Date of filling in this questionnaire or last update: 13/11/2020
4. CODING SYSTEMS
Country
United States
Coding System Name
US SOC 2010
Version year
2010
Reference(s)
  • “Implementing the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification in the Occupational Employment Statistics program” by Audrey L. Watson, Monthly Labor Review, May 2013, pp. 36-49 “Revising the Standard Occupational Classification system for 2010” by Theresa Cosca and Alissa Emmel, Monthly Labor Review, August 2010, pp. 32-41 “The 2010 SOC: A classification system gets an update” by Alissa Emmel and Theresa Cosca, Occupational Outlook Quarterly, Summer 2010, Vol. 54, Number 2, pp. 13-19
Reference(s) (link)
https://www.bls.gov/soc/2010/#publications
Occupation or industry
  • Occupation (general population)
Region
United States
Related version(s)
  • US SOC 2018
  • US SOC 2000
Related version(s) (link)
https://www.bls.gov/soc/home.htm
Crosswalk(s) available
Yes
(semi-)automatic coding from free text available
Yes
Specify
Russ, D. E., Ho, K. Y., Colt, J. S., Armenti, K. R., Baris, D., Chow, W. H., Davis, F., Johnson, A., Purdue, M. P., Karagas, M. R., Schwartz, K., Schwenn, M., Silverman, D. T., Johnson, C. A., & Friesen, M. C. (2016). Computer-based coding of free-text job descriptions to efficiently identify occupations in epidemiological studies. Occupational and environmental medicine, 73(6), 417–424. https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2015-103152
Original focus/use of classification system
  • Socio-economic
Availability
  • Other
Availability | Other (specify)
https://www.bls.gov/soc/2010/#materials