Statistical Brief for the Behavioral Risk 

Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) 

Industry and Occupation Optional Module

2022

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and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational 

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Statistical Brief for the Behavioral Risk 

Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) 

Industry and Occupation Optional Module

2022

Authors:

Winnie Boal, MPH

Sharon Silver, MS

Jia Li, MS

Taylor Shockey, PhD, MPH

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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Suggested Citation

NIOSH [2022]. Statistical brief for the behavioral risk factor surveillance system 

(BRFSS) industry and occupation optional module. By Boal W, Silver S, Li J, Shockey T. 

Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS 

(NIOSH) Publication No. 2022-125.

DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2022-125

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2022125

June 2022
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Contents

Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Why Analyze Industry and Occupation? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Industry and Occupation Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Employment Status Question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Occupation Question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Industry Question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Coding Industry and Occupation Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Understanding the Classification Systems to Code Industry 

and Occupation Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Occupation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

U .S . Census Industry and Occupation Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Timeline for the Industry and Occupation Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Accessing the Industry and Occupation Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

CDC Researchers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Researchers outside of CDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Grouping Industries and Occupations for Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Analysis Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Employment Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Analysis of Subpopulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Industry vs . Occupation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Active-Duty Military . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Variables in the Industry and Occupation Datasets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Analyzing Industry and Occupation Using NAICS or 

SOC Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Missing Industry or Occupation Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Final Weight Variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Combining Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Analyzing Multiple Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

APPENDIX A  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

SAS Proc Contents for the 2018 BRFSS Industry and 

Occupation Dataset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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APPENDIX B  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

SAS Code for Grouping 2010 Census Industry and Occupation Codes 

into 2013 NHIS Simple and Detailed Recodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

APPENDIX C  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Industry Recode from the 2012 NAICS-Based Codes Obtained 

from Census . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Occupation Recode based on 4-digit Census codes 

(from the 2010 SOC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

APPENDIX D  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Census Occupation Code Crosswalk from 2002 to 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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Purpose

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance for BRFSS coordinators and 

researchers who would like to analyze data collected through the Behavioral Risk 

Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Industry and Occupation optional module.

Why Analyze Industry and Occupation?

More than 150 million Americans spend approximately 50% of their waking hours 

at work. Employment provides workers with income, and it often provides other 

benefits such as health insurance, retirement benefits, and personal satisfaction.

Work is a major sociodemographic contributor that can affect a worker’s health 

status in positive and negative ways. In studies of public health, workers’ industries 

and occupations are often used as surrogate measures for workplace exposures; 

therefore, industry and occupation are important public health demographic variables. 

Industry and Occupation Questions

CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) developed 

the BRFSS Industry and Occupation optional module in 2013. Each year, NIOSH 

promotes use of the industry and occupation module to the states and territories. 

Learn more about which states have used this module over the years. 

In the core section of the survey, every respondent is asked about their current 

employment status. States that use the industry and occupation module follow 

with the industry and occupation questions if a respondent is employed for wages, 

self-employed, or out of work for less than 1 year. Approximately half of BRFSS 

respondents meet this criterion. 

Employment Status Question

Variable Name: EMPLOY1

Are you currently...?

1. Employed for wages 

2. Self-employed 

3. Out of work for 1 year or more 

4. Out of work for less than 1 year 

5. A Homemaker 

6. A Student

7. Retired

8. Unable to work

9. Refused 
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Occupation Question

Occupation is the kind of work someone does. 

Variable Name: TYPEWORK

What kind of work do you do? For example, registered nurse, janitor, cashier, auto 

mechanic.

Industry Question

Industry is the kind of activity at someone’s place of work. 

Variable Name: TYPEINDS

What kind of business or industry do you work in? For example, hospital, 

elementary school, clothing manufacturing, restaurant. 

Coding Industry and Occupation Data

When answering the industry and occupation questions, respondents provide a 

description of their work (e.g., occupation: registered nurse, industry: hospital). 

Each industry and occupation description must be assigned a standardized 

numeric code so that public health researchers can analyze the data. If 

respondents report more than one job, only their main job is coded. Get more 

information on industry and occupation coding. NIOSH processes the original 

industry and occupation free text responses into the standardized industry and 

occupation codes and merges the coded records with the public use dataset to 

create a coded dataset.

Understanding the Classification Systems to Code Industry 

and Occupation Data

In the U.S., there are several classification systems that assign codes to each 

specific industry and occupation. BRFSS industry and occupation data can be 

analyzed using NAICS codes, SOC codes, and Census codes. These classification 

systems are updated periodically. Different years of BRFSS industry and 

occupation data may have different schemes and may require use of a coding 

crosswalk. Get more information on Census crosswalks. 

Industry

 The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the federal 

standard for classifying industry. Each digit in a NAICS code is part of a series 

of progressively narrower categories. The more digits in the code, the more 

detailed the classification. NAICS codes are revised every five years.
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Occupation

 The Standard Occupational Classification System (SOC) is the federal standard for classifying occupation. Like NAICS, each digit is part of a series of 

progressively narrower categories. The more digits in the code (other than 

terminal zeros), the more detailed the classification. SOC codes are revised 

every five years in the year following the revision of NAICS codes.

U.S. Census Industry and Occupation Codes

 The U.S. Census Bureau created its own 4-digit industry and occupation 

codes which are based on NAICS and SOC codes but are not hierarchical. 

The U.S. Census Bureau Industry and Occupation Code Lists and Crosswalks are 

available to the public online.

Timeline for the Industry and Occupation Data

BRFSS datasets with industry and occupation have been created since survey 

year 2013 and become available approximately 12 months after the year’s survey 

is completed and usually within 3–6 months after the public use dataset (without 

industry and occupation) becomes available. 

Accessing the Industry and Occupation Data

CDC Researchers

To obtain the multi-state aggregated BRFSS industry and occupation dataset:

 NIOSH researchers should contact the NIOSH BRFSS project officer in the 

Division of Field Studies and Engineering (DFSE) to sign NIOSH’s data use 

agreement (DUA) with the Population Health Surveillance Branch (PHSB) in the 

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, which 

administers the BRFSS program. 

 Researchers in other CDC centers can request permission from PHSB to 

access the coded dataset by signing a DUA. CDC researchers should contact 

PHSB for more information. 

Researchers outside of CDC

To obtain the multi-state aggregated BRFSS industry and occupation dataset:

 The industry and occupation data are sensitive and are not included in the 

public use datasets released by the BRFSS program every year (https://www.

cdc.gov/brfss). This is because, theoretically, it could be possible to identify 
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an individual respondent based on the year, state, demographic characteristics, 

and industry and occupation. 

 Researchers outside of CDC may access industry and occupation data by 

going through CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)’s Research 

Data Center (RDC). 

Please note:

 There is a fee for using datasets through the RDC.

 The RDC requires researchers to submit a research proposal outlining the 

need for sensitive data and identifying potential disclosure risks. When completing the proposal, researchers should enter “BRFSS” in the “Non-NCHS” 

data box and “Not applicable – data hosting” in the “NCHS” line.

 Once the proposal has been approved, the RDC will work with the researcher 

to create a dataset. 

To obtain an individual state or territory’s BRFSS industry and occupation dataset:

 The industry and occupation coded data can be accessed by external researchers through data requests submitted to BRFSS state coordinators. 

Industry and occupation data is available with limitations, to remove risk of 

inferential disclosure of identity.

Grouping Industries and Occupations for Analysis

Workers with similar occupations or industries may have to be grouped so that 

the sample of respondents within the workforce of interest is large enough to 

produce reliable estimates. Occupational codes can be grouped in different ways. 

Each researcher must decide how to group industry and occupation codes based 

on the sample size available to them, the distribution of codes, and their research 

question. As surrogates for workplace exposures, the codes grouped together 

should comprise workers with similar jobs. NAICS and SOC are hierarchical 

systems, which makes grouping easier.

One commonly used grouping system is that created by CDC’s National Center for 

Health Statistics (NCHS) for their National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). NCHS 

refers to them as “recodes.” For both industry and occupation, there is a “simple” 

or less detailed system corresponding to NAICS 2-digit industry sectors and SOC 

major occupation groups and a more “detailed” system. The NHIS systems group 

Census codes; they do not directly group NAICS or SOC codes. The NHIS recodes 

are revised periodically to correspond to revisions of the Census industry and 

occupation coding systems, which in turn, are revised based on NAICS and SOC 

revisions.

The 2013 NHIS recodes correspond to 2010 Census codes, 2007 NAICS codes, 

and 2010 SOC codes. The 2013 NHIS industry and occupation recodes with their 

corresponding industry and occupation titles are listed in Appendix C. SAS code 

for creating the 2013 NHIS simple and detailed industry and occupation recodes listed 

in the linked NHIS PDF file is located in Appendix B of this document (below).
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Analysis Considerations

For information on the BRFSS program, the overall survey, and general analysis 

information, please visit the following links:

 About BRFSS

 BRFSS Data Quality, Validity, and Reliability

 BRFSS Prevalence Data and Data Analysis Tools

 BRFSS Statistical Briefs

The annual survey data and documentation includes a BRFSS Overview, BRFSS 

Codebook, Summary Data Quality Report with Response Rates, and Complex 

Sampling Weights and Preparing Module Data for Analysis. There are several 

issues to consider when analyzing industry and occupation data. 

Employment Status

Industry and occupation are collected and coded when a respondent’s employment 

status (EMPLOY1) at the time of the interview is one of the following:

1 employed for wages

 2 self-employed OR

 4 out of work for less than 1 year

When defining the employed subpopulation for analysis, in order to ensure only 

eligible respondents are included, it is important to include a statement that 

EMPLOY1 includes some combination of categories 1, 2, or 4 but does not include 

categories 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9.

The employment categories you include will depend on your research question. 

Researchers may limit their analyses to respondents currently working (employed 

for wages and self-employed). A consideration for the short-term (< 1 year) out of 

work group (category 4) is that the sample size is much smaller, and the percentage 

of missing industry and occupation is much higher, than for the currently employed. 

However, because many of the BRFSS metrics are collected over the past year, some 

researchers elect to analyze all three categories (1, 2, and 4) together.

Analysis of Subpopulations 

For complex survey sample data, correct variance estimates can only be generated 

when all respondents surveyed are included in the analysis. For this reason, “by” or 

“where” statements should not be used to generate results for specific groups 

(subpopulations) in SAS. Instead, the subpopulations for analysis should be 

specified in a DOMAIN statement in SAS. For more information, see the SAS/

STAT User’s Guide on The SURVEYLOGISTIC Procedure: DOMAIN Statement. 

A SUBPOPN or SUBPOPX statement in SUDAAN, or a SUBPOP option in a SVY 

command in STATA, or the SUBSET.SVY.DESIGN option in the survey package of R 

can be used for the same purpose.

Analyses using the industry and occupation variables must be limited to respondents 

where EMPLOY1 = 1, 2, or 4 and where neither industry nor occupation was 
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coded to a “non-paid worker code” (see the Missing Industry or Occupation Data 

section below for a definition of “non-paid worker codes”). The easiest way to 

use the DOMAIN statement in SAS is to create a new variable that identifies the 

subpopulation. For example, the recently employed subpopulation may be defined 

as respondents whose employment status is employed for wages, self-employed, 

or out of work less than one year (EMPLOY1 = 1, 2, or 4). Alternatively, the currently 

employed subpopulation may be defined as respondents whose employment 

status is employed for wages or self-employed (EMPLOY1 = 1 or 2). The new 

variable should then be used in the SAS DOMAIN statement. For SUDAAN, the 

expression to specify subpopulation can be directly included in the SUBPOPN or 

SUBPOPX statement. For STATA, it can be included in the SUBPOP option in the SVY 

command. In R, the same expression can be included in the SUBSET function to be 

used in the survey design option.

Industry vs. Occupation

Depending on the research question, either industry or occupation (or both) may 

be appropriate for analysis. Outcomes can also be compared by occupation 

within different industries, as was done for a NIOSH study of patient care aides

and a Washington State study on health care support workers. Occupation is more 

commonly analyzed than industry, since occupation is more specific to what the 

worker does. Industries contain many occupations from chief executive to janitor, 

so the work exposures and sociodemographic characteristics of workers vary 

more within industries than within occupations. See more examples of how the 

industry and occupation data have been used by researchers.

Active-Duty Military

Another consideration is whether to include respondents who are activeduty service members in the analyses. The BRFSS survey does not include 

institutionalized adults (such as those living in military barracks) or adults living 

outside the United States and its participating territories (such as those serving 

in the military overseas). However, there are active-duty service members who 

are eligible for the BRFSS survey because they live in homes in US states and 

participating territories. NIOSH codes them to special military codes that are 

not part of the Census system, and they are included in the BRFSS industry and 

occupation Census code variables. These codes can be found here. Although 

industry and occupation codes for service members are included in the BRFSS-IO 

datasets, because of the BRFSS exclusions, NIOSH researchers do not consider 

BRFSS to be representative of active-duty service members and do not include 

them in their analyses. 

For civilians employed by the military, industry is coded to Census code 9590 

(public administration/national security and international affairs), and occupation is 

coded to the regular Census occupation code. NIOSH researchers include these 

respondents in their analyses. Veterans who were currently employed at the time 

of their interview or who had been employed in the previous 12 months are coded 

to their current/recent industry and occupation, not to their former military service. 

BRFSS has a separate variable for whether a respondent is a veteran.
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Variables in the Industry and Occupation Datasets

As an illustration of the variables typically available in an industry and occupation 

coded dataset, Appendix A (below) provides a list of the variables available in the 

2018 BRFSS industry and occupation dataset. The variable list will differ somewhat 

from year to year depending on changes to the survey and which variables are in the 

public use dataset (which can be found here). In addition, NIOSH periodically updates 

the version of the industry and occupation coding systems (Census, NAICS, and 

SOC) to which the text fields are coded, so these variables will change accordingly. 

Appendix D provides a crosswalk from 2002 Census codes to 2010 Census codes. 

Older datasets included 2002 Census codes while newer datasets have included 

2010 Census codes. The crosswalk should help researchers align these older 

datasets with the newer datasets for analyses. In instances where one Census code 

became many Census codes (for example, 2002 code – 0130 Human resources 

managers became 2010 codes – 0135 Compensation and benefits managers, 0136 

Human resources managers, and 0137 Training and development managers), the text 

response would be evaluated and classified according to best fit as determined by a 

human coder or the NIOSH auto-coder. Additionally, data users can visit this link and 

send records through NIOCCS (NIOSH’s auto-coding system) if there are issues. 

Analyzing Industry and Occupation Using NAICS or SOC Variables

For BRFSS-IO datasets through 2019, the text fields were coded directly to Census 

codes, which were then cross-walked to NAICS and SOC codes. Starting with 

survey year 2020, text fields are coded directly to NAICS and SOC and then crosswalked to Census codes.

When cross-walked from Census codes, the output for NAICS and SOC codes 

sometimes contain complex entries that include multiple codes and portions of 

codes, making them unwieldy for analysis. These original variables are named 

NAICS2007 and SOC2010. To make these variables easier to analyze, NIOSH converts 

the complex NAICS and SOC codes in NAICS2007 and SOC2010 to single codes in 

variables named _2007NEWNAICS and _2010NEWSOC by “rounding up” the complex 

codes to the next higher common code in the NAICS or SOC hierarchical system. 

Here are some examples illustrating how complex NAICS2007 and SOC2010 

entries were converted to single _2007NEWNAICS and _2010NEWSOC codes:

NAICS2007 _2007NEWNAICS

1131, 1132 113

22131, 22133 2213

31324, 3151 31
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SOC2010 _2010NEWSOC

33992, 33993 3399

4242, 4246 424

521, 52211, 52219 52

922, part of 92115 92

Researchers who want to analyze their data by NAICS or SOC codes should use 

_2007NEWNAICS and _2010 NEWSOC. However, even with _2007NEWNAICS 

or _2010 NEWSOC, the level of detail (i.e., the number of digits) for industry and 

occupation varies, so the researcher will have to decide whether and how to 

combine closely related NAICS and SOC codes for analysis. 

Missing Industry or Occupation Data

There are a number of reasons industry or occupation may be missing from 

individual BRFSS records.

When the industry text field is blank or contains words to the effect of unknown, 

don’t know, not applicable, or refused, or when the text is too vague to be 

coded, a code of 9990 is entered in the Census industry code field. Under the 

same circumstances in the occupation text field, a code of 9900 is entered in 

the Census occupation code field. 9990 and 9900 are codes for missing data. 

The coding rules for occupation often require that industry be coded to code 

occupation, so if industry is missing, then occupation may be missing as well. In 

BRFSS datasets, there is a higher percentage of records missing occupation than 

missing industry. 

The industry and occupation text fields may be blank for an unknown reason (such 

as the interviewer left them blank), but there are three other known reasons why the 

fields may be blank. First, the fields are supposed to be blank if EMPLOY1 ≠ 1, 2, or 

4. Second, if the respondent ended the survey before the industry and occupation 

questions were asked, the industry and occupation text fields will be blank. The third 

situation that has become more common in recent years — a respondent is called 

on a cell phone number that does not match the respondent’s state of residence. 

In this case, only the core questions, not the optional module questions, such as 

industry and occupation, are asked, so the industry and occupation text fields will be 

blank. All of these blank fields will be coded to 9990/9900.

Another category of missing industry and occupation data involves records where 

industry and occupation were collected and coded but should not have been 

because the respondent was not eligible to be in the study population. The industry 

and occupation questions are only asked, and the responses coded, when the 

respondents report their current employment status (EMPLOY1) is 1 (employed 

for wages), 2 (self-employed), or 4 (out of work for less than 1 year). It is important 

that industry and occupation specific analyses be limited to respondents included 

in these three categories. However, sometimes respondents will say they are 
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currently or recently employed (and hence, coded to EMPLOY1 in (1,2,4) and 

asked the industry and occupation questions), but will respond to the industry and 

occupation questions that they are retired, a student, a homemaker, or unable to 

work, even though these are not considered paid jobs. Because of their EMPLOY1 

status, their industry and occupation responses are coded. NIOSH codes these 

responses and enters them in the BRFSS Census industry and occupation 

variable fields. The codes for these responses, however, are special “non-paid 

worker codes” that are not part of the official Census system. These codes can 

be found here. Although the Census variables for these records contain codes, 

NIOSH treats these records as missing data since they should not be included 

in study populations — records containing non-paid worker codes should be 

omitted from industry and occupation analyses using the SUBPOPX statement in 

SUDAAN or the DOMAIN statement in SAS as described above in the Analysis of 

Subpopulations section. 

Final Weight Variable

For states that use the full sample for the industry and occupation module, _LLCPWT 

is to be used as the weight variable. For states that use the split questionnaires, i.e., 

version data (version 1 or version 2 or version 3) for the industry and occupation 

module, the module-specific weight (_LLCPWTV1 or _LLCPWTV2 or _LLCPWV3) 

is to be used as the weight variable. The final weight variable in the multi-state 

aggregated BRFSS industry and occupation datasets is _FINALWT. _FINALWT 

accounts for whether a state split its survey for the industry and occupation module 

or not. For more information on versions of the data and how module weights were 

created, see the following documentation (the link is for 2018): BRFSS Complex 

Sampling Weights and Preparing 2018 BRFSS Module Data for Analysis (cdc.gov).

Combining Years

To have a large enough sample size to examine relatively rare health outcomes 

or industries or occupations with small annual sample sizes, it will be necessary 

to combine data from multiple years. When creating a multi-year dataset, it is 

important to adjust the sampling weight in order to obtain the correct annual 

population estimates.

Before proceeding to combine multiple years of data, read the file “Complex 

Sampling Weights and Preparing BRFSS Module Data for Analysis” (here is the link 

for 2018): BRFSS Complex Sampling Weights and Preparing 2018 BRFSS Module 

Data for Analysis (cdc.gov). 

