Occupation Level Metadata

Purpose:Provide O*NET-SOC Occupational Level Metadata associated with the incumbent data collection.
Structure and Description:
ColumnTypeColumn Content
O*NET-SOC CodeCharacter(10)O*NET-SOC Code (see Occupation Data)

This file contains occupational level metadata variables associated with data collection statistics. Refer to Appendix 3, Key to Occupation Level Metadata for additional descriptions of the data provided in this file.

The file is displayed in six tab delimited fields with the columns named O*NET-SOC Code, Item, Response, N, Percent, and Date. The six fields are represented by one row. There are a total of 31,776 rows of data in this file.

File Structure Changes:
Release NumberDescription of Change
5.1Added as a new file
6.0 - 20.3No structure changes
21.0Items added and renamed; see Appendix 3, Key to Occupation Level Metadata
21.1 - 29.1No structure changes

Data Example - Occupation Level Metadata:
O*NET-SOC CodeItemResponseNPercentDate
19-1022.00Data Collection ModePaper220.008/2024
19-1022.00Data Collection ModeWeb22100.008/2024
19-1022.00How Much Experience Performing Work in this Occupation1-2 Years220.008/2024
19-1022.00How Much Experience Performing Work in this Occupation10+ Years2272.708/2024
19-1022.00How Much Experience Performing Work in this Occupation3-4 Years229.108/2024
19-1022.00How Much Experience Performing Work in this Occupation5-9 Years2218.208/2024
19-1022.00How Much Experience Performing Work in this Occupation<1 Year220.008/2024
19-1022.00How Much Experience Performing Work in this OccupationMissing220.008/2024
19-1022.00How Much Experience Performing Work in this OccupationNever performed work in the occupation220.008/2024
19-1022.00OE Completeness Raten/an/a91.708/2024
19-1022.00OE Response Raten/an/a60.008/2024
19-1022.00Total Completed Questionnairesn/a22n/a08/2024
19-1023.00Data Collection ModePaper6111.508/2023
19-1023.00Data Collection ModeWeb6188.508/2023
19-1023.00Employee Completeness Raten/an/a92.408/2023
19-1023.00Employee Response Raten/an/a55.908/2023