shuttle car operators

  • 9740 tank car, truck, and ship loaders

  • 9750 material moving workers, all other

  • 9800 military officer special and tactical operations leaders

  • 9810 first-line enlisted military supervisors

  • 9820 military enlisted tactical operations and air/weapons specialists and crew members

  • 9830 military, rank not specified

  • 9997 uncodeable

  • NA(d) don't know

  • NA(i) iap

  • NA(j) I don't have a job

  • NA(m) dk, na, iap

  • NA(n) no answer

  • NA(p) not imputable

  • NA(q) not imputable

  • NA(r) refused

  • NA(s) skipped on web

  • NA(u) uncodeable

  • NA(x) not available in this release

  • NA(y) not available in this year

  • NA(z) see codebook