For combining data from multiple years in each state, follow the instruction 

described in the above BRFSS documentation:

First, check the sample size of each year. When sample sizes are close (e.g., a state 

collected industry and occupation on the same sample on all years to be included 

in the multi-year data), divide the original weight variable by the number of years 
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of data to obtain the adjusted weight. When sample sizes are different (e.g., a state 

collected industry and occupation on the full sample in some years and on a subsample on other years), account for the sample size differences by adjusting the 

weight proportionally as shown below:

1. Sum up the total sample size for all the years of interest and compute the 

proportion for each year. 

2. Multiply the original weight of each year by the proportion of sample size of 

that year to obtain the final adjusted weight. 

Note that when using this approach to adjust weight in the multi-year data, the 

estimates from the multi-year data will be approximately equal to a samplesize-weighted average of all annual estimates, i.e., the estimates will be heavily 

influenced by the year that has the largest sample. However, if the desired multiyear estimate is the arithmetic average of all annual estimates, one should adjust 

the weight in the multi-year data by simply dividing the original weight by number 

of years a state contributes to the data, regardless of the sample sizes. In the 

NIOSH created multi-state-multi-year datasets, the later approach has been used 

for easy interpretation of the resulting estimates.

Analyzing Multiple Modules

The industry and occupation questions are in an optional module. If analyzed 

with variables from the core section of the survey, the NIOSH-created industry 

and occupation module data can be used directly. However, if the industry and 

occupation variables are to be analyzed with variables from one or more other 

optional modules, then the dataset and weight may need to be reconstructed.

Before proceeding to analyze multiple modules, read the file “Complex Sampling 

Weights and Preparing BRFSS Module Data for Analysis” (here is the link for 2018): 

BRFSS Complex Sampling Weights and Preparing 2018 BRFSS Module Data for 

Analysis (cdc.gov). Then review which states used all of the modules of interest 

for your survey year, because not all states that elect the optional industry and 

occupation module would necessarily collect data on the same other optional 

modules (here is the link for 2018): CDC - BRFSS - 2018 BRFSS Modules Used 

by Category. Only states that elect all modules of interest, including the industry 

and occupation module, can proceed to construct the multi-module data. Since 

a state may use either the full sample or a sub-sample for a module, it is possible 

that the industry and occupation module and the other modules of interest were 

on different versions of the data. In such cases, multi-module data cannot be 

constructed. For a given state, only when the industry and occupation module 

data and the other module data are overlapping (either all on the same version 

of data or some on the full data and others on the same version of data) can one 

construct a multi-module data. In such case, the sampling weight from the smaller 

dataset should be used as the weight in the multi-module data.

For more information on analyzing multiple modules, including how to combine 

modules, please contact brfssio@cdc.gov.
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Limitations

There are several limitations to consider when using these data. All BRFSS data, 

including Industry and occupation, are self-reported and may be subject to recall 

or social desirability bias. BRFSS data are cross-sectional and thus cannot be used 

to make causal inferences. A percentage of industry and occupation responses are 

missing or too vague to code, reducing the sample size and potentially introducing 

bias if the missingness is differential by industry or occupation. There could also 

be misclassification bias due to errors in coding the industry and occupation text 

fields, particularly if the participants did not provide clear responses. Since not all 

states use the industry and occupation optional module, results are not nationally 

representative. Because the employment status, industry, and occupation variables 

are not included in the survey weights, the BRFSS sample may not be representative 

of the adult working population. 

Please visit the NIOSH BRFSS website and NIOSH’s Collecting and Using Industry 

and Occupation Data website for more information on the BRFSS industry and 

occupation optional module and how the dataset is produced.

For additional information, please email brfssio@cdc.gov
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APPENDIX A 

SAS Proc Contents for the 2018 BRFSS Industry and Occupation Dataset

Contents BRFS18IO.sas7bdat, a SAS Dataset of 2018 BRFSS Data Modified to Include Module 

20: Industry and Occupation

The CONTENTS Procedure

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Alphabetic List of Variables and Attributes

# Variable Type Len Format Label

47 ADDEPEV2 Num 8 AD2DEPEV. EVER TOLD YOU HAD A DEPRESSIVE 

DISORDER

78 ALCDAY5 Num 8 ALC5DAY. DAYS IN PAST 30 HAD ALCOHOLIC 

BEVERAGE

41 ASTHMA3 Num 8 AST3HMA. EVER TOLD HAD ASTHMA

42 ASTHNOW Num 8 ASTHNOW. STILL HAVE ASTHMA

79 AVEDRNK2 Num 8 AVE2DRNK. AVG ALCOHOLIC DRINKS PER DAY IN 

PAST 30

103 BLDSTOOL Num 8 BLDSTOOL. EVER HAD BLOOD STOOL TEST 

USING HOME KIT

68 BLIND Num 8 BLIND. BLIND OR DIFFICULTY SEEING

22 CADULT Num 8 CADULT. ARE YOU 18 YEARS OF AGE OR 

OLDER?

24 CCLGHOUS Num 8 CCLGHOUS. DO YOU LIVE IN COLLEGE HOUSING?

14 CELLFON4 Num 8 CELL4FON. CELLULAR TELEPHONE

21 CELLFON5 Num 8 CELL5FON. IS THIS A CELL TELEPHONE?

45 CHCCOPD1 Num 8 CHC1COPD. (EVER TOLD) YOU HAVE (COPD) 

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE 

PULMONARY DISEASE, EMPHYSEMA 

OR CHRONIC BRONCHITIS?

48 CHCKDNY1 Num 8 CHC1KDNY. (EVER TOLD) YOU HAVE KIDNEY 

DISEASE?

44 CHCOCNCR Num 8 CHCOCNCR. (EVER TOLD) YOU HAD ANY OTHER 

TYPES OF CANCER?

43 CHCSCNCR Num 8 CHCSCNCR. (EVER TOLD) YOU HAD SKIN 

CANCER?

35 CHECKUP1 Num 8 CHECK1UP. LENGTH OF TIME SINCE LAST 

ROUTINE CHECKUP

62 CHILDREN Num 8 CHILDREN. NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN 

HOUSEHOLD

12 COLGHOUS Num 8 COLGHOUS. DO YOU LIVE IN COLLEGE HOUSING?

59 CPDEMO1B Num 8 CP1DEMO. DO YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE FOR 

PERSONAL USE?

25 CSTATE1 Num 8 C1STATE. DO YOU CURRENTLY LIVE IN (STATE)? 

10 CTELENM1 Num 8 CTELE1NM. CORRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER?

20 CTELNUM1 Num 8 CTEL1NUM. CORRECT PHONE NUMBER?

39 CVDCRHD4 Num 8 CVD4CRHD. EVER DIAGNOSED WITH ANGINA OR 

CORONARY HEART DISEASE

38 CVDINFR4 Num 8 CVD4INFR. EVER DIAGNOSED WITH HEART 

ATTACK

40 CVDSTRK3 Num 8 CVD3STRK. EVER DIAGNOSED WITH A STROKE

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# Variable Type Len Format Label

67 DEAF Num 8 DEAF. ARE YOU DEAF OR DO YOU HAVE 

SERIOUS DIFFICULTY HEARING?

69 DECIDE Num 8 DECIDE. DIFFICULTY CONCENTRATING OR 

REMEMBERING

50 DIABAGE2 Num 8 DIAB2AGE. AGE WHEN TOLD HAD DIABETES

49 DIABETE3 Num 8 DIA3BETE. (EVER TOLD) YOU HAVE DIABETES

72 DIFFALON Num 8 DIFFALON. DIFFICULTY DOING ERRANDS ALONE

71 DIFFDRES Num 8 DIFFDRES. DIFFICULTY DRESSING OR BATHING

70 DIFFWALK Num 8 DIFFWALK. DIFFICULTY WALKING OR CLIMBING 

STAIRS

7 DISPCODE Num 8 FINAL DISPOSITION

80 DRNK3GE5 Num 8 DRNK35GE. BINGE DRINKING

163 DRNKANY5 Num 8 DRNK5ANY. DRINK ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES 

IN PAST 30 DAYS

89 DRNKDRI2 Num 8 DRNK2DRI. DID YOU DRIVE AFTER HAVING TOO 

MUCH TO DRINK IN THE PAST 

30 DAYS?

164 DROCDY3_ Num 8 DROCDY3_. COMPUTED DRINK-OCCASIONSPER-DAY

55 EDUCA Num 8 EDUCA. EDUCATION LEVEL

61 EMPLOY1 Num 8 EMPLOY1F. EMPLOYMENT STATUS

36 EXERANY2 Num 8 EXER2ANY. EXERCISE IN PAST 30 DAYS

86 FALL12MN Num 8 FALL12MN. HAD FALL PAST TWELVE MONTHS

87 FALLINJ3 Num 8 FALL3INJ. INJURED IN FALL

83 FLSHTMY2 Num 8 FLSHT2MY. WHEN RECEIVED MOST RECENT 

SEASONAL FLU SHOT/SPRAY

82 FLUSHOT6 Num 8 FLU6SHOT. ADULT FLU SHOT/SPRAY PAST 

12 MOS

2 FMONTH Num 8 FMONTH. FILE MONTH

28 GENHLTH Num 8 GENHLTH. GENERAL HEALTH

96 HADHYST2 Num 8 HAD2HYST. HAD HYSTERECTOMY

90 HADMAM Num 8 HADMAM. HAVE YOU EVER HAD A 

MAMMOGRAM

92 HADPAP2 Num 8 HAD2PAP. EVER HAD A PAP TEST

106 HADSGCO1 Num 8 HAD1SGCO. WAS LAST TEST A SIGMOIDOSCOPY 

OR COLONOSCOPY

105 HADSIGM3 Num 8 HAD3SIGM. EVER HAD SIGMOIDOSCOPY/

COLONOSCOPY

46 HAVARTH3 Num 8 HAV3ARTH. TOLD HAVE ARTHRITIS

65 HEIGHT3 Num 8 HEIGHT. REPORTED HEIGHT IN FEET AND 

INCHES

27 HHADULT Num 8 HHADULT. NUMBER OF ADULTS IN HOUSEHOLD

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# Variable Type Len Format Label

110 HIVRISK5 Num 8 HIV5RISK. DO ANY HIGH RISK SITUATIONS 

APPLY

108 HIVTST6 Num 8 HIV6TST. EVER TESTED HIV

109 HIVTSTD3 Num 8 HIV3TSTD. MONTH AND YEAR OF LAST HIV 

TEST

32 HLTHPLN1 Num 8 HLTH1PLN. HAVE ANY HEALTH CARE COVERAGE

91 HOWLONG Num 8 HOWLONG. HOW LONG SINCE LAST 

MAMMOGRAM

95 HPLSTTST Num 8 HPLSTTST. HOW LONG SINCE YOUR LAST HPV 

TEST?

94 HPVTEST Num 8 HPVTEST. HAVE YOU EVER HAD AN HPV TEST?

152 HTIN4 Num 8 HT4IN. COMPUTED HEIGHT IN INCHES

153 HTM4 Num 8 HT4M. COMPUTED HEIGHT IN METERS

3 IDATE Char 8 INTERVIEW DATE

5 IDAY Char 2 INTERVIEW DAY

84 IMFVPLAC Num 8 IMFVPLAC. WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR LAST 

FLU SHOT/VACCINE?

4 IMONTH Char 2 INTERVIEW MONTH

63 INCOME2 Num 8 IN2COME. INCOME LEVEL

6 IYEAR Char 4 INTERVIEW YEAR

15 LADULT Num 8 ARE YOU 18 YEARS OF AGE OR 

OLDER?

26 LANDLINE Num 8 LANDLINE. DO YOU ALSO HAVE A LANDLINE 

TELEPHONE?

51 LASTDEN4 Num 8 LAST4DEN. LAST VISITED DENTIST OR DENTAL 

CLINIC

93 LASTPAP2 Num 8 LAST2PAP. HOW LONG SINCE LAST PAP TEST

107 LASTSIG3 Num 8 LAST3SIG. TIME SINCE LAST SIGMOIDOSCOPY/

COLONOSCOPY

76 LASTSMK2 Num 8 LAST2SMK. INTERVAL SINCE LAST SMOKED

104 LSTBLDS3 Num 8 LST3BLDS. TIME SINCE LAST BLOOD STOOL 

TEST

54 MARITAL Num 8 MARITAL. MARITAL STATUS

81 MAXDRNKS Num 8 MAXDRNKS. MOST DRINKS ON SINGLE 

OCCASION PAST 30 DAYS

34 MEDCOST Num 8 MEDCOST. COULD NOT SEE DR. BECAUSE OF 

COST

30 MENTHLTH Num 8 MENTHLTH. NUMBER OF DAYS MENTAL HEALTH 

NOT GOOD

115 MSCODE Num 5 MSCODE. METROPOLITAN STATUS CODE

16 NUMADULT Num 8 NUMBER OF ADULTS IN HOUSEHOLD

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# Variable Type Len Format Label

57 NUMHHOL3 Num 8 NUM3HHOL. HOUSEHOLD TELEPHONES

17 NUMMEN Num 8 NUMBER OF ADULT MEN IN 

HOUSEHOLD

58 NUMPHON3 Num 8 NUM3PHON. RESIDENTIAL PHONES

18 NUMWOMEN Num 8 NUMBER OF ADULT WOMEN IN 

HOUSEHOLD

97 PCPSAAD3 Num 8 PCPSA3AD. HAS A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL 

EVER TALKED WITH YOU ABOUT THE 

ADVANTAGES OF THE PSA TEST?

98 PCPSADI1 Num 8 PCPSA1DI. HAS A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL 

EVER TALKED WITH YOU ABOUT THE 

DISADVANTAGES OF THE PSA TEST?

99 PCPSARE1 Num 8 PCPSA1RE. HAS A DOCTOR EVER 

RECOMMENDED THAT YOU HAVE A 

PSA TEST?

102 PCPSARS1 Num 8 PCPSA1RS. WHAT WAS THE MAIN REASON YOU 

HAD

THIS PSA TEST?

33 PERSDOC2 Num 8 PERS2DOC. MULTIPLE HEALTH CARE 

PROFESSIONALS

29 PHYSHLTH Num 8 PHYSHLTH. NUMBER OF DAYS PHYSICAL 

HEALTH NOT GOOD

85 PNEUVAC4 Num 8 PNEU4VAC. PNEUMONIA SHOT EVER

31 POORHLTH Num 8 POORHLTH. POOR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL 

HEALTH

66 PREGNANT Num 8 PREGNANT. PREGNANCY STATUS

100 PSATEST1 Num 8 PSA1TEST. EVER HAD PSA TEST

101 PSATIME Num 8 PSATIME. TIME SINCE LAST PSA TEST

11 PVTRESD1 Num 8 PVT1RESD. PRIVATE RESIDENCE?

23 PVTRESD3 Num 8 PVT3RESD. DO YOU LIVE IN A PRIVATE 

RESIDENCE?

112 QSTLANG Num 8 QSTLANG. LANGUAGE IDENTIFIER

111 QSTVER Num 8 QUESTIONNAIRE VERSION 

IDENTIFIER

56 RENTHOM1 Num 8 RENT1HOM. OWN OR RENT HOME

188 REPDEPTH Num 8 REPLICATE DEPTH

187 REPNUM Num 8 REPLICATE NUMBER

52 RMVTETH4 Num 8 RMV4TETH. NUMBER OF PERMANENT TEETH 

REMOVED

19 SAFETIME Num 8 SAFE TIME TO TALK?

88 SEATBELT Num 8 SEATBELT. HOW OFTEN USE SEATBELTS IN 

CAR?

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# Variable Type Len Format Label

8 SEQNO Char 10 ANNUAL SEQUENCE NUMBER

53 SEX1 Num 8 SEX1F. RESPONDENTS SEX

37 SLEPTIM1 Num 8 SLEP1TIM. HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SLEEP

74 SMOKDAY2 Num 8 SMOK2DAY. FREQUENCY OF DAYS NOW 

SMOKING

73 SMOKE100 Num 8 SMOK100_. SMOKED AT LEAST 100 CIGARETTES

13 STATERE1 Num 8 RESIDENT OF STATE

75 STOPSMK2 Num 8 STOP2SMK. STOPPED SMOKING IN PAST 

12 MONTHS

77 USENOW3 Num 8 USE3NOW. USE OF SMOKELESS TOBACCO 

PRODUCTS

60 VETERAN3 Num 8 VET3ERAN. ARE YOU A VETERAN

64 WEIGHT2 Num 8 WEIGHT. REPORTED WEIGHT IN POUNDS

154 WTKG3 Num 8 COMPUTED WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS

192 _2007newnaics Char 6 2007 NAICS codes modified to 

eliminate multiple codes

194 _2010newsoc Char 7 2010 SOC codes modified to 

eliminate multiple codes

150 _AGE80 Num 8 _AGE80F. IMPUTED AGE VALUE COLLAPSED 

ABOVE 80

149 _AGE65YR Num 8 _AGE65YR. REPORTED AGE IN TWO AGE 

GROUPS CALCULATED VARIABLE

148 _AGEG5YR Num 8 _AGEG5YR. REPORTED AGE IN FIVE-YEAR 

AGE CATEGORIES CALCULATED 

VARIABLE

151 _AGE_G Num 8 _AGE_G. IMPUTED AGE IN SIX GROUPS

183 _AIDTST3 Num 8 _3AIDTST. EVER BEEN TESTED FOR HIV 

CALCULATED VARIABLE

139 _ALTETH3 Num 8 _AL3TETH. ADULTS AGED 65+ WHO HAVE HAD 

ALL THEIR NATURAL TEETH 

EXTRACTED

136 _ASTHMS1 Num 8 _1ASTHMS. COMPUTED ASTHMA STATUS

155 _BMI5 Num 8 _5BMI. COMPUTED BODY MASS INDEX

156 _BMI5CAT Num 8 _BMI5CAT. COMPUTED BODY MASS INDEX 

CATEGORIES

135 _CASTHM1 Num 8 _1CASTHM. CURRENT ASTHMA CALCULATED 

VARIABLE

121 _CHISPNC Num 8 _CHISPNC. CHILD HISPANIC, LATINO/A, OR 

SPANISH ORIGIN CALCULATED 

VARIABLE

158 _CHLDCNT Num 8 _CHLDCNT. COMPUTED NUMBER OF CHILDREN 

IN HOUSEHOLD

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# Variable Type Len Format Label

185 _CLCWTV1 Num 8 VERSION 1 CHILD WEIGHT: LANDLINE AND C

186 _CLCWTV2 Num 8 VERSION 2 CHILD WEIGHT: LANDLINE AND C

124 _CLLCPWT Num 8 FINAL CHILD WEIGHT: LAND-LINE 

AND CELL-PHONE DATA

178 _COL10YR Num 8 _COL10YR. RESPONDENTS AGED 50-75 WHO 

HAVE HAD A COLONOSCOPY IN THE 

PAST 10 YEARS

123 _CPRACE Num 8 _CPRACE. PREFERRED CHILD RACE 

CATEGORIES

122 _CRACE1 Num 8 _C1RACE. CHILD NON-HISPANIC RACE 

INCLUDING MULTIRACIAL

182 _CRCREC Num 8 _CRCREC. RESPONDENTS AGED 50–75 WHO 

HAVE FULLY MET THE USPSTF 

RECOMMENDATION

140 _DENVST3 Num 8 _DEN3VST. ADULTS WHO HAVE VISITED A 

DENTIST, DENTAL HYGENIST OR 

DENTAL CLINIC WITHIN THE PAST 

YEAR

137 _DRDXAR1 Num 8 _DRDX1AR. RESPONDENTS DIAGNOSED WITH 

ARTHRITIS

172 _DRNKDRV Num 8 _DRNKDRV. DRINKING AND DRIVING

166 _DRNKWEK Num 8 _DRNKWEK. COMPUTED NUMBER OF DRINKS OF 

ALCOHOL BEVERAGES PER WEEK

126 _DUALCOR Num 8 DUAL PHONE USE CORRECTION 

FACTOR

125 _DUALUSE Num 8 _DUALUSE. DUAL PHONE USE CATEGORIES

159 _EDUCAG Num 8 _EDUCAG. COMPUTED LEVEL OF EDUCATION 

COMPLETED CATEGORIES

138 _EXTETH3 Num 8 _EX3TETH. RISK FACTOR FOR HAVING HAD 

PERMANENT TEETH EXTRACTED

168 _FLSHOT6 Num 8 _6FLSHOT. FLU SHOT CALCULATED VARIABLE

181 _FOBTFS Num 8 _FOBTFS. RESPONDENTS AGED 50–75 WHO 

HAVE HAD A BLOOD STOOL TEST 

WITHIN THE PAST 3 YEARS AND A 

SIGMOIDOSCOPY WITHIN THE PAST 

5 YEARS

180 _FS5YR Num 8 _FS5YR. RESPONDENTS AGED 50–75 WHO 

HAVE HAD A SIGMOIDOSCOPY 

WITHIN THE PAST 5 YEARS

131 _HCVU651 Num 8 _HCV165U. RESPONDENTS AGED 18–64 WITH 

HEALTH CARE COVERAGE

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# Variable Type Len Format Label

