Office of Management and Budget Clearance

O*NET Data Collection

On November 14, 2024, OMB approved external site a three-year extension of the O*NET Data Collection effort. In 2023, the O*NET project sought OMB approval for this extension. As part of the clearance process, public comments were sought on the data collection. A Federal Register Notice external site, published on July 31, 2023, announced the availability to the public of the O*NET "Information Collection Request" (ICR). A second Federal Register Notice external site, published on January 17, 2024, announced an additional comment period which concluded on February 16, 2024.

Download: 2024 OMB Clearance Package

The 2024 OMB package is provided below. All materials are provided in PDF format.

OMB Clearance Package:

• Supporting Statement Part A: Justification
• Supporting Statement Part B: Statistical Methods
• Appendices: Table of Contents

Appendix A:

• WIOA Public Law 113 Publication 128
• 29 U.S.C. 49l-2
• O*NET Citations in the Code of Federal Regulations

Appendix B:

• The O*NET Program

Appendix C:

• O*NET Web Site Statistics and Data and Products in Use

Appendix D:

• Summary of Response Rate Experience to Date

Appendix E:

• Informational Material List of Changes
• Establishment Informational Materials
• Occupation Expert Informational Materials

Appendix F:

• Questionnaires: Establishment – Knowledge
• Questionnaires: Establishment – Work Activities
• Questionnaires: Establishment – Work Context
• Questionnaires: OE – Background
• Questionnaires: OE – Knowledge
• Questionnaires: OE – Tasks
• Questionnaires: OE – Work Activities
• Questionnaires: OE – Work Context

Appendix G:

• Detailed Burden Calculations

Appendix H:

• Nonresponse Analysis

Appendix I:

• Conduct O*NET Incentive Experiments

Appendix J:

• References

Appendix K:

• 60-Day Federal Register Notice

Previous OMB Clearance Packages

The materials submitted to OMB in 2002, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2018, and 2021 can be found in our Reports and Documents section.

Data Publication Schedule

The O*NET 29.2 database represents the most recent update resulting from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved data collection program. This database release includes an update of 101 occupations from job incumbent and occupational expert sources. The schedule below provides both past and targeted publication dates, along with the numbers of occupations scheduled for update during each release period.

880 occupations have been updated by job incumbents and occupational experts to date. You can view the full list of updated occupations online. 769 of these occupations have more than one update. You can view the list of occupations with more than one update as well.

Lists of occupations are provided below. These lists were developed based on when the occupations were updated and published.

Target Date	Database Version	Occupations Updated 1
April 2003	5.0	54
July 2004	6.0	126
December 2004	7.0	100
June 2005	8.0	100
December 2005	9.0	100
June 2006	10.0	100
December 2006	11.0	101
June 2007	12.0	100
June 2008	13.0	108 2
June 2009	14.0	117
June 2010	15.0	120
July 2011	16.0	107
July 2012	17.0	108
July 2013	18.0	105
July 2014	19.0	126
August 2015	20.0	102
August 2016	21.0	116
August 2017	22.0	100
August 2018	23.0	100
August 2019	24.0	100
August 2020	25.0	100
August 2021	26.0	100 3
August 2022	27.0	80
August 2023	28.0	90
August 2024	29.0	101 4
	Total updates to date	2,561

¹ The number of occupations refers to those updated by the job incumbent and occupational expert sources. Additional occupations may have subsets of their data updated by alternative sources (e.g., analyst ratings, machine learning) at different dates than those listed above.

² Legislators (11-1031.00) and Mathematical Technicians (15-2091.00) were not updated by job incumbent or occupational expert sources.

³ Legislators (11-1031.00) will not be populated by job incumbent or occupational expert sources. Customs and Border Protection Officers (33-3051.04), Transportation Security Screeners (33-9093.00), Motion Picture Projectionists (39-3021.00), Paperhangers (47-2142.00), and Explosive Workers, Ordinance Handling Experts, and Blasters (47-5032.00) will not be updated by job incumbent or occupational expert sources.

⁴ 21 occupations had only Abilities and Skills data updated.

Occupational Code Assignment

To maintain the Occupational Code Assignment (OCA) process, the Department of Labor is seeking extension of its current clearance from the Office of Management and Budget. Part of the clearance process is to seek public comment on the OCA form. A Federal Register Notice external site, published on October 24, 2024, announced the availability to the public of the "Information Collection Request" (ICR), downloadable below in PDF format.

Comments on the ICR should be sent by email: frugoli.pam@dol.gov; or by mail or courier to the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Workforce Investment, 200 Constitution Ave NW, C-4526, Washington, DC 20210; or by fax (202) 693-3015. Comments must be received by December 23, 2024.

Information Collection Request:

• Supporting Statement for Extension

OCA Form:

• OCA Form - Part A