Related Occupations

Purpose:Provide related occupation links between O*NET-SOC occupations.
Structure and Description:
ColumnTypeColumn Content
O*NET-SOC CodeCharacter(10)O*NET-SOC Code (see Occupation Data)
Related O*NET-SOC CodeCharacter(10)Related O*NET-SOC code mapping (see Occupation Data)
Relatedness TierCharacter Varying(50)Categories indicating level of relatedness
IndexInteger(3)Order of related code mappings based on expert review

For each O*NET-SOC code included, 10 primary and 10 supplemental related O*NET-SOC codes are listed. The related occupations in this file are developed using an approach which includes three important contributors to occupational similarity: what people in the occupations do, what they know, and what they are called.

The “Relatedness Tier” column assigns one of three categories to each link:

  • Primary-Short — Five most strongly related occupations after expert review.
  • Primary-Long — 6th to 10th most strongly related occupations after expert review.
  • Supplemental — 11th to 20th most strongly related occupations after expert review.

The file is displayed in four tab delimited fields with the columns named O*NET-SOC Code, Related O*NET-SOC Code, Relatedness Tier, and Index. The four fields are represented by one row. There are a total of 18,460 rows of data in this file.

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File Structure Changes:
Release NumberDescription of Change
26.3Added as a new file

Data Example - Related Occupations:
O*NET-SOC CodeRelated O*NET-SOC CodeRelatedness TierIndex
17-1011.0017-1012.00Primary-Short1
17-1011.0027-1025.00Primary-Short2
17-1011.0011-9021.00Primary-Short3
17-1011.0017-2051.00Primary-Short4
17-1011.0047-4011.00Primary-Short5
17-1011.0011-9041.00Primary-Long6
17-1011.0017-2112.00Primary-Long7