179 _HFOB3YR Num 8 _HFOB3YR. RESPONDENTS AGED 50–75 WHO 

HAVE HAD A BLOOD STOOL TEST 

WITHIN THE PAST 3 YEARS

143 _HISPANC Num 8 _HISPANC. HISPANIC, LATINO/A, OR SPANISH 

ORIGIN CALCULATED VARIABLE

120 _IMPRACE Num 8 _IMPRACE. IMPUTED RACE/ETHNICITY VALUE

160 _INCOMG Num 8 _INCOMG. COMPUTED INCOME CATEGORIES

127 _LLCPWT2 Num 8 TRUNCATED DESIGN WEIGHT USED 

IN ADULT COMBINED LAN LINE AND 

CELL PHONE RAKING

134 _LTASTH1 Num 8 _1LTASTH. LIFETIME ASTHMA CALCULATED 

VARIABLE

174 _MAM5022 Num 8 _5022MAM. WOMEN RESPONDENTS AGED 50–74 

WHO HAVE HAD A MAMMOGRAM IN 

THE PAST TWO YEARS

130 _MENT14D Num 8 _MENT14D. COMPUTED MENTAL HEALTH 

STATUS

113 _METSTAT Num 8 _METSTAT. METROPOLITAN STATUS

133 _MICHD Num 8 _MICHD. RESPONDENTS THAT HAVE EVER 

REPORTED HAVING CORONARY 

HEART DISEASE (CHD) OR 

MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (MI)

142 _MRACE1 Num 8 _M1RACE. CALCULATED NON-HISPANIC RACE 

INCLUDING MULTIRACIAL

129 _PHYS14D Num 8 _PHYS14D. COMPUTED PHYSICAL HEALTH 

STATUS

169 _PNEUMO3 Num 8 _3PNEUMO. PNEUMONIA VACCINATION 

CALCULATED VARIABLE

141 _PRACE1 Num 8 _P1RACE. COMPUTED PREFERRED RACE

9 _PSU Num 8 PRIMARY SAMPLING UNIT

144 _RACE Num 8 _RACE. COMPUTED RACE-ETHNICITY 

GROUPING

145 _RACEG21 Num 8 _21RACEG. COMPUTED NON-HISPANIC WHITES/

ALL OTHERS RACE CATEGORIES 

RACE/ETHNIC GROUP CODES USED 

IN POST-STRATIFICATION.

146 _RACEGR3 Num 8 _3RACEGR. COMPUTED FIVE LEVEL RACE/

ETHNICITY CATEGORY.

147 _RACE_G1 Num 8 _RACE1_G. COMPUTED RACE GROUPS USED 

FOR INTERNET PREVALENCE TABLES

118 _RAWRAKE Num 8 RAW WEIGHTING FACTOR USED IN 

RAKING

165 _RFBING5 Num 8 _5RFBING. BINGE DRINKING CALCULATED 

VARIABLE

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# Variable Type Len Format Label

177 _RFBLDS3 Num 8 _RF3BLDS. RESPONDENTS AGED 50–75 WHO 

HAVE HAD A BLOOD STOOL TEST 

WITHIN THE PAST YEAR

157 _RFBMI5 Num 8 _5RFBMI. OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE 

CALCULATED VARIABLE

167 _RFDRHV6 Num 8 _6RFDRHV. HEAVY ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION 

CALCULATED VARIABLE

128 _RFHLTH Num 8 _RFHLTH. ADULTS WITH GOOD OR BETTER 

HEALTH

173 _RFMAM21 Num 8 _21RFMAM. WOMEN RESPONDENTS AGED 40+ 

WHO HAVE HAD A MAMMOGRAM IN 

THE PAST TWO YEARS

175 _RFPAP34 Num 8 _34RFPAP. WOMEN RESPONDENTS AGED 

21–65 WHO HAVE HAD A PAP TEST 

IN THE PAST THREE YEARS

176 _RFPSA22 Num 8 _RF22PSA. MALE RESPONDENTS AGED 40+ 

WHO HAVE HAD A PSA TEST IN THE 

PAST 2 YEARS

170 _RFSEAT2 Num 8 _2RFSEAT. ALWAYS OR NEARLY ALWAYS WEAR 

SEAT BELTS

171 _RFSEAT3 Num 8 _3RFSEAT. ALWAYS WEAR SEAT BELTS

162 _RFSMOK3 Num 8 _3RFSMOK. CURRENT SMOKING CALCULATED 

VARIABLE

161 _SMOKER3 Num 8 _3SMOKER. COMPUTED SMOKING STATUS

1 _STATE Num 8 _STATE. STATE FIPS CODE

117 _STRWT Num 8 STRATUM WEIGHT

116 _STSTR Num 8 SAMPLE DESIGN STRATIFICATION 

VARIABLE

132 _TOTINDA Num 8 _TOTINDA. LEISURE TIME PHYSICAL ACTIVITY 

CALCULATED VARIABLE

114 _URBSTAT Num 8 _URBSTAT. URBAN/RURAL STATUS

119 _WT2RAKE Num 8 DESIGN WEIGHT USED IN RAKING

184 _finalwt Num 8 Replaces _LLCPWT as final weight 

variable for industry and occupation 

analyses due to survey versions 

195 ind_auto_

coded_2010

Char 1 ‘N’ means industry Census code 

determined by human coder; ‘C’ 

means changed by human coder

189 indboc2010 Char 4 2010 Bureau of Census Industry 

codes

200 inhis2010 Num 8 IND_NHIS. Industry NHIS simple 2-digit recode 

of 2010 Census codes

199 inhisdet2010 Num 8 IND_NHIS_

DET.

Industry NHIS 2-digit detailed 

recodes of 2010 Census codes

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# Variable Type Len Format Label

191 naics2007 Char 47 2007 North Am. Industry 

Classification System (NAICS) codes

196 occ_auto_

coded_2010

Char 1 ‘N’ means occupation Census code 

determined by human coder; ‘C’ 

means changed by human coder

190 occboc2010 Char 4 2010 Bureau of Census Occupation 

codes

198 onhis2010 Num 8 OCC_NHIS. Occupation NHIS simple 2-digit 

recode of 2010 Census codes

197 onhisdet2010 Num 8 OCC_NHIS_

DET.

Occupation NHIS detailed 2-digit 

recode of 2010 Census codes

193 soc2010 Char 35 2010 Standard Occupational 

Classification (SOC) codes
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APPENDIX B 

SAS Code for Grouping 2010 Census Industry and Occupation Codes 

into 2013 NHIS Simple and Detailed Recodes

INDBOC2010 2010 Bureau of Census (BOC) Industry codes

NAICS2007 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes

INHIS2010 Industry NHIS simple recodes of 2010 Census codes

INHISDET2010 Industry NHIS detailed recodes of 2010 Census codes

OCCBOC2010 2010 Bureau of Census (BOC) Occupation codes

SOC2010 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes

ONHIS2010 Occupation NHIS simple recodes of 2010 Census codes

ONHISDET2010 Occupation NHIS detailed recodes of 2010 Census codes

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Program Title: “Detailed I&O Groups.SAS” 

Created: 1 April 2019

Purpose: Provide coding for simple and detailed I&O groupings

 as developed by NHIS to other researchers 

 BASED ON CODING COMPLETED FOR 2018 BRFSS DATASETS

NOTE: This code is applicable to 2010 BOC codes ONLY

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PROC FORMAT ; /** Users: enter appropriate LIB statement**/

value ONHIS2010

 . = “Not asked or Missing”

 1 = “1 Management” 

 2 = “2 Business & Financial Operations” 

 3 = “3 Computer & Mathematical” 

 4 = “4 Architecture & Engineering” 

 5 = “5 Life, Phys., & Social Science” 

 6 = “6 Community & Social Services” 

 7 = “7 Legal” 

 8 = “8 Education, Training, & Library” 

 9 = “9 Arts, Design, Entert., Sports & Media” 

 10 = “10 Healthcare & Technical” 

 11 = “11 Healthcare Support” 

 12 = “12 Protective Service” 

 13 = “13 Food Prep. & Serving” 

 14 = “14 Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maint.” 

 15 = “15 Personal Care & Service” 

 16 = “16 Sales & Related” 

 17 = “17 Office & Admin. Support”

 18 = “18 Farming, Fishing, & Forestry” 

 19 = “19 Construction & Extraction” 

 20 = “20 Installation, Maint., & Repair” 

 21 = “21 Production” 

 22 = “22 Transportation & Material Moving” 

 23 = “23 Military Active Duty” 

 98 = “98 Unpaid Worker / Disabled / Retired”

 99 = “99 Don’t Know or Insufficient Info”

;
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VALUE ONHISDET2010

.=’Not asked or Missing’

01=’01 Chief executives; general and operations managers; legislators’

02=’02 Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers’

03=’03 Operations specialties managers’

04=’04 Other management occupations’

05=’05 Business operations specialists’

06=’06 Financial specialists’

07=’07 Computer specialists’

08=’08 Mathematical science occupations’

09=’09 Architects, surveyors, and cartographers’

10=’10 Engineers’

11=’11 Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians’

12=’12 Life scientists’

13=’13 Physical scientists’

14=’14 Social scientists and related workers’

15=’15 Life, physical, and social science technicians’

16=’16 Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists’

17=’17 Religious workers’

18=’18 Lawyers, judges, and related workers’

19=’19 Legal support workers’

20=’20 Postsecondary teachers’

21=’21 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers’

22=’22 Other teachers and instructors’

23=’23 Librarians, curators, and archivists’

24=’24 Other education, training, and library occupations’

25=’25 Art and design workers’

26=’26 Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers’

27=’27 Media and communication workers’

28=’28 Media and communication equipment workers’

29=’29 Health diagnosing and treating practitioners’

30=’30 Health technologists and technicians’

31=’31 Other healthcare practitioners and technical occupations’

32=’32 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides’

33=’33 Occupational and physical therapist assistants and aides’

34=’34 Other healthcare support occupations’

35=’35 First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers’

36=’36 Fire fighting and prevention workers’

37=’37 Law enforcement workers’

38=’38 Other protective service workers’

39=’39 Supervisors, food preparation, and serving workers’

40=’40 Cooks and food preparation workers’

41=’41 Food and beverage serving workers’

42=’42 Other food preparation and serving related workers’

43=’43 Supervisors, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers’

44=’44 Building cleaning and pest control workers’

45=’45 Grounds maintenance workers’

46=’46 Supervisors, personal care and service workers’

47=’47 Animal care and service workers’
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48=’48 Entertainment attendants and related workers’

49=’49 Funeral service workers’

50=’50 Personal appearance workers’

51=’51 Transportation, tourism, and lodging attendants’

52=’52 Other personal care and service workers’

53=’53 Supervisors, sales workers’

54=’54 Retail sales workers’

55=’55 Sales representatives, services’

56=’56 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing’

57=’57 Other sales and related workers’

58=’58 Supervisors, office and administrative support workers’

59=’59 Communications equipment operators’

60=’60 Financial clerks’

61=’61 Information and record clerks’

62=’62 Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers’

63=’63 Secretaries and administrative assistants’

64=’64 Other office and administrative support workers’

65=’65 Supervisors, farming, fishing, and forestry workers’

66=’66 Agricultural workers’

67=’67 Fishing and hunting workers’

68=’68 Forest, conservation, and logging workers’

69=’69 Supervisors, construction and extraction workers’

70=’70 Construction trades workers’

71=’71 Helpers, constructions trades’

72=’72 Other construction and related workers’

73=’73 Extraction workers’

74=’74 Supervisors of installation, maintenance, and repair workers’

75=’75 Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers’

76=’76 Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers’

77=’77 Other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations’

78=’78 Supervisors, production workers’

79=’79 Assemblers and fabricators’

80=’80 Food processing workers’

81=’81 Metal workers and plastic workers’

82=’82 Printing workers’

83=’83 Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers’

84=’84 Woodworkers’

85=’85 Plant and system operators’

86=’86 Other production occupations’

87=’87 Supervisors, transportation and material moving workers’

88=’88 Air transportation workers’

89=’89 Motor vehicle operators’

90=’90 Rail transportation workers’

91=’91 Water transportation workers’

92=’92 Other transportation workers’

93=’93 Material moving workers’

94=’94 Military active duty’

98=’98 Unpaid worker / Student / Disabled / Retired’

99 = “99 Don’t Know or Insufficient Info” 

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value INHIS2010

 . = “Not asked or Missing”

 1 = “1 Ag, Forestry, Fish/Hunt”

 2 = “2 Mining, Oil & Gas”

 3 = “3 Utilities” 

 4 = “4 Construction” 

 5 = “5 Manufacturing” 

 6 = “6 Wholesale Trade” 

 7 = “7 Retail Trade” 

 8 = “8 Transport & Warehouse” 

 9 = “9 Information” 

 10 = “10 Finance & Insurance” 

 11 = “11 Real Est., Rent, Lease” 

 12 = “12 Prof., Scientific, & Tech Serv.” 

 13 = “13 Mgmt of Companies & Enterp.” 

 14 = “14 Admin., Support, Waste Mgmt, & Remediation” 

 15 = “15 Education” 

 16 = “16 Health Care & Social Assist.” 

 17 = “17 Arts, Entertainment, & Rec.” 

 18 = “18 Accommodation & Food Services” 

 19 = “19 Other Services (except Public Admin.)” 

 20 = “20 Public Admin.” 

 21 = “21 Armed Forces” 

 98 = “98 Unpaid Worker / Disabled / Retired”

 99 = “99 Don’t Know or Insufficient Info” 

;

value INHISDET2010

.=’Not asked or Missing’

01=’01 Crop production’

02=’02 Animal production’

03=’03 Forestry and logging’

04=’04 Fishing, hunting, and trapping’

05=’05 Support activities for agriculture and forestry’

06=’06 Oil and gas extraction’

07=’07 Mining (except oil and gas)’

08=’08 Support activities for mining’

09=’09 Utilities industries’

10=’10 Construction industries’

11=’11 Food manufacturing’

12=’12 Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing’

13=’13 Textile mills’

14=’14 Textile product mills’

15=’15 Apparel manufacturing’

16=’16 Leather and allied product manufacturing’

17=’17 Wood product manufacturing’

18=’18 Paper manufacturing’

19=’19 Printing and related support activities’

20=’20 Petroleum and coal products manufacturing’

21=’21 Chemical manufacturing’

22=’22 Plastics and rubber products manufacturing’

23=’23 Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing’

24=’24 Primary metal manufacturing’

25=’25 Fabricated metal product manufacturing’

26=’26 Machinery manufacturing’

27=’27 Computer and electronic product manufacturing’

28=’28 Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing’
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29=’29 Transportation equipment manufacturing’

30=’30 Furniture and related product manufacturing’

31=’31 Miscellaneous manufacturing’

32=’32 Merchant wholesalers, durable goods’

33=’33 Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods’

34=’34 Non-specified wholesale trade’

35=’35 Motor vehicle and parts dealers’

36=’36 Furniture and home furnishings stores’

37=’37 Electronics and appliance stores’

38=’38 Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers’

39=’39 Food and beverage stores’

40=’40 Health and personal care stores’

41=’41 Gasoline stations’

42=’42 Clothing and clothing accessories stores’

43=’43 Sporting goods, camera, hobby, book and music stores’

44=’44 General merchandise stores’

45=’45 Miscellaneous store retailers’

46=’46 Nonstore retailers and non-specified retail trade’

47=’47 Transportation (including support activities for transportation)’

48=’48 Postal service, couriers, and messengers’

49=’49 Warehousing and storage’

50=’50 Publishing industries (except internet)’

51=’51 Motion picture and sound recording industries’

52=’52 Broadcasting and telecommunications’

53=’53 Information services and data processing’

54=’54 Monetary authorities – central bank’

55=’55 Credit intermediation and related activities’

56=’56 Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and related activities’

57=’57 Insurance carriers and related activities’

58=’58 Real estate’

59=’59 Rental and leasing services’

60=’60 Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)’

61=’61 Professional, scientific, and technical services industries’

62=’62 Management of companies and enterprises industries’

63=’63 Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services industries’

64=’64 Education services industries’

65=’65 Ambulatory health care services’

66=’66 Hospitals’

67=’67 Nursing and residential care facilities’

68=’68 Social assistance’

69=’69 Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries’

70=’70 Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions’

71=’71 Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries’

72=’72 Accommodation’

73=’73 Food services and drinking places’

74=’74 Repair and maintenance’

75=’75 Personal services’

76=’76 Religious, grantmaking, civic, labor, professional, and similar organizations’

77=’77 Services, private households’

78=’78 Public administration industries’

79=’79 Armed forces’

98=’98 Unpaid / Student / Disabled / Retired’

99 = “99 Don’t Know or Insufficient Info” 

;

run;
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*2010 Census Occupation to 2013 NHIS detail recodes for occupation onhisdet2010=NHIS 

detail occupation recode*

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*first occurrence of new variable is lower case so that output variable is lower case;

if occboc2010 in (0010, 0020, 0030) then onhisdet2010=01 ;

/*Chief executives; general and operations managers; legislators*/

else if occboc2010 in (0040, 0050, 0060) then onhisdet2010=02;

*Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers;

else if occboc2010 in (0100, 0110, 0120, 0135, 0136, 0137, 0140, 0150, 0160) then onhisdet2010=03; 

*Operations specialties managers;

else if occboc2010 in (0205, 0220, 0230, 0300, 0310, 0325, 0330, 0340, 0350,0360, 0400, 0410, 0420, 

0425, 0430) then onhisdet2010=04; 

*Other management occupations;

else if occboc2010 in (0500, 0510, 0520, 0530, 0540, 0565, 0600, 0630, 0640,0650, 0700, 0710, 0725, 

0726, 0735, 0740) then onhisdet2010=05; 

*Business operations specialists;

else if occboc2010 in (0800, 0810, 0820, 0830, 0840, 0850, 0860, 0900, 0910,0930, 0940, 0950) then 

onhisdet2010=06; 

*Financial specialists;

else if occboc2010 in (1005, 1006, 1007, 1010, 1020, 1030, 1050, 1060, 1105,1106, 1107) then 

onhisdet2010=07; 

*Computer specialists;

else if occboc2010 in (1200, 1210, 1220, 1230, 1240) then onhisdet2010=08; 

*Mathematical science occupations;

else if occboc2010 in (1300, 1310) then onhisdet2010=09; 

*Architects, surveyors, and cartographers;

else if occboc2010 in (1320, 1330, 1340, 1350, 1360, 1400, 1410, 1420, 1430,1440, 1450, 1460, 1500, 

1510, 1520, 1530) then onhisdet2010=10; 

*Engineers;

else if occboc2010 in (1540, 1550, 1560) then onhisdet2010=11; 

*Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians;

else if occboc2010 in (1600, 1610, 1640, 1650, 1660) then onhisdet2010=12; 

*Life scientists;

else if occboc2010 in (1700, 1710, 1720, 1740, 1760) then onhisdet2010=13; 

*Physical scientists;

else if occboc2010 in (1800, 1815, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1860) then onhisdet2010=14; 

*Social scientists and related workers;

else if occboc2010 in (1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940, 1950, 1965) then onhisdet2010=15; 

*Life, physical, and social science technicians;

else if occboc2010 in (2000, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2025) then onhisdet2010=16; 

*Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists;

else if occboc2010 in (2040, 2050, 2060) then onhisdet2010=17; 

*Religious workers;

else if occboc2010 in (2100, 2105, 2110) then onhisdet2010=18; 

*Lawyers, judges, and related workers;

else if occboc2010 in (2145, 2160) then onhisdet2010=19; 

*Legal support workers;
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else if occboc2010 in (2200) then onhisdet2010=20; 

*Postsecondary teachers;

else if occboc2010 in (2300, 2310, 2320, 2330) then onhisdet2010=21; 

*Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers;

else if occboc2010 in (2340) then onhisdet2010=22; 

*Other teachers and instructors;

else if occboc2010 in (2400, 2430, 2440) then onhisdet2010=23;

*Librarians, curators, and archivists;

else if occboc2010 in (2540, 2550) then onhisdet2010=24; 

*Other education, training, and library occupations;

else if occboc2010 in (2600, 2630) then onhisdet2010=25;

*Art and design workers;

else if occboc2010 in (2700, 2710, 2720, 2740, 2750, 2760) then onhisdet2010=26;

*Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers;

else if occboc2010 in (2800, 2810, 2825, 2830, 2840, 2850, 2860) then onhisdet2010=27;

*Media and communication workers;

else if occboc2010 in (2900, 2910, 2920, 2960) then onhisdet2010=28;

*Media and communication equipment workers;

else if occboc2010 in (3000, 3010, 3030, 3040, 3050, 3060, 3110, 3120, 3140, 3150, 3160, 3200, 3210, 

3220, 3230, 3235, 3245, 3250, 3255, 3256, 3257, 3258, 3260) then onhisdet2010=29;

*Health diagnosing and treating practitioners;

else if occboc2010 in (3300, 3310, 3320, 3400, 3420, 3500, 3510, 3520, 3535) then onhisdet2010=30;

*Health technologists and technicians;

else if occboc2010 in (3540) then onhisdet2010=31; 

*Other healthcare practitioners and technical occupations;

else if occboc2010 in (3600) then onhisdet2010=32; 

*Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides;

else if occboc2010 in (3610, 3620) then onhisdet2010=33;

*Occupational and physical therapist assistants and aides;

else if occboc2010 in (3630, 3640, 3645, 3646, 3647, 3648, 3649, 3655) then onhisdet2010=34; 

*Other healthcare support occupations;

else if occboc2010 in (3700, 3710, 3720, 3730) then onhisdet2010=35; 

*First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers;

else if occboc2010 in (3740, 3750) then onhisdet2010=36; 

*Fire fighting and prevention workers;

else if occboc2010 in (3800, 3820, 3830, 3840, 3850, 3860) then onhisdet2010=37; 

*Law enforcement workers;

else if occboc2010 in (3900, 3910, 3930, 3940, 3945, 3955) then onhisdet2010=38; 

*Other protective service workers;

else if occboc2010 in (4000, 4010) then onhisdet2010=39;

*Supervisors, food preparation, and serving workers;

else if occboc2010 in (4020, 4030) then onhisdet2010=40;

*Cooks and food preparation workers;

else if occboc2010 in (4040, 4050, 4060, 4110, 4120) then onhisdet2010=41;

*Food and beverage serving working;

else if occboc2010 in (4130, 4140, 4150, 4160) then onhisdet2010=42;

*Other food preparation and serving related workers;
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else if occboc2010 in (4200, 4210 ) then onhisdet2010=43;

*Supervisors, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers;

else if occboc2010 in (4220, 4230, 4240 ) then onhisdet2010=44;

*Building cleaning and pest control workers;

else if occboc2010 in (4250 ) then onhisdet2010=45;

*Grounds maintenance workers;

else if occboc2010 in (4300, 4320 ) then onhisdet2010=46;

*Supervisors, personal care and service workers;

else if occboc2010 in (4340, 4350 ) then onhisdet2010=47;

*Animal care and service workers;

else if occboc2010 in (4400, 4410, 4420, 4430 ) then onhisdet2010=48;

*Entertainment attendants and related workers;

else if occboc2010 in (4460, 4465 ) then onhisdet2010=49;

*Funeral service workers;

else if occboc2010 in (4500, 4510, 4520 ) then onhisdet2010=50;

*Personal appearance workers;

else if occboc2010 in (4530, 4540 ) then onhisdet2010=51;

*Transportation, tourism, and lodging attendants;

else if occboc2010 in (4600, 4610, 4620, 4640, 4650 ) then onhisdet2010=52 ;

*Other personal care and service workers;

else if occboc2010 in (4700, 4710 ) then onhisdet2010=53 ;

*Supervisors, sales workers;

else if occboc2010 in (4720, 4740, 4750, 4760 ) then onhisdet2010=54;

*Retail sales workers;

else if occboc2010 in (4800, 4810, 4820, 4830, 4840 ) then onhisdet2010=55;

*Sales representatives, services;

else if occboc2010 in (4850 ) then onhisdet2010=56;

*Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing;

else if occboc2010 in (4900, 4920, 4930, 4940, 4950, 4965 ) then onhisdet2010=57;

*Other sales and related workers;

else if occboc2010 in (5000) then onhisdet2010=58; 

*Supervisors, office and administrative support workers;

else if occboc2010 in (5010, 5020, 5030) then onhisdet2010=59; 

*Communications equipment operators;

else if occboc2010 in (5100, 5110, 5120, 5130, 5140, 5150, 5160, 5165) then onhisdet2010=60; 

*Financial clerks;

else if occboc2010 in (5200, 5210, 5220, 5230, 5240, 5250, 5260, 5300, 5310, 5320, 5330, 5340, 5350, 

5360, 5400, 5410, 5420) then onhisdet2010=61; 

*Information and record clerks;

else if occboc2010 in (5500, 5510, 5520, 5530, 5540, 5550, 5560, 5600, 5610, 5620, 5630) then 

onhisdet2010=62; 

*Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers;

else if occboc2010 in (5700) then onhisdet2010=63; 

*Secretaries and administrative assistants;

else if occboc2010 in (5800, 5810, 5820, 5830, 5840, 5850, 5860, 5900, 5910, 5920, 5940) then 

onhisdet2010=64; 

*Other office and administrative support workers;
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else if occboc2010 in (6005) then onhisdet2010=65; 

*Supervisors, farming, fishing, and forestry workers;

else if occboc2010 in (6010, 6020, 6040, 6050) then onhisdet2010=66; 

*Agricultural workers;

else if occboc2010 in (6100, 6110) then onhisdet2010=67; 

*Fishing and hunting workers;

else if occboc2010 in (6120, 6130) then onhisdet2010=68; 

*Forest, conservation, and logging workers;

else if occboc2010 in (6200) then onhisdet2010=69; 

*Supervisors, construction and extraction workers;

else if occboc2010 in (6210, 6220, 6230, 6240, 6250, 6260, 6300, 6310, 6320, 6330, 6355, 6360, 6400, 

6420, 6430, 6440, 6460, 6500, 6515, 6520, 6530, 6540) then onhisdet2010=70; 

*Construction trades workers;

else if occboc2010 in (6600) then onhisdet2010=71; 

*Helpers, construction trades;

else if occboc2010 in (6660, 6700, 6710, 6720, 6730, 6740, 6750, 6765) then onhisdet2010=72; 

*Other construction and related workers;

else if occboc2010 in (6800, 6820, 6830, 6840, 6910, 6920, 6930, 6940) then onhisdet2010=73; 

*Extraction workers;

else if occboc2010 in (7000) then onhisdet2010=74; 

*Supervisors of installation, maintenance, and repair workers;

else if occboc2010 in (7010, 7020, 7030, 7040, 7050, 7100, 7110, 7120, 7130) then onhisdet2010=75; 

*Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers;

else if occboc2010 in (7140, 7150, 7160, 7200, 7210, 7220, 7240, 7260) then onhisdet2010=76; 

*Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers;

else if occboc2010 in (7300, 7315, 7320, 7330, 7340, 7350, 7360, 7410, 7420, 7430, 7440, 7510, 7520, 

7540, 7550, 7560, 7600, 7610, 7630) then onhisdet2010=77; 

*Other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations;

else if occboc2010 in (7700) then onhisdet2010=78; 

*Supervisors, production workers;

else if occboc2010 in (7710, 7720, 7730, 7740, 7750) then onhisdet2010=79; 

*Assemblers and fabricators;

else if occboc2010 in (7800, 7810, 7830, 7840, 7850, 7855) then onhisdet2010=80; 

*Food processing workers;

else if occboc2010 in (7900, 7920, 7930, 7940, 7950, 7960, 8000, 8010, 8020, 8030, 8040, 8060, 8100, 

8120, 8130, 8140, 8150, 8160, 8200, 8210, 8220) then onhisdet2010=81; 

*Metal workers and plastic workers;

else if occboc2010 in (8250, 8255, 8256) then onhisdet2010=82; 

*Printing workers; 

else if occboc2010 in (8300, 8310, 8320, 8330, 8340, 8350, 8360, 8400, 8410, 8420, 8430, 8440, 8450, 

8460) then onhisdet2010=83; 

*Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers; 

else if occboc2010 in (8500, 8510, 8520, 8530, 8540, 8550) then onhisdet2010=84; 

*Woodworkers;

else if occboc2010 in (8600, 8610, 8620, 8630) then onhisdet2010=85; 

*Plant and system operators;
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else if occboc2010 in (8640, 8650, 8710, 8720, 8730, 8740, 8750, 8760, 8800, 8810, 8830, 8840, 8850, 

8860, 8900, 8910, 8920, 8930, 8940, 8950, 8965) then onhisdet2010=86; 

*Other production occupations;

else if occboc2010 in (9000) then onhisdet2010=87; 

*Supervisors, transportation and material moving workers;

else if occboc2010 in (9030, 9040, 9050) then onhisdet2010=88; 

*Air transportation workers;

else if occboc2010 in (9110, 9120, 9130, 9140, 9150) then onhisdet2010=89; 

*Motor vehicle operators;

else if occboc2010 in (9200, 9230, 9240, 9260) then onhisdet2010=90; 

*Rail transportation workers;

else if occboc2010 in (9300, 9310, 9330) then onhisdet2010=91; 

*Water transportation workers;

else if occboc2010 in (9340, 9350, 9360, 9410, 9415, 9420) then onhisdet2010=92; 

*Other transportation workers;

else if occboc2010 in (9500, 9510, 9520, 9560, 9600, 9610, 9620, 9630, 9640, 9650, 9720, 9730, 9740, 

9750) then onhisdet2010=93; 

*Material moving workers;

**** NOTE ABOUT MILITARY SPECIFIC OCCUPATIONS BELOW 

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NIOSH REVISED NHIS CATEGORY 94 TO INCLUDE NIOSH-CREATED NONCENSUS CODES AS 

FOLLOWS 

  revisions to 9830=Armed Forces, Military w/occupation blank, 9840= Armed Forces, Military 

commissioned Officers and warrant officers, and NIOSH created code 9850= Armed Forces, Military 

Non-commissioned Officer and other enlisted personnel.

** ** BOC 9800, 9810, or 9820 are not used by NIOSH *********************************************************;

else if occboc2010 in (9830,9840, 9850) then onhisdet2010 =94 

/*Military active duty*/;

*****REVISED NHIS CATEGORY 98 TO INCLUDE NIOSH non-Census CODES**/;

ELSE IF occboc2010 IN (9010, 9020, 9070, 9060, 9100) THEN onhisdet2010= 98 

/*Unpaid worker or student or retired*/;

/*NIOSH codes 9010=homemaker, 9020=volunteer, 9070=student, 9060=retired, and 9100=Disabled, 

did not work, child or infant, patient, or inmate*/

*****NHIS CATEGORY 99 ALTERED BY NIOSH TO INCLUDE NHIS RECODES 97-99 “REFUSED, NOT 

ASCERTAINED, AND DON’T KNOW”****;

else if occboc2010 in (9900) then onhisdet2010 =99 

/*9900=Dont know, unknown, or insufficient information*/;

else if occboc2010 ne “ “ then onhisdet2010=333;

LABEL onhisdet2010 = “Occupation NHIS detailed 2-digit recode of 2010 Census codes”;

FORMAT onhisdet2010 ONHISDET2010.;
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*2010 Census Occupation to 2013 NHIS simple recodes for occupation ONHIS2010=NHIS detail 

occupation recode*

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if occboc2010 in (0010, 0020, 0030,0040, 0050, 0060, 0100, 0110, 0120, 0135, 0136, 0137, 0140, 

0150, 0160,0205, 0220, 0230, 0300, 0310, 0325, 0330, 0340, 0350,0360, 0400, 0410, 0420, 0425, 

0430) then onhis2010=01; 

*Management Occupations;

else if occboc2010 in (0500, 0510, 0520, 0530, 0540, 0565, 0600, 0630, 0640, 0650, 0700, 0710, 

0725, 0726, 0735, 0740,0800, 0810, 0820, 0830, 0840, 0850, 0860, 0900, 0910,0930, 940, 0950) then 

onhis2010=02; 

*Business and Financial Operations Occupations;

else if occboc2010 in (1005, 1006, 1007, 1010, 1020, 1030, 1050, 1060, 1105, 1106, 1107,1200, 1210, 

1220, 1230, 1240) then onhis2010=3; 

*Computer and Mathematical Occupations;

else if occboc2010 in (1300, 1310,1320, 1330, 1340, 1350, 1360, 1400, 1410, 1420, 1430, 1440, 1450, 

1460, 1500, 1510, 1520, 1530, 1540, 1550, 1560) then onhis2010=4; 

*Architecture and Engineering Occupations;

else if occboc2010 in (1600, 1610, 1640, 1650, 1660,1700, 1710, 1720, 1740, 1760, 1800, 1815, 1820, 

1830, 1840, 1860, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940, 1950, 1965) then onhis2010=5; 

*Life, physical, and social science occupations;

else if occboc2010 in (2000, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2025, 2040, 2050, 2060) then onhis2010=6; 

*Community and Social Services Occupations;

else if occboc2010 in (2100, 2105, 2110, 2145, 2160) then onhis2010=7; 

*Legal Occupations;

else if occboc2010 in (2200, 2300, 2310, 2320, 2330, 2340, 2400, 2430, 2440, 2540, 2550) then 

onhis2010=8; 

*Education, training, and library occupations;

else if occboc2010 in (2600, 2630, 2700, 2710, 2720, 2740, 2750, 2760, 2800, 2810, 2825, 2830, 2840, 

2850, 2860, 2900, 2910, 2920, 2960) then onhis2010=9;

*Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations;

else if occboc2010 in (3000, 3010, 3030, 3040, 3050, 3060, 3110, 3120, 3140, 3150, 3160, 3200, 3210, 

3220, 3230, 3235, 3245, 3250, 3255, 3256, 3257, 3258, 3260, 3300, 3310, 3320, 3400, 3420, 3500, 

3510, 3520, 3535, 3540) then onhis2010=10; 

*Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations;

else if occboc2010 in(3600, 3610, 3620, 3630, 3640, 3645, 3646, 3647, 3648, 3649, 3655) then 

onhis2010=11; 

*Healthcare support occupations;

else if occboc2010 in (3700, 3710, 3720, 3730, 3740, 3750, 3800, 3820, 3830, 3840, 3850, 3860, 3900, 

3910, 3930, 3940, 3945, 3955) then onhis2010=12; 

*Protective service occupations;

else if occboc2010 in (4000, 4010, 4020, 4030, 4040, 4050, 4060, 4110, 4120, 4130, 4140, 4150, 4160) 

then onhis2010=13;

*Food preparation and serving related occupations;

else if occboc2010 in (4200, 4210, 4220, 4230, 4240, 4250) then onhis2010=14;

*Building and Grounds clearning and maintenance occupations;

else if occboc2010 in (4300, 4320 , 4340, 4350, 4400, 4410, 4420, 4430 , 4460, 4465 , 4500, 4510, 

4520 , 4530, 4540 , 4600, 4610, 4620, 4640, 4650 ) then onhis2010=15;

*Personal care and service occupations;
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else if occboc2010 in (4700, 4710 , 4720, 4740, 4750, 4760 , 4800, 4810, 4820, 4830, 4840 , 4850, 

4900, 4920, 4930, 4940, 4950, 4965 ) then onhis2010=16;

*Sales and related occupations;

else if occboc2010 in (5000, 5010, 5020, 5030, 5100, 5110, 5120, 5130, 5140, 5150, 5160, 5165, 5200, 

5210, 5220, 5230, 5240, 5250, 5260, 5300, 5310, 5320, 5330, 5340, 5350, 5360, 5400, 5410, 5420, 

5500, 5510, 5520, 5530, 5540, 5550, 5560, 5600, 5610, 5620, 5630, 5700, 5800, 5810, 5820, 5830, 

5840, 5850, 5860, 5900, 5910, 5920, 5940) then onhis2010=17; 

*Office and administrative support occupations;

else if occboc2010 in (6005, 6010, 6020, 6040, 6050, 6100, 6110, 6120, 6130) then onhis2010=18; 

*Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations;

else if occboc2010 in (6200, 6210, 6220, 6230, 6240, 6250, 6260, 6300, 6310, 6320, 6330, 6355, 6360, 

6400, 6420, 6430, 6440, 6460, 6500, 6515, 6520, 6530, 6540, 6600, 6660, 6700, 6710, 6720, 6730, 

6740, 6750, 6765, 6800, 6820, 6830, 6840, 6910, 6920, 6930, 6940) then onhis2010=19; 

*Construction and Extraction occupations;

else if occboc2010 in (7000, 7010, 7020, 7030, 7040, 7050, 7100, 7110, 7120, 7130, 7140, 7150, 7160, 

7200, 7210, 7220, 7240, 7260, 7300, 7315, 7320, 7330, 7340, 7350, 7360, 7410, 7420, 7430, 7440, 

7510, 7520, 7540, 7550, 7560, 7600, 7610, 7630) then onhis2010=20; 

*Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations;

else if occboc2010 in (7700, 7710, 7720, 7730, 7740, 7750, 7800, 7810, 7830, 7840, 7850, 7855, 

7900, 7920, 7930, 7940, 7950, 7960, 8000, 8010, 8020, 8030, 8040, 8060, 8100, 8120, 8130, 8140, 

8150,8160, 8200, 8210, 8220, 8250, 8255, 8256, 8300, 8310, 8320, 8330, 8340, 8350, 8360, 8400, 

8410, 8420, 8430, 8440, 8450, 8460, 8500, 8510, 8520, 8530, 8540, 8550, 8600, 8610, 8620, 8630, 

8640, 8650, 8710, 8720, 8730, 8740, 8750, 8760, 8800, 8810, 8830, 8840, 8850, 8860, 8900, 8910, 

8920, 8930, 8940, 8950, 8965) then onhis2010=21; 

*Production occupations;

else if occboc2010 in (9000, 9030, 9040, 9050, 9110, 9120, 9130, 9140, 9150, 9200, 9230, 9240, 9260, 

9300, 9310, 9330, 9340, 9350, 9360, 9410, 9415, 9420, 9500, 9510, 9520, 9560, 9600, 9610, 9620, 

9630, 9640, 9650, 9720, 9730, 9740, 9750) then onhis2010=22; 

*Transportation and Material moving occupations;

****NOTE ABOUT MILITARY SPECIFIC OCCUPATIONS BELOW 

**********************************************************************

REVISED NHIS CATEGORY 23 TO INCLUDE NIOSH-CREATED NONCENSUS CODES AS FOLLOWS

 revisions to 9830=Armed Forces, Military w/occupation blank, 9840= Armed Forces, Military 

commissioned Officers and warrant officers, and NIOSH created code 9850= Armed Forces, Military 

Non-commissioned Officer and other enlisted personnel.

** ** BOC 9800, 9810, or 9820 were not used ****************;

else if occboc2010 in (9830, 9840, 9850) then onhis2010= 23 

/*Military Active Duty*/;

*****NEW CATEGORY 98 ADDED BY NIOSH FOR NON-CENSUS CODES ********************;

ELSE IF occboc2010 IN (9010,9020,9070,9060,9100) THEN onhis2010= 98 

/*Unable to Work, Unpaid Worker, or Retired*/;

/*NIOSH codes 9010=homemaker, 9020=volunteer, 9070=student, 9060=retired, and 9100=Disabled, 

did not work, child or infant, patient, or inmate*/;

*****CATEGORY 99 ALTERED BY NIOSH TO INCLUDE NHIS RECODES 97-99 “REFUSED, NOT 

ASCERTAINED, AND DON’T KNOW”****;

else if occboc2010 in (9900) then onhis2010= 99 

/*Don’t Know, Unknown, or Insufficient Information*/;

else if occboc2010 ne “ “ then onhis2010=333;

LABEL onhis2010 = “Occupation NHIS simple 2-digit recode of 2010 Census codes”; 

FORMAT onhis2010 ONHIS2010.;
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*2010 Census Industry to 2013 NHIS DETAILED recodes for INDUSTRY INHIS2010 

INHISDET2010=NHIS detailed industry recode*

****************************************************************************;

*first occurrence of new variable is lower case so that output variable is lower case; 

/*Agriculture Industries*/

if INDBOC2010 in (0170) then inhisdet2010 =01

/*Crop production*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (0180) then INHISDET2010 =02

/*Animal production*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (0190, 0270) then INHISDET2010 =03

/*Forestry and logging*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (0280) then INHISDET2010 =04

/*Fishing, hunting, and trapping*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (0290) then INHISDET2010 =05

/*Support activities for agriculture and forestry*/;

/*Mining Industries*/

else if INDBOC2010 in (0370) then INHISDET2010 =06

/*Oil and gas extraction*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (0380, 0390, 0470, 0480) then INHISDET2010 =07

/*Mining (except oil and gas)*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (0490) then INHISDET2010 =08

/*Support activities for mining*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (0570, 0580, 0590, 0670, 0680, 0690) then INHISDET2010 =09 

/*Utilities Industries*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (0770) then INHISDET2010 =10

/*Construction Industries*/;

/*Manufacturing Industries*/

else if INDBOC2010 in (1070, 1080, 1090, 1170, 1180, 1190, 1270, 1280, 1290) then INHISDET2010 =11

/*Food manufacturing*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (1370, 1390) then INHISDET2010 =12 

/*Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (1470, 1480, 1490) then INHISDET2010 =13 

/*Textile mills*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (1570, 1590, 1670) then INHISDET2010 =14 

/*Textile product mills*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (1680, 1690, 1770) then INHISDET2010 =15 

/*Apparel manufacturing*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (1790) then INHISDET2010 =16 

/*Leather and allied product manufacturing*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (3770, 3780, 3790, 3870) then INHISDET2010 =17 

/*Wood product manufacturing*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (1870, 1880, 1890) then INHISDET2010 =18

/*Paper manufacturing*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (1990) then INHISDET2010 =19 
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/*Printing and related support activities*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (2070, 2090) then INHISDET2010 =20

/*Petroleum and coal products manufacturing*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (2170, 2180, 2190, 2270, 2280, 2290) then INHISDET2010 =21 

/*Chemical manufacturing*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (2370, 2380, 2390) then INHISDET2010 =22

/*Plastics and rubber products manufacturing*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (2470, 2480, 2490, 2570, 2590) then INHISDET2010 =23 

/*Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (2670, 2680, 2690, 2770, 2780, 2990) then INHISDET2010 =24 

/*Primary metal manufacturing*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (2790, 2870, 2880, 2890, 2970, 2980) then INHISDET2010 =25 

/*Fabricated metal product manufacturing*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (3070, 3080, 3090, 3170, 3180, 3190, 3290) then INHISDET2010 =26 

/*Machinery manufacturing*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (3360, 3370, 3380, 3390) then INHISDET2010 =27

/*Computer and electronic product manufacturing*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (3470, 3490) then INHISDET2010 =28 

/*Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (3570, 3580, 3590, 3670, 3680, 3690) then INHISDET2010 =29 

/*Transportation equipment manufacturing*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (3890) then INHISDET2010 =30

/*Furniture and related product manufacturing*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (3960, 3970, 3980, 3990) then INHISDET2010 =31 

/*Miscellaneous manufacturing*/;

/*Wholesale Trade Industries*/

else if INDBOC2010 in (4070, 4080, 4090, 4170, 4180, 4190, 4260, 4270, 4280, 4290) then 

INHISDET2010 =32 

/*Merchant wholesalers, durable goods*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (4370, 4380, 4390, 4470, 4480, 4490, 4560, 4570, 4580, 4585) then 

INHISDET2010 =33 

/*Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (4590) then INHISDET2010 =34 

/*Non-specified wholesale trade*/;

/*Retail Trade Industries*/

else if INDBOC2010 in (4670, 4680, 4690) then INHISDET2010 =35 

/*Motor vehicle and parts dealers*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (4770) then INHISDET2010 =36 

/*Furniture and home furnishing stores*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (4780, 4790) then INHISDET2010 =37

/*Electronics and appliance stores*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (4870, 4880, 4890) then INHISDET2010 =38

/*Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (4970, 4980, 4990) then INHISDET2010 =39 

/*Food and beverage stores*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (5070, 5080) then INHISDET2010 =40 
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/*Health and personal care stores*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (5090) then INHISDET2010 =41 

/*Gasoline stations*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (5170, 5180, 5190) then INHISDET2010 =42 

/*Clothing and clothing accessories stores*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (5270, 5280, 5290, 5370) then INHISDET2010 =43 

/*Sporting goods, camera, hobby, book and music stores*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (5380, 5390) then INHISDET2010 =44 

/*General merchandise stores*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (5470, 5480, 5490, 5570, 5580) then INHISDET2010 =45 

/*Miscellaneous store retailers*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (5590, 5591, 5592, 5670, 5680, 5690, 5790) then INHISDET2010 =46 

/*Nonstore retailers and non-specified retail trade*/;

/*Transportation and Warehousing Industries*/

else if INDBOC2010 in (6070, 6080, 6090, 6170, 6180, 6190, 6270, 6280, 6290) then INHISDET2010 =47 

/*Transportation (including support activities for transportation)*/;

else if INDBOC2010 in (6370, 6380) then INHISDET2010 =48 

/*Postal service, couriers, and messengers*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (6390) then INHISDET2010 =49 

/*Warehousing and storage*/;

/*Information Industries*/

else if INDBOC2010 in (6470, 6480, 6490) then INHISDET2010 =50 

/*Publishing industries (except internet)*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (6570, 6590) then INHISDET2010 =51

/*Motion picture and sound recording industries*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (6670, 6680, 6690) then INHISDET2010 =52 

/*Broadcasting and telecommunications*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (6770,6672,6695 , 6780) then INHISDET2010 =53 

/*Information services and data processing*/;

/*Finance and Insurance Industries*/

else if INDBOC2010 in (6870) then INHISDET2010 =54 

/*Monetary authorities – central bank*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (6880, 6890) then INHISDET2010 =55

/*Credit intermediation and related activities*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (6970) then INHISDET2010 =56

/*Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and related activities*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (6990) then INHISDET2010 =57 

/*Insurance carriers and related activities*/;

/*Real Estate and Rental and Leasing Industries*/

else if INDBOC2010 in (7070) then INHISDET2010 =58 

/*Real estate*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (7080, 7170, 7180) then INHISDET2010 =59 

/*Rental and leasing services*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (7190) then INHISDET2010 =60 
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/*Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (7270, 7280, 7290, 7370, 7380, 7390, 7460, 7470, 7480, 7490) then 

INHISDET2010 =61 

/* Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Industries */; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (7570) then INHISDET2010 =62 

/*Management of Companies and Enterprises Industries*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (7580, 7590, 7670, 7680, 7690, 7770, 7780, 7790) then INHISDET2010 =63 

/*Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services Industries*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (7860, 7870, 7880, 7890) then INHISDET2010 =64 

/*Education Services Industries*/;

/*Health Care and Social Assistance Industries*/

else if INDBOC2010 in (7970, 7980, 7990, 8070, 8080,8090, 8170, 8180) then INHISDET2010 =65

/*Ambulatory health care services*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (8190) then INHISDET2010 =66

/*Hospitals*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (8270, 8290) then INHISDET2010 =67 

/*Nursing and residential care facilities*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (8370, 8380, 8390, 8470) then INHISDET2010 =68 

/*Social assistance*/;

/*Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industries*/

else if INDBOC2010 in (8560) then INHISDET2010 =69 

/*Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (8570) then INHISDET2010 =70 

/*Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (8580, 8590) then INHISDET2010 =71 

/*Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries*/;

/*Accommodation and Food Services Industries*/

else if INDBOC2010 in (8660, 8670) then INHISDET2010 =72 

/*Accommodation*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (8680, 8690) then INHISDET2010 =73 

/*Food services and drinking places*/;

/*Other Services (Except Public Administration) Industries*/

else if INDBOC2010 in (8770, 8780, 8790, 8870, 8880, 8890) then INHISDET2010 =74 

/*Repair and maintenance*/; else if INDBOC2010 in (8970, 8980, 8990, 9070, 9080, 9090) then 

INHISDET2010 =75 

/*Personal services (barber shops, beauty salons, nail salons, laundry, funeral homes and cemetaries)*/;

else if INDBOC2010 in (9160, 9170, 9180, 9190) then INHISDET2010 =76 

/*Religious, grantmaking, civic, labor, professional, and similar organizations*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (9290) then INHISDET2010 =77 

/*private households*/;
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/*Public Administration Industries*/

else if INDBOC2010 in (9370, 9380, 9390, 9470, 9480, 9490, 9570, 9590) then INHISDET2010 =78

/*Public Administration Industries*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (9670, 9680, 9690, 9770, 9780, 9790, 9870) then INHISDET2010 =79 

/*Armed Forces*/;

*****NHIS CATEGORY 98 ALTERED BY NIOSH FOR the NIOSH non-Census CODES**/;

ELSE IF INDBOC2010 IN (9890,9880) THEN INHISDET2010= 98 

/*Unpaid Worker or Retired*/;

*Non-census codes for 9890=homemaker, volunteer, student, OR unable to work and 9880=retired;

*****NHIS CATEGORY 99 ALTERED BY NIOSH TO INCLUDE NHIS RECODES 97-99 “REFUSED, NOT 

ASCERTAINED, AND DON’T KNOW”****;

else if INDBOC2010 in (9990) then INHISDET2010= 99 

/*Don’t Know, Unknown, or Insufficient Information*/; else if INDBOC2010 ne “ “ then 

INHISDET2010=333;

LABEL INHISDET2010 = “Industry NHIS 2-digit detailed recodes of 2010 Census codes”;

FORMAT INHISDET2010 INHISDET2010.;

*****************************************************************************

/*2010 Census Industry to 2013 NHIS survey document simple recodes for Industry, inhis2010=NHIS 

simple industry recode*

****************************************************************************;

*first occurrence of new variable is lower case so that output variable is lower case;

if INDBOC2010 in (0170, 0180, 0190, 0270, 0280, 0290) then inhis2010= 01 

/*Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting Industries*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (0370, 0380, 0390, 0470, 0480, 0490) then INHIS2010= 02 

/*Mining Industries*/; 

else if INDBOC2010 in (0570, 0580, 0590, 0670, 0680, 0690) then INHIS2010= 03 

/*Utilities Industries*/;

else if INDBOC2010 in (0770) then INHIS2010= 04 

/*Construction Industries*/;

else if INDBOC2010 in (1070, 1080, 1090, 1170, 1180, 1190, 1270, 1280, 1290, 1370, 1390, 1470, 

1480, 1490, 1570, 1590, 1670, 1680, 1690, 1770, 1790, 1870, 1880, 1890, 1990, 2070, 2090, 2170, 

2180, 2190, 2270, 2280, 2290, 2370, 2380, 2390, 2470, 2480, 2490, 2570, 2590, 2670, 2680, 2690, 

2770, 2780, 2790, 2870, 2880, 2890, 2970, 2980, 2990, 3070, 3080, 3090, 3170, 3180, 3190, 3290, 

3360, 3370, 3380, 3390, 3470, 3490, 3570, 3580, 3590, 3670, 3680, 3690, 3770, 3780, 3790, 3870, 

3890, 3960, 3970, 3980, 3990) then INHIS2010= 05 

/*Manufacturing Industries*/;

else if INDBOC2010 in (4070, 4080, 4090, 4170, 4180, 4190, 4260, 4270, 4280, 4290, 4370, 4380, 

4390, 4470, 4480, 4490, 4560, 4570, 4580, 4585, 4590) then INHIS2010= 06 

/*Wholesale Trade Industries*/;

else if INDBOC2010 in (4670, 4680, 4690, 4770, 4780, 4790, 4870, 4880, 4890, 4970, 4980, 4990, 

5070, 5080, 5090, 5170, 5180, 5190, 5270, 5280, 5290, 5370, 5380, 5390, 5470, 5480, 5490, 5570, 

5580, 5590, 5591, 5592, 5670, 5680, 5690, 5790) then INHIS2010= 07 

/*Retail Trade Industries*/;
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else if INDBOC2010 in (6070, 6080, 6090, 6170, 6180, 6190, 6270, 6280, 6290, 6370, 6380, 6390) 

then INHIS2010= 08 

/*Transportation and Warehousing Industries*/;

else if INDBOC2010 in (6470, 6480, 6490, 6570, 6590, 6670, 6672 , 6680, 6690, 6695, 6770, 6780) then 

INHIS2010= 09 

/*Information Industries*/;

else if INDBOC2010 in (6870, 6880, 6890, 6970, 6990) then INHIS2010= 10 

/*Finance and Insurance Industries*/;

else if INDBOC2010 in (7070, 7080, 7170, 7180, 7190) then INHIS2010= 11 

/*Real Estate and Rental and Leasing Industries*/;

else if INDBOC2010 in (7270, 7280, 7290, 7370, 7380, 7390, 7460, 7470, 7480, 7490) then INHIS2010= 12 

/*Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Industries*/;

else if INDBOC2010 in (7570) then INHIS2010= 13 

/*Management of Companies and Enterprises Industries*/;

else if INDBOC2010 in (7580, 7590, 7670, 7680, 7690, 7770, 7780, 7790) then INHIS2010= 14 

/*Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services Industries*/;

else if INDBOC2010 in (7860, 7870, 7880, 7890) then INHIS2010= 15 

/*Education Services Industries*/;

else if INDBOC2010 in (7970, 7980, 7990, 8070, 8080, 8090, 8170, 8180, 8190, 8270, 8290, 8370, 

8380, 8390, 8470) then INHIS2010= 16 

/*Health Care and Social Assistance Industries*/;

else if INDBOC2010 in (8560, 8570, 8580, 8590) then INHIS2010= 17 

/*Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industries*/;

else if INDBOC2010 in (8660, 8670, 8680, 8690) then INHIS2010= 18 

/*Accommodation and Food Services Industries*/;

else if INDBOC2010 in (8770, 8780, 8790, 8870, 8880, 8890, 8970, 8980, 8990, 9070, 9080, 9090, 

9160, 9170, 9180, 9190, 9290) then INHIS2010= 19 

/*Other Services (except Public Administration) Industries*/

else if INDBOC2010 in (9370, 9380, 9390, 9470, 9480, 9490, 9570, 9590) then INHIS2010= 20 

/*Public Administration Industries*/;

else if INDBOC2010 in (9670, 9680, 9690, 9770, 9780, 9790, 9870) then INHIS2010= 21 

/*Armed Forces*/;

*****NEW CATEGORY 98 ADDED BY NIOSH FOR NON-CENSUS CODES********************;

ELSE IF INDBOC2010 IN (9890,9880) THEN INHIS2010= 98 

/*Unpaid Worker or Retired*/;*Non-census codes for 9890=homemaker, volunteer, student, OR unable 

to work and 9880=retired;

*****CATEGORY 99 ALTERED BY NIOSH TO INCLUDE NHIS RECODES 97-99 “REFUSED, NOT 

ASCERTAINED, AND DON’T KNOW”****;

else if INDBOC2010 in (9990) then INHIS2010= 99 

/*Don’t Know, Unknown, or Insufficient Information*/;

else if INDBOC2010 ne “ “ then INHIS2010=333;

label INHIS2010 = “Industry NHIS simple 2-digit recode of 2010 Census codes”; 

format INHIS2010 INHIS2010.;
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APPENDIX C 

Industry Recode from the 2012 NAICS-Based Codes Obtained 

from Census

Numeric listing of Response Values and Labels for INDSTRN1 (detailed industry recode)

Column 1

Input

Response

Values

Column 2

Output

Response

Values

Column 3

Output

Response

Labels

Agriculture Industries

0170 01 Crop production

0180 02 Animal production

0190, 0270 03 Forestry and logging

0280 04 Fishing, hunting, and trapping

0290 05 Support activities for agriculture and 

forestry

Mining Industries

0370 06 Oil and gas extraction

0380, 0390, 0470, 0480 07 Mining (except oil and gas)

0490 08 Support activities for mining

0570, 0580, 0590, 0670, 0680, 0690 09 Utilities Industries

0770 10 Construction Industries

Manufacturing Industries

1070, 1080, 1090, 1170, 1180, 1190, 

1270, 1280, 1290

11 Food manufacturing

1370, 1390 12 Beverage and tobacco product 

manufacturing

1470, 1480, 1490 13 Textile mills

1570, 1590, 1670 14 Textile product mills

1680, 1690, 1770 15 Apparel manufacturing

1790 16 Leather and allied product manufacturing

3770, 3780, 3790, 3875 17 Wood product manufacturing

1870, 1880, 1890 18 Paper manufacturing

1990 19 Printing and related support activities

2070, 2090 20 Petroleum and coal products 

manufacturing

2170, 2180, 2190, 2270, 2280, 2290 21 Chemical manufacturing

2370, 2380, 2390 22 Plastics and rubber products 

manufacturing

2470, 2480, 2490, 2570, 2590 23 Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing

2670, 2680, 2690, 2770, 2780, 2990 24 Primary metal manufacturing

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Column 1

Input

Response

Values

Column 2

Output

Response

Values

Column 3

Output

Response

Labels

2790, 2870, 2880, 2890, 2970, 2980 25 Fabricated metal product manufacturing

3070, 3080, 3095, 3170, 3180, 3190, 

3290

26 Machinery manufacturing

3365, 3370, 3380, 3390 27 Computer and electronic product 

manufacturing

3470, 3490 28 Electrical equipment, appliance, and 

component manufacturing

3570, 3580, 3590, 3670, 3680, 3690 29 Transportation equipment manufacturing

3895 30 Furniture and related product 

manufacturing

3960, 3970, 3980, 3990 31 Miscellaneous manufacturing

Wholesale Trade Industries

4070, 4080, 4090, 4170, 4180, 4195, 

4265, 4270, 4280, 4290

32 Merchant wholesalers, durable goods

4370, 4380, 4390, 4470, 4480, 4490, 

4560, 4570, 4580, 4585

33 Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods

4590 34 Non-specified wholesale trade

Retail Trade Industries

4670, 4680, 4690 35 Motor vehicle and parts dealers

4770 36 Furniture and home furnishings stores

4780, 4795 37 Electronics and appliance stores

4870, 4880, 4890 38 Building material and garden equipment 

and supplies dealers

4970, 4980, 4990 39 Food and beverage stores

5070, 5080 40 Health and personal care stores

5090 41 Gasoline stations

5170, 5180, 5190 42 Clothing and clothing accessories stores

5275, 5280, 5295, 5370 43 Sporting goods, camera, hobby, book and 

music stores

5380, 5390 44 General merchandise stores

5470, 5480, 5490, 5570, 5580 45 Miscellaneous store retailers

5590, 5591, 5592, 5670, 5680, 5690, 

5790

46 Nonstore retailers and non-specified retail 

trade

Transportation and Warehousing 

Industries

6070, 6080, 6090, 6170, 6180, 6190, 

6270, 6280, 6290

47 Transportation (including support activities 

for transportation)

6370, 6380 48 Postal service, couriers, and messengers

6390 49 Warehousing and storage

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Column 1

Input

Response

Values

Column 2

Output

Response

Values

Column 3

Output

Response

Labels

Information Industries

6470, 6480, 6490 50 Publishing industries (except internet)

6570, 6590 51 Motion picture and sound recording 

industries

6670, 6680, 6690 52 Broadcasting and telecommunications

6770, 6672, 6695, 6780 53 Information services and data processing

Finance and Insurance Industries

6870 54 Monetary authorities -- central bank

6880, 6890 55 Credit intermediation and related activities

6970 56 Securities, commodity contracts, other 

financial investments & related activities

6990 57 Insurance carriers and related activities

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 

Industries

7070 58 Real estate

7080, 7170, 7180 59 Rental and leasing services

7190 60 Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets 

(except copyrighted works)

7270, 7280, 7290, 7370, 7380, 7390, 

7460, 7470, 7480, 7490

61 Professional, Scientific, and Technical 

Services Industries

7570 62 Management of Companies and 

Enterprises Industries

7580, 7590, 7670, 7680, 7690, 7770, 

7780, 7790

63 Administrative and Support and Waste 

Management and Remediation Services 

Industries

7860, 7870, 7880 7890 64 Education Services Industries

Health Care and Social Assistance 

Industries

7970, 7980, 7990, 8070, 8080, 8090, 

8170, 8180

65 Ambulatory health care services

8190 66 Hospitals

8270, 8290 67 Nursing and residential care facilities

8370, 8380, 8390, 8470 68 Social assistance

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 

Industries

8560 69 Performing arts, spectator sports, and 

related industries

8570 70 Museums, historical sites, and similar 

institutions

8580, 8590 71 Amusement, gambling, and recreation 

industries

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Column 1

Input

Response

Values

Column 2

Output

Response

Values

Column 3

Output

Response

Labels

Accommodation and Food Services 

Industries

8660, 8670 72 Accommodation

8680, 8690 73 Food services and drinking places

Other Services (except Public 

Administration) Industries

8770, 8780, 8790, 8870, 8880, 8890 74 Repair and maintenance

8970, 8980, 8990, 9070, 9080, 9090 75 Personal services (barber shops, beauty 

salons, nail salons, laundry, funeral homes 

and cemetaries)

9160, 9170, 9180, 9190 76 Religious, grantmaking, civic, labor, 

professional, and similar organizations

9290 77 Private households

9370, 9380, 9390, 9470, 9480, 9490, 

9570, 9590

78 Public Administration Industries

9670, 9680, 9690, 9770, 9780, 9790, 

9870, 9890

79 Armed Forces

9997 97 Refused, classified

9998 and all other codes not listed 98 Not ascertained

9999 99 Don’t know

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Numeric listing of Response Values and Labels for INDSTRN2 (simple industry recode)

Column 1

Input

Response

Values

Column 2

Output

Response

Values

Column 3

Output

Response

Labels

0170, 0180, 0190, 0270, 0280, 0290 01 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and 

Hunting Industries

0370, 0380, 0390, 0470, 0480, 0490 02 Mining Industries

0570, 0580, 0590, 0670, 0680, 0690 03 Utilities Industries

0770 04 Construction Industries

1070, 1080, 1090, 1170, 1180, 1190, 

1270, 1280, 1290, 1370, 1390, 1470, 

1480, 1490, 1670, 1570, 1590, 1680, 

1690, 1770, 1790, 3770, 3780, 3790, 

3875, 1870, 1880, 1890, 1990, 2070, 

2090, 2170, 2180, 2190, 2270, 2280, 

2290, 2370, 2380, 2390, 2470, 2480, 

2490, 2570, 2590, 2670, 2680, 2690, 

2770, 2990, 2790, 2870, 2880, 2890, 

2970, 2980, 3070, 3080, 3095, 3170, 

3180, 3190, 3290, 3365, 3370, 3380, 

3390, 3470, 3490, 3570, 3580, 3590, 

3670, 3680, 3690, 3895, 3960, 3970, 

3980, 3990

05 Manufacturing Industries

4070, 4080, 4090, 4170, 4180, 4195, 

4265, 4270, 4280, 4290, 4370, 4380, 

4390, 4470, 4480, 4490, 4560, 4570, 

4580, 4585, 4590

06 Wholesale Trade Industries

4670, 4680, 4690, 4770, 4780, 4795, 

4870, 4880, 4890, 4970, 4980, 4990, 

5070, 5080, 5090, 5170, 5180, 5190, 

5275, 5280, 5295, 5370, 5380, 5390, 

5470, 5480, 5490, 5570, 5580, 5590, 

5591, 5592, 5670, 5680, 5690, 5790

07 Retail Trade Industries

6070, 6080, 6090, 6170, 6180, 6190, 

6270, 6280, 6290, 6370, 6380, 6390

08 Transportation and Warehousing 

Industries

6470, 6480, 6490, 6570, 6590, 6670, 

6672, 6680, 6690, 6695, 6770, 6780

09 Information Industries

6870, 6880, 6890, 6970, 6990 10 Finance and Insurance Industries

7070, 7080, 7170, 7180, 7190 11 Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 

Industries

7270, 7280, 7290, 7370, 7380, 7390, 

7460, 7470, 7480, 7490

12 Professional, Scientific, and Technical 

Services Industries

7570 13 Management of Companies and 

Enterprises Industries

7580, 7590, 7670, 7680, 7690, 7770, 

7780, 7790

14 Administrative and Support and Waste 

Management and Remediation Services

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Input

Response

Values

Column 2

Output

Response

Values

Column 3

Output

Response

Labels

7860, 7870, 7880, 7890 15 Education Services Industries

7970, 7980, 7990, 8070, 8080, 8090, 

8170, 8180, 8190, 8270, 8290, 8370, 

8380, 8390, 8470

16 Health Care and Social Assistance 

Industries

8560, 8570, 8580, 8590 17 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 

Industries

8660, 8670, 8680, 8690 18 Accommodation and Food Services 

Industries

8770, 8780, 8790, 8870, 8880, 8890, 

8970, 8980, 8990, 9070, 9080, 9090, 

9160, 9170, 9180, 9190, 9290

19 Other Services (except Public 

Administration) Industries

9370, 9380, 9390, 9470, 9480, 9490, 

9570, 9590

20 Public Administration Industries

9670, 9680, 9690, 9770, 9780, 9790, 

9870, 9890

21 Armed Forces

9997 97 Refused, classified

9998 and all other codes not listed 98 Not ascertained

9999 99 Don’t know

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Note: Column 1 shows the 4-digit Census Industry codes; these are NOT available on NHIS public use files but are available 

through the NCHS Research Data Center. Column 2 shows the 2-digit recodes that are available on the NHIS public use files, and 

Column 3 shows the response labels for these recodes. INDSTRN1’s 79 distinct categories and INDSTRN2’s 21 categories are 

derived from the NAICS Industry Subsectors and Sectors, respectively, as identified by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of 

Labor Statistics. For additional supplemental information on these Industry Sectors and Subsectors, please copy and paste this 

link into your browser: https://www.bls.gov/cps/cenind2012.htm.
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Occupation Recode based on 4-digit Census codes (from the 2010 SOC)

Numeric listing of Response Values and Labels for OCCUPN1 (detailed occupation recode)

Column 1

Input

Response

Values

Column 2

Output

Response

Values

Column 3

Output

Response

Labels

Management Occupations

0010, 0020, 0030 01 Chief executives; general and operations 

managers; legislators

0040, 0050, 0060 02 Advertising, marketing, promotions, public 

relations, and sales managers

0100, 0110, 0120, 0135, 0136, 0137, 

0140, 0150, 0160

03 Operations specialties managers

0205, 0220, 0230, 0300, 0310, 0325, 

0330, 0340, 0350, 0360, 0400, 0410, 

0420, 0425, 0430

04 Other management occupations

Business and Financial Operations 

Occupations

0500, 0510, 0520, 0530, 0540, 0565, 

0600, 0630, 0640, 0650, 0700, 0710, 

0725, 0726, 0735, 0740

05 Business operations specialists

0800, 0810, 0820, 0830, 0840, 0850, 

0860, 0900, 0910, 0930, 0940, 0950

06 Financial specialists

Computer and Mathematical Occupations

1005, 1006, 1007, 1010, 1020, 1030, 

1050, 1060, 1105, 1106, 1107

07 Computer specialists

1200, 1210, 1220, 1230, 1240 08 Mathematical science occupations

Architecture and Engineering 

Occupations

1300, 1310 09 Architects, surveyors, and cartographers

1320, 1330, 1340, 1350, 1360, 1400, 

1410, 1420, 1430, 1440, 1450, 1460, 

1500, 1510, 1520, 1530

10 Engineers

1540, 1550, 1560 11 Drafters, engineering, and mapping 

technicians

Life, Physical, and Social Science 

Occupations

1600, 1610, 1640, 1650, 1660 12 Life scientists

1700, 1710, 1720, 1740, 1760 13 Physical scientists

1800, 1815, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1860 14 Social scientists and related workers

1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940, 1950, 

1965

15 Life, physical, and social science 

technicians

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Column 1

Input

Response

Values

Column 2

Output

Response

Values

Column 3

Output

Response

Labels

Community and Social Services 

Occupations

2000, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2025 16 Counselors, social workers, and other 

community and social service specialists

2040, 2050, 2060 17 Religious workers

Legal Occupations

2100, 2105, 2110 18 Lawyers, judges, and related workers

2145, 2160 19 Legal support workers

Education, Training, and Library 

Occupations

2200 20 Postsecondary teachers

2300, 2310, 2320, 2330 21 Primary, secondary, and special education 

school teachers

2340 22 Other teachers and instructors

2400, 2430, 2440 23 Librarians, curators, and archivists

2540, 2550 24 Other education, training, and library 

occupations

Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and 

Media Occupations

2600, 2630 25 Art and design workers

2700, 2710, 2720, 2740, 2750, 2760 26 Entertainers and performers, sports and 

related workers

2800, 2810, 2825, 2830, 2840, 2850, 

2860

27 Media and communication workers

2900, 2910, 2920, 2960 28 Media and communication equipment 

workers

Healthcare Practitioners and Technical 

Occupations

3000, 3010, 3030, 3040, 3050, 3060, 

3110, 3120, 3140, 3150, 3160, 3200, 

3210, 3220, 3230, 3235, 3245, 3250, 

3255, 3256, 3257, 3258, 3260

29 Health diagnosing and treating 

practitioners

3300, 3310, 3320, 3400, 3420, 3500, 

3510, 3520, 3535

30 Health technologists and technicians

3540 31 Other healthcare practitioners and 

technical occupations

Healthcare Support Occupations

3600 32 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides

3610, 3620 33 Occupational and physical therapist 

assistants and aides

3630, 3640, 3645, 3646, 3647, 3648, 

3649, 3655

34 Other healthcare support occupations

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Column 1

Input

Response

Values

Column 2

Output

Response

Values

Column 3

Output

Response

Labels

Protective Service Occupations

3700, 3710, 3720, 3730 35 First-line supervisors/managers, protective 

service workers

3740, 3750 36 Fire fighting and prevention workers

3800, 3820, 3830, 3840, 3850, 3860 37 Law enforcement workers

3900, 3910, 3930, 3940, 3945, 3955 38 Other protective service workers

Food Preparation and Serving Related 

Occupations

4000, 4010 39 Supervisors, food preparation, and serving 

workers

4020, 4030 40 Cooks and food preparation workers

4040, 4050, 4060, 4110, 4120 41 Food and beverage serving working

4130, 4140, 4150, 4160 42 Other food preparation and serving related 

workers

Building and Grounds Cleaning and 

Maintenance Occupations

4200, 4210 43 Supervisors, building and grounds cleaning 

and maintenance workers

4220, 4230, 4240 44 Building cleaning and pest control workers

4250 45 Grounds maintenance workers

Personal Care and Service Occupations

4300, 4320 46 Supervisors, personal care and service 

workers

4340, 4350 47 Animal care and service workers

4400, 4410, 4420, 4430 48 Entertainment attendants and related 

workers

4460, 4465 49 Funeral service workers

4500, 4510, 4520 50 Personal appearance workers

4530, 4540 51 Transportation, tourism, and lodging 

attendants

4600, 4610, 4620, 4640, 4650 52 Other personal care and service workers

Sales and Related Occupations

4700, 4710 53 Supervisors, sales workers

4720, 4740, 4750, 4760 54 Retail sales workers

4800, 4810, 4820, 4830, 4840 55 Sales representatives, services

4850 56 Sales representatives, wholesale and 

manufacturing

4900, 4920, 4930, 4940, 4950, 4965 57 Other sales and related workers

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Column 1

Input

Response

Values

Column 2

Output

Response

Values

Column 3

Output

Response

Labels

Office and Administrative Support 

Occupations

5000 58 Supervisors, office and administrative 

support workers

5010, 5020, 5030 59 Communications equipment operators

5100, 5110, 5120, 5130, 5140, 5150, 

5160, 5165

60 Financial clerks

5200, 5210, 5220, 5230, 5240, 5250, 

5260, 5300, 5310, 5320, 5330, 5340, 

5350, 5360, 5400, 5410, 5420

61 Information and record clerks

5500, 5510, 5520, 5530, 5540, 5550, 

5560, 5600, 5610, 5620, 5630

62 Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, 

and distributing workers

5700 63 Secretaries and administrative assistants

5800, 5810, 5820, 5830, 5840, 5850, 

5860, 5900, 5910, 5920, 5940

64 Other office and administrative support 

workers

Farming, Fishing, and Forestry 

Occupations

6005 65 Supervisors, farming, fishing, and forestry 

workers

6010, 6020, 6040, 6050 66 Agricultural workers

6100, 6110 67 Fishing and hunting workers

6120, 6130 68 Forest, conservation, and logging workers

Construction and Extraction Occupations

6200 69 Supervisors, construction and extraction 

workers

6210, 6220, 6230, 6240, 6250, 6260, 

6300, 6310, 6320, 6330, 6355, 6360, 

6400, 6420, 6430, 6440, 6460, 6500, 

6515, 6520, 6530, 6540

70 Construction trades workers

6600 71 Helpers, construction trades

6660, 6700, 6710, 6720, 6730, 6740, 

6750, 6765

72 Other construction and related workers

6800, 6820, 6830, 6840, 6910, 6920, 

6930, 6940

73 Extraction workers

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair 

Occupations

7000 74 Supervisors of installation, maintenance, 

and repair workers

7010, 7020, 7030, 7040, 7050, 7100, 

7110, 7120, 7130

75 Electrical and electronic equipment 

mechanics, installers, and repairers

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Column 1

Input

Response

Values

Column 2

Output

Response

Values

Column 3

Output

Response

Labels

7140, 7150, 7160, 7200, 7210, 7220, 

7240, 7260

76 Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, 

installers, and repairers

7300, 7315, 7320, 7330, 7340, 7350, 

7360, 7410, 7420, 7430, 7440, 7510, 

7520, 7540, 7550, 7560, 7600, 7610, 

7630

77 Other installation, maintenance, and repair 

occupations

Production Occupations

7700 78 Supervisors, production workers

7710, 7720, 7730, 7740, 7750 79 Assemblers and fabricators

7800, 7810, 7830, 7840, 7850, 7855 80 Food processing workers

7900, 7920, 7930, 7940, 7950, 7960, 

8000, 8010, 8020, 8030, 8040, 8060, 

8100, 8120, 8130, 8140, 8150, 8160, 

8200, 8210, 8220

81 Metal workers and plastic workers

8250, 8255, 8256 82 Printing workers

8300, 8310, 8320, 8330, 8340, 8350, 

8360, 8400, 8410, 8420, 8430, 8440, 

8450, 8460

83 Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers

8500, 8510, 8520, 8530, 8540, 8550 84 Woodworkers

8600, 8610, 8620, 8630 85 Plant and system operators

8640, 8650, 8710, 8720, 8730, 8740, 

8750, 8760, 8800, 8810, 8830, 8840, 

8850, 8860, 8900, 8910, 8920, 8930, 

8940, 8950, 8965

86 Other production occupations

Transportation and Material Moving 

Occupations

9000 87 Supervisors, transportation and material 

moving workers

9030, 9040, 9050 88 Air transportation workers

9110, 9120, 9130, 9140, 9150 89 Motor vehicle operators

9200, 9230, 9240, 9260 90 Rail transportation workers

9300, 9310, 9330 91 Water transportation workers

9340, 9350, 9360, 9410, 9415, 9420 92 Other transportation workers

9500, 9510, 9520, 9560, 9600, 9610, 

9620, 9630, 9640, 9650, 9720, 9730, 

9740, 9750

93 Material moving workers

9800, 9810, 9820, 9830, 9840 94 Military Specific Occupations

9997 97 Refused, classified

9998 and all other codes not listed 98 Not ascertained

9999 99 Don’t know

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Numeric listing of Response Values and Labels for OCCUPN2 (simple occupation recode)

Column 1

Input

Response

Values

Column 2

Output

Response

Values

Column 3

Output

Response

Labels

0010, 0020, 0030, 0040, 0050, 0060, 

0100, 0110, 0120, 0135, 0136, 0137, 

0140, 0150, 0160, 0205, 0220, 0230, 

0300, 0310, 0325, 0330, 0340, 0350, 

0360, 0400, 0410, 0420, 0425, 0430

01 Management Occupations

0500, 0510, 0520, 0530, 0540, 0565, 

0600, 0630, 0640, 0650, 0700, 0710, 

0725, 0726, 0735, 0740, 0800, 0810, 

0820, 0830, 0840, 0850, 0860, 0900, 

0910, 0930, 0940, 0950

02 Business and Financial Operations 

Occupations

1005, 1006, 1007, 1010, 1020, 1030, 

1050, 1060, 1105, 1106, 1107, 1200, 

1210, 1220, 1230, 1240

03 Computer and Mathematical Occupations

1300, 1310, 1320, 1330, 1340, 1350, 

1360, 1400, 1410, 1420, 1430, 1440, 

1450, 1460, 1500, 1510, 1520, 1530, 

1540, 1550, 1560

04 Architecture and Engineering 

Occupations

1600, 1610, 1640, 1650, 1660, 1700, 

1710, 1720, 1740, 1760, 1800, 1815, 

1820, 1830, 1840, 1860, 1900, 1910, 

1920, 1930, 1940, 1950, 1965

05 Life, Physical, and Social Science 

Occupations

2000, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2025, 2040, 

2050, 2060

06 Community and Social Services 

Occupations

2100, 2105, 2110, 2145, 2160 07 Legal Occupations

2200, 2300, 2310, 2320, 2330, 2340, 

2400, 2430, 2440, 2540, 2550

08 Education, Training, and Library 

Occupations

2600, 2630, 2700, 2710, 2720, 2740, 

2750, 2760, 2800, 2810, 2825, 2830, 

2840, 2850, 2860, 2900, 2910, 2920, 

2960

09 Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports and 

Media Occupations

3000, 3010, 3030, 3040, 3050, 3060, 

3110, 3120, 3140, 3150, 3160, 3200, 

3210, 3220, 3230, 3235, 3245, 3250, 

3255, 3256, 3257, 3258, 3260, 3300, 

3310, 3320, 3400, 3420, 3500, 3510, 

3520, 3535, 3540

10 Healthcare Practitioners and Technical 

Occupations

3600, 3610, 3620, 3630, 3640, 3645, 

3646, 3647, 3648, 3649, 3655

11 Healthcare Support Occupations

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Column 1

Input

Response

Values

Column 2

Output

Response

Values

Column 3

Output

Response

Labels

3700, 3710, 3720, 3730, 3740, 3750, 

3800, 3820, 3830, 3840, 3850, 3860, 

3900, 3910, 3930, 3940, 3945, 3955

12 Protective Service Occupations

4000, 4010, 4020, 4030, 4040, 4050, 

4060, 4110, 4120, 4130, 4140, 4150, 

4160

13 Food Preparation and Serving Related 

Occupations

4200, 4210, 4220, 4230, 4240, 4250 14 Building and Grounds Cleaning and 

Maintenance Occupations

4300, 4320, 4340, 4350, 4400, 4410, 

4420, 4430, 4460, 4465, 4500, 4510, 

4520, 4530, 4540, 4600, 4610, 4620, 

4640, 4650

15 Personal Care and Service Occupations

4700, 4710, 4720, 4740, 4750, 4760, 

4800, 4810, 4820, 4830, 4840, 4850, 

4900, 4920, 4930, 4940, 4950, 4965

16 Sales and Related Occupations

5000, 5010, 5020, 5030, 5100, 5110, 

5120, 5130, 5140, 5150, 5160, 5165, 

5200, 5210, 5220, 5230, 5240, 5250, 

5260, 5300, 5310, 5320, 5330, 5340, 

5350, 5360, 5400, 5410, 5420, 5500, 

5510, 5520, 5530, 5540, 5550, 5560, 

5600, 5610, 5620, 5630, 5700, 5800, 

5810, 5820, 5830, 5840, 5850, 5860, 

5900, 5910, 5920, 5940

17 Office and Administrative Support 

Occupations

6005, 6010, 6020, 6040, 6050, 6100, 

6110, 6120, 6130

18 Farming, Fishing, and Forestry 

Occupations

6200, 6210, 6220, 6230, 6240, 6250, 

6260, 6300, 6310, 6320, 6330, 6355, 

6360, 6400, 6420, 6430, 6440, 6460, 

6500, 6515, 6520, 6530, 6540, 6600, 

6660, 6700, 6710, 6720, 6730, 6740, 

6750, 6765, 6800, 6820, 6830, 6840, 

6910, 6920, 6930, 6940

19 Construction and Extraction Occupations

7000, 7010, 7020, 7030, 7040, 7050, 

7100, 7110, 7120, 7130, 7140, 7150, 

7160, 7200, 7210, 7220, 7240, 7260, 

7300, 7315, 7320, 7330, 7340, 7350, 

7360, 7410, 7420, 7430, 7440, 7510, 

7520, 7540, 7550, 7560, 7600, 7610, 

7630

20 Installation, Maintenance, and Repair 

Occupations

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Column 1

Input

Response

Values

Column 2

Output

Response

Values

Column 3

Output

Response

Labels

7700, 7710, 7720, 7730, 7740, 7750, 

7800, 7810, 7830, 7840, 7850, 7855, 

7900, 7920, 7930, 7940, 7950, 7960, 

8000, 8010, 8020, 8030, 8040, 8060, 

8100, 8120, 8130, 8140, 8150, 8160, 

8200, 8210, 8220, 8250, 8255, 8256, 

8300, 8310, 8320, 8330, 8340, 8350, 

8360, 8400, 8410, 8420, 8430, 8440, 

8450, 8460, 8500, 8510, 8520, 8530, 

8540, 8550, 8600, 8610, 8620, 8630, 

8640, 8650, 8710, 8720, 8730, 8740, 

8750, 8760, 8800, 8810, 8830, 8840, 

8850, 8860, 8900, 8910, 8920, 8930, 

8940, 8950, 8965

21 Production Occupations

9000, 9030, 9040, 9050, 9110, 9120, 

9130, 9140, 9150, 9200, 9230, 9240, 

9260, 9300, 9310, 9330, 9340, 9350, 

9360, 9410, 9415, 9420, 9500, 9510, 

9520, 9560, 9600, 9610, 9620, 9630, 

9640, 9650, 9720, 9730, 9740, 9750

22 Transportation and Material Moving 

Occupations

9800, 9810, 9820, 9830, 9840 23 Military Specific Occupations

9997 97 Refused, classified

9998 and all other codes not listed 98 Not ascertained

9999 99 Don’t know

<Blank: Not in Universe>

Note: Column 1 shows the 4-digit Census Occupation codes; these are NOT available on NHIS public use files but are available 

through the NCHS Research Data Center. Column 2 shows the 2-digit recodes that are available on the NHIS public use files, and 

Column 3 shows the response labels for these recodes. OCCUPN1’s 94 distinct categories and OCCUPN2’s 23 categories are 

derived from the 2000 New SOC Occupation Subgroups and Major Occupation Groups, respectively, as determined by the U.S. 

Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. For additional supplemental information on these Occupation Groups and 

Subgroups, please copy and paste this link into your browser: https://www.bls.gov/cps/cenocc2010.htm.

Source: 2017 National Health Interview Survey. 2017 Data Release. “Sample Adult file – Variable layout”. Retrieved from: https://

ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Dataset_Documentation/NHIS/2017/samadult_layout.pdf
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Census Occupation Code Crosswalk from 2002 to 2010

Census Occupation Code Crosswalk from 2002 to 2010 updated September 16, 2011 

2002

SOC

code

2002 

Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

11-1011 0010 Chief Executives 11-1011 0010 Chief Executives

11-1021 0020 General and 

Operations 

Managers

11-1021 0020 General and 

Operations 

Managers

11-1031 0030 Legislators 11-1031 0030 Legislators

11-2011 0040 Advertising and 

Promotions 

Managers

11-2011 0040 Advertising and 

Promotions 

Managers

11-2020 0050 Marketing and Sales 

Managers

11-2020 0050 Marketing and Sales 

Managers

11-2031 0060 Public Relations 

Managers

11-2031 0060 Public Relations 

and Fundraising 

Managers

11-3011 0100 Administrative 

Services Managers

11-3011 0100 Administrative 

Services Managers

11-3021 0110 Computer and 

Information Systems 

Managers

11-3021 0110 Computer and 

Information Systems 

Managers

11-3031 0120 Financial Managers 11-3031 0120 Financial Managers

11-3040 0130 Human Resources 

Managers

11-3111 0135 Compensation and 

Benefits Managers

11-3121 0136 Human Resources 

Managers

11-3131 0137 Training and 

Development 

Managers

11-3051 0140 Industrial Production 

Managers

11-3051 0140 Industrial Production 

Managers

11-3061 0150 Purchasing 

Managers

11-3061 0150 Purchasing 

Managers

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code

2002 

Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

11-3071 0160 Transportation, 

Storage, and 

Distribution 

Managers

11-3071 0160 Transportation, 

Storage, and 

Distribution 

Managers

11-9011 0200 Farm, Ranch, and 

Other Agricultural 

Managers

11-9013 0205 Farmers, 

Ranchers, and 

Other Agricultural 

Managers

11-9012 0210 Farmers and 

Ranchers

11-9021 0220 Construction 

Managers

11-9021 0220 Construction 

Managers

11-9030 0230 Education 

Administrators

11-9030 0230 Education 

Administrators

11-9041 0300 Engineering 

Managers

11-9041 0300 Architectural 

and Engineering 

Managers

11-9051 0310 Food Service 

Managers

11-9051 0310 Food Service 

Managers

11-9061 0320 Funeral Directors 11-9061 0325 Funeral Service 

Managers

11-9071 0330 Gaming Managers 11-9071 0330 Gaming Managers

11-9081 0340 Lodging Managers 11-9081 0340 Lodging Managers

11-9111 0350 Medical and Health 

Services Managers

11-9111 0350 Medical and Health 

Services Managers

11-9121 0360 Natural Sciences 

Managers

11-9121 0360 Natural Sciences 

Managers

11-9131 0400 Postmasters 

and Mail 

Superintendents

11-9131 0400 Postmasters 

and Mail 

Superintendents

11-9141 0410 Property, Real 

Estate, and 

Community 

Association 

Managers

11-9141 0410 Property, Real 

Estate, and 

Community 

Association 

Managers

11-9151 0420 Social and 

Community Service 

Managers

11-9151 0420 Social and 

Community Service 

Managers

11-9161 0425 Emergency 

Management 

Directors

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2002

SOC

code

2002 

Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

11-9199 0430 Managers, All Other 11-9199 0430 Managers, All Other

13-1011 0500 Agents and 

Business Managers 

of Artists, 

Performers, and 

Athletes

13-1011 0500 Agents and 

Business Managers 

of Artists, 

Performers, and 

Athletes

13-1021 0510 Purchasing Agents 

and Buyers, Farm 

Products

13-1021 0510 Buyers and 

Purchasing Agents, 

Farm Products

13-1022 0520 Wholesale and Retail 

Buyers, Except Farm 

Products

13-1022 0520 Wholesale and Retail 

Buyers, Except Farm 

Products

13-1023 0530 Purchasing Agents, 

Except Wholesale, 

Retail, and Farm 

Products

13-1023 0530 Purchasing Agents, 

Except Wholesale, 

Retail, and Farm 

Products

13-1030 0540 Claims Adjusters, 

Appraisers, 

Examiners, and 

Investigators

13-1030 0540 Claims Adjusters, 

Appraisers, 

Examiners, and 

Investigators

13-1041 0560 Compliance 

Officers, Except 

Agriculture, 

Construction, Health 

and Safety, and 

Transportation

13-1041 0565 Compliance Officers

13-1051 0600 Cost Estimators 13-1051 0600 Cost Estimators

13-1070 0620 Human Resources, 

Training, and Labor 

Relations Specialists

13-1070 0630 Human Resources 

Workers

13-1141 0640 Compensation, 

Benefits, and Job 

Analysis Specialists

13-1151 0650 Training and 

Development 

Specialists

13-1081 0700 Logisticians 13-1081 0700 Logisticians

13-1111 0710 Management 

Analysts

13-1111 0710 Management 

Analysts

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SOC

code

2002 

Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

13-1121 0720 Meeting and 

Convention Planners

13-1121 0725 Meeting, 

Convention, and 

Event Planners

13-1131 0726 Fundraisers

13-11XX 0730 Other Business 

Operations 

Specialists

13-1161 0735 Market Research 

Analysts and 

Marketing 

Specialists

13-1199 0740 Business Operations 

Specialists, All Other

13-2011 0800 Accountants and 

Auditors

13-2011 0800 Accountants and 

Auditors

13-2021 0810 Appraisers and 

Assessors of Real 

Estate

13-2021 0810 Appraisers and 

Assessors of Real 

Estate

13-2031 0820 Budget Analysts 13-2031 0820 Budget Analysts

13-2041 0830 Credit Analysts 13-2041 0830 Credit Analysts

13-2051 0840 Financial Analysts 13-2051 0840 Financial Analysts

13-2052 0850 Personal Financial 

Advisors

13-2052 0850 Personal Financial 

Advisors

13-2053 0860 Insurance 

Underwriters

13-2053 0860 Insurance 

Underwriters

13-2061 0900 Financial Examiners 13-2061 0900 Financial Examiners

13-2070 0910 Loan Counselors 

and Officers

13-2070 0910 Credit Counselors 

and Loan Officers

13-2081 0930 Tax Examiners, 

Collectors, and 

Revenue Agents

13-2081 0930 Tax Examiners and 

Collectors, and 

Revenue Agents

13-2082 0940 Tax Preparers 13-2082 0940 Tax Preparers

13-2099 0950 Financial Specialists, 

All Other

13-2099 0950 Financial Specialists, 

All Other

15-10XX 1000 Computer Scientists 

and Systems 

Analysts

15-1111 1005 Computer and 

Information 

Research Scientists

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2002

SOC

code

2002 

Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

15-1121 1006 Computer Systems 

Analysts

15-1199 1107 Computer 

Occupations, All 

Other

15-1021 1010 Computer 

Programmers

15-1131 1010 Computer 

Programmers

15-1030 1020 Computer Software 

Engineers

15-113X 1020 Software 

Developers, 

Applications and 

Systems Software

Software 

Developers, 

Applications

15-1132

Software 

Developers, 

Systems Software

15-1133

15-1041 1040 Computer Support 

Specialists

15-1150 1050 Computer Support 

Specialists

15-1061 1060 Database 

Administrators

15-1141 1060 Database 

Administrators

15-1071 1100 Network and 

Computer Systems 

Administrators

15-1142 1105 Network and 

Computer Systems 

Administrators

15-1081 1110 Network Systems 

and Data 

Communications 

Analysts

15-1122 1007 Information Security 

Analysts

15-1134 1030 Web Developers

15-1143 1106 Computer Network 

Architects

15-2011 1200 Actuaries 15-2011 1200 Actuaries

15-2021 1210 Mathematicians 15-2021 1210 Mathematicians

15-2031 1220 Operations 

Research Analysts

15-2031 1220 Operations 

Research Analysts

15-2041 1230 Statisticians 15-2041 1230 Statisticians

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SOC

code

2002 

Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

15-2090 1240 Miscellaneous 

Mathematical 

Science 

Occupations

15-2090 1240 Miscellaneous 

Mathematical 

Science 

Occupations

17-1010 1300 Architects, Except 

Naval

17-1010 1300 Architects, Except 

Naval

17-1020 1310 Surveyors, 

Cartographers, and 

Photogrammetrists

17-1020 1310 Surveyors, 

Cartographers, and 

Photogrammetrists

17-2011 1320 Aerospace 

Engineers

17-2011 1320 Aerospace 

Engineers

17-2021 1330 Agricultural 

Engineers

17-2021 1330 Agricultural 

Engineers

17-2031 1340 Biomedical 

Engineers

17-2031 1340 Biomedical 

Engineers

17-2041 1350 Chemical Engineers 17-2041 1350 Chemical Engineers

17-2051 1360 Civil Engineers 17-2051 1360 Civil Engineers

17-2061 1400 Computer Hardware 

Engineers

17-2061 1400 Computer Hardware 

Engineers

17-2070 1410 Electrical and 

Electronics 

Engineers

17-2070 1410 Electrical and 

Electronics 

Engineers

17-2081 1420 Environmental 

Engineers

17-2081 1420 Environmental 

Engineers

17-2110 1430 Industrial Engineers, 

including Health and 

Safety 

17-2110 1430 Industrial Engineers, 

including Health and 

Safety 

17-2121 1440 Marine Engineers 

and Naval Architects

17-2121 1440 Marine Engineers 

and Naval Architects

17-2131 1450 Materials Engineers 17-2131 1450 Materials Engineers

17-2141 1460 Mechanical 

Engineers

17-2141 1460 Mechanical 

Engineers

17-2151 1500 Mining and 

Geological 

Engineers, Including 

Mining Safety 

Engineers

17-2151 1500 Mining and 

Geological 

Engineers, Including 

Mining Safety 

Engineers

17-2161 1510 Nuclear Engineers 17-2161 1510 Nuclear Engineers

17-2171 1520 Petroleum Engineers 17-2171 1520 Petroleum Engineers

17-2199 1530 Engineers, All Other 17-2199 1530 Engineers, All Other

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2002

SOC

code

2002 

Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

17-3010 1540 Drafters 17-3010 1540 Drafters

17-3020 1550 Engineering 

Technicians, Except 

Drafters

17-3020 1550 Engineering 

Technicians, Except 

Drafters

17-3031 1560 Surveying 

and Mapping 

Technicians

17-3031 1560 Surveying 

and Mapping 

Technicians

19-1010 1600 Agricultural and 

Food Scientists

19-1010 1600 Agricultural and 

Food Scientists

19-1020 1610 Biological Scientists 19-1020 1610 Biological Scientists

19-1030 1640 Conservation 

Scientists and 

Foresters

19-1030 1640 Conservation 

Scientists and 

Foresters

19-1040 1650 Medical Scientists 19-1040 1650 Medical Scientists

19-1099 1660 Life scientists, all 

other

19-2010 1700 Astronomers and 

Physicists

19-2010 1700 Astronomers and 

Physicists

19-2021 1710 Atmospheric and 

Space Scientists

19-2021 1710 Atmospheric and 

Space Scientists

19-2030 1720 Chemists and 

Materials Scientists

19-2030 1720 Chemists and 

Materials Scientists

19-2040 1740 Environmental 

Scientists and 

Geoscientists

19-2040 1740 Environmental 

Scientists and 

Geoscientists

19-2099 1760 Physical Scientists, 

All Other

19-2099 1760 Physical Scientists, 

All Other

19-3011 1800 Economists 19-3011 1800 Economists

19-3020 1810 Market and Survey 

Researchers

19-3022 1815 Survey Researchers

19-3030 1820 Psychologists 19-3030 1820 Psychologists

19-3041 1830 Sociologists 19-3041 1830 Sociologists

19-3051 1840 Urban and Regional 

Planners

19-3051 1840 Urban and Regional 

Planners

19-3090 1860 Miscellaneous 

Social Scientists and 

Related Workers

19-3090 1860 Miscellaneous 

Social Scientists 

and Related Workers

19-4011 1900 Agricultural and 

Food Science 

Technicians

19-4011 1900 Agricultural and 

Food Science 

Technicians

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SOC

code

2002 

Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

19-4021 1910 Biological 

Technicians

19-4021 1910 Biological 

Technicians

19-4031 1920 Chemical 

Technicians

19-4031 1920 Chemical 

Technicians

19-4041 1930 Geological 

and Petroleum 

Technicians

19-4041 1930 Geological 

and Petroleum 

Technicians

19-4051 1940 Nuclear Technicians 19-4051 1940 Nuclear Technicians

19-40XX 1960 Other Life, Physical, 

and Social Science 

Technicians

19-4061 1950 Social Science 

Research Assistants

19-4090 1965 Miscellaneous Life, 

Physical, and Social 

Science Technicians

21-1010 2000 Counselors 21-1010 2000 Counselors

21-1020 2010 Social Workers 21-1020 2010 Social Workers

21-1092 2015 Probation officers 

and correctional 

treatment 

specialists

21-1093 2016 Social and human 

service assistants

21-1090 2020 Miscellaneous 

Community and 

Social Service 

Specialists

21-109X 2025 Miscellaneous 

Community and 

Social Service 

Specialists, 

including health 

educators and 

community health 

workers

Health Educators 21-1091

Community Health 

Workers

21-1094

Community and 

Social Service 

Specialists, all other

21-1099

21-2011 2040 Clergy 21-2011 2040 Clergy

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2002

SOC

code

2002 

Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

21-2021 2050 Directors, Religious 

Activities and 

Education

21-2021 2050 Directors, Religious 

Activities and 

Education

21-2099 2060 Religious Workers, 

All Other

21-2099 2060 Religious Workers, 

All Other

23-1011 2100 Lawyers 23-1011 2100 Lawyers

23-1012 2105 Judicial Law Clerks

23-1020 2110 Judges, Magistrates, 

and Other Judicial 

Workers

23-1020 2110 Judges, 

Magistrates, and 

Other Judicial 

Workers

23-2011 2140 Paralegals and Legal 

Assistants

23-2011 2145 Paralegals and Legal 

Assistants

23-2090 2150 Miscellaneous Legal 

Support Workers

23-2090 2160 Miscellaneous Legal 

Support Workers

25-1000 2200 Postsecondary 

Teachers

25-1000 2200 Postsecondary 

Teachers

25-2010 2300 Preschool and 

Kindergarten 

Teachers

25-2010 2300 Preschool and 

Kindergarten 

Teachers

25-2020 2310 Elementary and 

Middle School 

Teachers

25-2020 2310 Elementary and 

Middle School 

Teachers

25-2030 2320 Secondary School 

Teachers

25-2030 2320 Secondary School 

Teachers

25-2040 2330 Special Education 

Teachers

25-2050 2330 Special Education 

Teachers

25-3000 2340 Other Teachers and 

Instructors

25-3000 2340 Other Teachers and 

Instructors

25-4010 2400 Archivists, Curators, 

and Museum 

Technicians

25-4010 2400 Archivists, Curators, 

and Museum 

Technicians

25-4021 2430 Librarians 25-4021 2430 Librarians

25-4031 2440 Library Technicians 25-4031 2440 Library Technicians

25-9041 2540 Teacher Assistants 25-9041 2540 Teacher Assistants

25-90XX 2550 Other Education, 

Training, and Library 

Workers

25-90XX 2550 Other Education, 

Training, and Library 

Workers

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SOC

code

2002 

Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

Audio-Visual 

and Multimedia 

Collections 

Specialists

25-9010

Farm and Home 

Management 

Advisors

25-9020

Instructional 

Coordinators

25-9030

Miscellaneous 

Education, Training, 

and Library Workers

25-9090

27-1010 2600 Artists and Related 

Workers

27-1010 2600 Artists and Related 

Workers

27-1020 2630 Designers 27-1020 2630 Designers

27-2011 2700 Actors 27-2011 2700 Actors

27-2012 2710 Producers and 

Directors

27-2012 2710 Producers and 

Directors

27-2020 2720 Athletes, Coaches, 

Umpires, and 

Related Workers

27-2020 2720 Athletes, Coaches, 

Umpires, and 

Related Workers

27-2030 2740 Dancers and 

Choreographers

27-2030 2740 Dancers and 

Choreographers

27-2040 2750 Musicians, Singers, 

and Related Workers

27-2040 2750 Musicians, Singers, 

and Related Workers

27-2099 2760 Entertainers 

and Performers, 

Sports and Related 

Workers, All Other

27-2099 2760 Entertainers 

and Performers, 

Sports and Related 

Workers, All Other

27-3010 2800 Announcers 27-3010 2800 Announcers

27-3020 2810 News Analysts, 

Reporters and 

Correspondents

27-3020 2810 News Analysts, 

Reporters and 

Correspondents

27-3031 2820 Public Relations 

Specialists

27-3031 2825 Public Relations 

Specialists

27-3041 2830 Editors 27-3041 2830 Editors

27-3042 2840 Technical Writers 27-3042 2840 Technical Writers

27-3043 2850 Writers and Authors 27-3043 2850 Writers and Authors

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2002

SOC

code

2002 

Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

27-3090 2860 Miscellaneous Media 

and Communication 

Workers

27-3090 2860 Miscellaneous 

Media and 

Communication 

Workers

27-4010 2900 Broadcast and 

Sound Engineering 

Technicians and 

Radio Operators

27-4010 2900 Broadcast and 

Sound Engineering 

Technicians and 

Radio Operators

27-4021 2910 Photographers 27-4021 2910 Photographers

27-4030 2920 Television, Video, 

and Motion Picture 

Camera Operators 

and Editors

27-4030 2920 Television, Video, 

and Motion Picture 

Camera Operators 

and Editors

27-4099 2960 Media and 

Communication 

Equipment Workers, 

All Other

27-4099 2960 Media and 

Communication 

Equipment Workers, 

All Other

29-1011 3000 Chiropractors 29-1011 3000 Chiropractors

29-1020 3010 Dentists 29-1020 3010 Dentists

29-1031 3030 Dietitians and 

Nutritionists

29-1031 3030 Dietitians and 

Nutritionists

29-1041 3040 Optometrists 29-1041 3040 Optometrists

29-1051 3050 Pharmacists 29-1051 3050 Pharmacists

29-1060 3060 Physicians and 

Surgeons

29-1060 3060 Physicians and 

Surgeons

29-1071 3110 Physician Assistants 29-1071 3110 Physician Assistants

29-1081 3120 Podiatrists 29-1081 3120 Podiatrists

29-1111 3130 Registered Nurses

29-1121 3140 Audiologists 29-1181 3140 Audiologists

29-1122 3150 Occupational 

Therapists

29-1122 3150 Occupational 

Therapists

29-1123 3160 Physical Therapists 29-1123 3160 Physical Therapists

29-1124 3200 Radiation Therapists 29-1124 3200 Radiation Therapists

29-1125 3210 Recreational 

Therapists

29-1125 3210 Recreational 

Therapists

29-1126 3220 Respiratory 

Therapists

29-1126 3220 Respiratory 

Therapists

29-1127 3230 Speech-Language 

Pathologists

29-1127 3230 Speech-Language 

Pathologists

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code

2002 

Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

29-1128 3235 Exercise 

Physiologists

29-1129 3240 Therapists, All Other 29-1129 3245 Therapists, All Other

29-1131 3250 Veterinarians 29-1131 3250 Veterinarians

29-1141 3255 Registered Nurses

29-1151 3256 Nurse Anesthetists

29-1161 3257 Nurse Midwives

29-1171 3258 Nurse Practitioners

29-1199 3260 Health Diagnosing 

and Treating 

Practitioners, All 

Other

29-1199 3260 Health Diagnosing 

and Treating 

Practitioners, All 

Other

29-2010 3300 Clinical Laboratory 

Technologists and 

Technicians

29-2010 3300 Clinical Laboratory 

Technologists and 

Technicians

29-2021 3310 Dental Hygienists 29-2021 3310 Dental Hygienists

29-2030 3320 Diagnostic Related 

Technologists and 

Technicians

29-2030 3320 Diagnostic Related 

Technologists and 

Technicians

29-2041 3400 Emergency Medical 

Technicians and 

Paramedics

29-2041 3400 Emergency Medical 

Technicians and 

Paramedics

29-2050 3410 Health Diagnosing 

and Treating 

Practitioner Support 

Technicians

29-2050 3420 Health Practitioner 

Support 

Technologists and 

Technicians

29-2061 3500 Licensed Practical 

and Licensed 

Vocational Nurses

29-2061 3500 Licensed Practical 

and Licensed 

Vocational Nurses

29-2071 3510 Medical Records and 

Health Information 

Technicians

29-2071 3510 Medical Records and 

Health Information 

Technicians

29-2081 3520 Opticians, 

Dispensing

29-2081 3520 Opticians, 

Dispensing

29-2090 3530 Miscellaneous 

Health 

Technologists and 

Technicians

29-2090 3535 Miscellaneous 

Health 

Technologists and 

Technicians

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2002

SOC

code

2002 

Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

29-9000 3540 Other Healthcare 

Practitioners 

and Technical 

Occupations

29-9000 3540 Other Healthcare 

Practitioners 

and Technical 

Occupations

31-1010 3600 Nursing, Psychiatric, 

and Home Health 

Aides

31-1010 3600 Nursing, Psychiatric, 

and Home Health 

Aides

31-2010 3610 Occupational 

Therapist Assistants 

and Aides

31-2010 3610 Occupational 

Therapy Assistants 

and Aides

31-2020 3620 Physical Therapist 

Assistants and 

Aides

31-2020 3620 Physical Therapist 

Assistants and 

Aides

31-9011 3630 Massage Therapists 31-9011 3630 Massage Therapists

31-9091 3640 Dental Assistants 31-9091 3640 Dental Assistants

31-909X 3650 Medical Assistants 

and Other 

Healthcare Support 

Occupations

31-9092 3645 Medical Assistants 

31-9094 3646 Medical 

Transcriptionists

31-9095 3647 Pharmacy Aides

31-9096 3648 Veterinary 

Assistants and 

Laboratory Animal 

Caretakers

31-9097 3649 Phlebotomists

31-909X 3655 Healthcare 

support workers, 

all other, including 

medical equipment 

preparers

Medical equipment 

preparers

31-9093

Healthcare Support 

Workers, All Other

31-9099

33-1011 3700 First-Line 

Supervisors/

Managers of 

Correctional 

Officers

33-1011 3700 First-Line 

Supervisors of 

Correctional 

Officers

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code

2002 

Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

33-1012 3710 First-Line 

Supervisors/

Managers of Police 

and Detectives

33-1012 3710 First-Line 

Supervisors 

of Police and 

Detectives

33-1021 3720 First-Line 

Supervisors/

Managers of 

Fire Fighting and 

Prevention Workers

33-1021 3720 First-Line 

Supervisors of 

Fire Fighting and 

Prevention Workers

33-1099 3730 Supervisors, 

Protective Service 

Workers, All Other

33-1099 3730 First-Line 

Supervisors of 

Protective Service 

Workers, All Other

33-2011 3740 Fire Fighters 33-2011 3740 Firefighters

33-2020 3750 Fire Inspectors 33-2020 3750 Fire Inspectors 

33-3010 3800 Bailiffs, Correctional 

Officers, and Jailers

33-3010 3800 Bailiffs, Correctional 

Officers, and Jailers

33-3021 3820 Detectives 

and Criminal 

Investigators

33-3021 3820 Detectives 

and Criminal 

Investigators

33-3031 3830 Fish and Game 

Wardens

33-3031 3830 Fish and Game 

Wardens

33-3041 3840 Parking Enforcement 

Workers

33-3041 3840 Parking 

Enforcement 

Workers

33-3051 3850 Police and Sheriff’s 

Patrol Officers

33-3051 3850 Police and Sheriff’s 

Patrol Officers

33-3052 3860 Transit and Railroad 

Police

33-3052 3860 Transit and Railroad 

Police

33-9011 3900 Animal Control 

Workers

33-9011 3900 Animal Control 

Workers

33-9021 3910 Private Detectives 

and Investigators

33-9021 3910 Private Detectives 

and Investigators

33-9030 3920 Security Guards and 

Gaming Surveillance 

Officers 

33-9030 3930 Security Guards and 

Gaming Surveillance 

Officers

33-9091 3940 Crossing Guards 33-9091 3940 Crossing Guards

33-9093 3945 Transportation 

Security Screeners

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code

2002 

Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

33-909X 3950 Lifeguards and 

Other Protective 

Service Workers

33-909X 3955 Lifeguards and 

Other Recreational, 

and All Other 

Protective Service 

Workers

Lifeguards, Ski 

Patrol, and Other 

Recreational 

Protective Service 

Workers

33-9092

Protective Service 

Workers, All Other

33-9099

35-1011 4000 Chefs and Head 

Cooks

35-1011 4000 Chefs and Head 

Cooks

35-1012 4010 First-Line 

Supervisors/

Managers of Food 

Preparation and 

Serving Workers

35-1012 4010 First-Line 

Supervisors of Food 

Preparation and 

Serving Workers

35-2010 4020 Cooks 35-2010 4020 Cooks

35-2021 4030 Food Preparation 

Workers

35-2021 4030 Food Preparation 

Workers

35-3011 4040 Bartenders 35-3011 4040 Bartenders

35-3021 4050 Combined Food 

Preparation and 

Serving Workers, 

Including Fast Food

35-3021 4050 Combined Food 

Preparation and 

Serving Workers, 

Including Fast Food

35-3022 4060 Counter Attendants, 

Cafeteria, Food 

Concession, and 

Coffee Shop

35-3022 4060 Counter Attendants, 

Cafeteria, Food 

Concession, and 

Coffee Shop

35-3031 4110 Waiters and 

Waitresses

35-3031 4110 Waiters and 

Waitresses

35-3041 4120 Food Servers, 

Nonrestaurant

35-3041 4120 Food Servers, 

Nonrestaurant

35-9011 4130 Dining Room and 

Cafeteria Attendants 

and Bartender 

Helpers

35-9011 4130 Dining Room and 

Cafeteria Attendants 

and Bartender 

Helpers

35-9021 4140 Dishwashers 35-9021 4140 Dishwashers

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code

2002 

Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

35-9031 4150 Hosts and 

Hostesses, 

Restaurant, Lounge, 

and Coffee Shop

35-9031 4150 Hosts and 

Hostesses, 

Restaurant, Lounge, 

and Coffee Shop

35-9099 4160 Food Preparation 

and Serving Related 

Workers, All Other

35-9099 4160 Food Preparation 

and Serving Related 

Workers, All Other

37-1011 4200 First-Line 

Supervisors/

Managers of 

Housekeeping and 

Janitorial Workers

37-1011 4200 First-Line 

Supervisors of 

Housekeeping and 

Janitorial Workers

37-1012 4210 First-Line 

Supervisors/

Managers of 

Landscaping, 

Lawn Service, and 

Groundskeeping 

Workers

37-1012 4210 First-Line 

Supervisors of 

Landscaping, 

Lawn Service, and 

Groundskeeping 

Workers

37-201X 4220 Janitors and 

Building Cleaners

37-201X 4220 Janitors and 

Building Cleaners

Janitors and 

Cleaners, Except 

Maids and 

Housekeeping 

Cleaners

37-2011

Building Cleaning 

Workers, All Other

37-2019

37-2012 4230 Maids and 

Housekeeping 

Cleaners

37-2012 4230 Maids and 

housekeeping 

cleaners

37-2021 4240 Pest Control 

Workers

37-2021 4240 Pest Control 

Workers

37-3010 4250 Grounds 

Maintenance 

Workers

37-3010 4250 Grounds 

Maintenance 

Workers

39-1010 4300 First-line 

Supervisors/

Managers of Gaming 

Workers

39-1010 4300 First-Line 

Supervisors of 

Gaming Workers

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code

2002 

Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

39-1021 4320 First-Line 

Supervisors/

Managers of 

Personal Service 

Workers

39-1021 4320 First-Line 

Supervisors of 

Personal Service 

Workers

39-2011 4340 Animal Trainers 39-2011 4340 Animal Trainers

39-2021 4350 Nonfarm Animal 

Caretakers

39-2021 4350 Nonfarm Animal 

Caretakers

39-3010 4400 Gaming Services 

Workers

39-3010 4400 Gaming Services 

Workers

39-3021 4410 Motion Picture 

Projectionists

39-3021 4410 Motion Picture 

Projectionists

39-3031 4420 Ushers, Lobby 

Attendants, and 

Ticket Takers

39-3031 4420 Ushers, Lobby 

Attendants, and 

Ticket Takers

39-3090 4430 Miscellaneous 

Entertainment 

Attendants and 

Related Workers

39-3090 4430 Miscellaneous 

Entertainment 

Attendants and 

Related Workers

39-4000 4460 Funeral Service 

Workers

39-40XX 4460 Embalmers and 

Funeral Attendants

Embalmers 39-4011

Funeral Attendants 39-4021

39-4031 4465 Morticians, 

Undertakers, and 

Funeral Directors

39-5011 4500 Barbers 39-5011 4500 Barbers

39-5012 4510 Hairdressers, 

Hairstylists, and 

Cosmetologists

39-5012 4510 Hairdressers, 

Hairstylists, and 

Cosmetologists

39-5090 4520 Miscellaneous 

Personal 

Appearance 

Workers

39-5090 4520 Miscellaneous 

Personal 

Appearance 

Workers

39-6010 4530 Baggage Porters, 

Bellhops, and 

Concierges

39-6010 4530 Baggage Porters, 

Bellhops, and 

Concierges

39-6020 4540 Tour and Travel 

Guides 

39-7010 4540 Tour and Travel 

Guides

39-6030 4550 Transportation 

Attendants

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code

2002 

Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

39-9011 4600 Child Care Workers 39-9011 4600 Childcare Workers

39-9021 4610 Personal and Home 

Care Aides

39-9021 4610 Personal Care Aides

39-9030 4620 Recreation and 

Fitness Workers

39-9030 4620 Recreation and 

Fitness Workers

39-9041 4640 Residential Advisors 39-9041 4640 Residential Advisors

39-9099 4650 Personal Care and 

Service Workers, All 

Other

39-9099 4650 Personal Care and 

Service Workers, All 

Other

41-1011 4700 First-Line 

Supervisors/

Managers of Retail 

Sales Workers

41-1011 4700 First-Line 

Supervisors of Retail 

Sales Workers

41-1012 4710 First-Line 

Supervisors/

Managers of NonRetail Sales Workers

41-1012 4710 First-Line 

Supervisors of NonRetail Sales Workers

41-2010 4720 Cashiers 41-2010 4720 Cashiers

41-2021 4740 Counter and Rental 

Clerks

41-2021 4740 Counter and Rental 

Clerks

41-2022 4750 Parts Salespersons 41-2022 4750 Parts Salespersons

41-2031 4760 Retail Salespersons 41-2031 4760 Retail Salespersons

41-3011 4800 Advertising Sales 

Agents

41-3011 4800 Advertising Sales 

Agents

41-3021 4810 Insurance Sales 

Agents

41-3021 4810 Insurance Sales 

Agents

41-3031 4820 Securities, 

Commodities, and 

Financial Services 

Sales Agents

41-3031 4820 Securities, 

Commodities, and 

Financial Services 

Sales Agents

41-3041 4830 Travel Agents 41-3041 4830 Travel Agents

41-3099 4840 Sales 

Representatives, 

Services, All Other

41-3099 4840 Sales 

Representatives, 

Services, All Other

41-4010 4850 Sales 

Representatives, 

Wholesale and 

Manufacturing

41-4010 4850 Sales 

Representatives, 

Wholesale and 

Manufacturing

41-9010 4900 Models, 

Demonstrators, and 

Product Promoters

41-9010 4900 Models, 

Demonstrators, and 

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code

2002 

Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

41-9020 4920 Real Estate Brokers 

and Sales Agents

41-9020 4920 Real Estate Brokers 

and Sales Agents

41-9031 4930 Sales Engineers 41-9031 4930 Sales Engineers

41-9041 4940 Telemarketers 41-9041 4940 Telemarketers

41-9091 4950 Door-to-Door Sales 

Workers, News and 

Street Vendors, and 

Related Workers

41-9091 4950 Door-to-Door Sales 

Workers, News and 

Street Vendors, and 

Related Workers

41-9099 4960 Sales and Related 

Workers, All Other

41-9099 4965 Sales and Related 

Workers, All Other

43-1011 5000 First-Line 

Supervisors/

Managers of Office 

and Administrative 

Support Workers

43-1011 5000 First-Line 

Supervisors 

of Office and 

Administrative 

Support Workers

43-2011 5010 Switchboard 

Operators, Including 

Answering Service

43-2011 5010 Switchboard 

Operators, Including 

Answering Service

43-2021 5020 Telephone 

Operators

43-2021 5020 Telephone 

Operators

43-2099 5030 Communications 

Equipment 

Operators, All Other

43-2099 5030 Communications 

Equipment 

Operators, All Other

43-3011 5100 Bill and Account 

Collectors

43-3011 5100 Bill and Account 

Collectors

43-3021 5110 Billing and Posting 

Clerks and Machine 

Operators

43-3021 5110 Billing and Posting 

Clerks

43-3031 5120 Bookkeeping, 

Accounting, and 

Auditing Clerks

43-3031 5120 Bookkeeping, 

Accounting, and 

Auditing Clerks

43-3041 5130 Gaming Cage 

Workers

43-3041 5130 Gaming Cage 

Workers

43-3051 5140 Payroll and 

Timekeeping Clerks

43-3051 5140 Payroll and 

Timekeeping Clerks

43-3061 5150 Procurement Clerks 43-3061 5150 Procurement Clerks

43-3071 5160 Tellers 43-3071 5160 Tellers

43-3099 5165 Financial Clerks, All 

Other

43-4011 5200 Brokerage Clerks 43-4011 5200 Brokerage Clerks

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code

2002 

Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

43-4021 5210 Correspondence 

Clerks

43-4021 5210 Correspondence 

Clerks

43-4031 5220 Court, Municipal, 

and License Clerks

43-4031 5220 Court, Municipal, 

and License Clerks

43-4041 5230 Credit Authorizers, 

Checkers, and 

Clerks

43-4041 5230 Credit Authorizers, 

Checkers, and 

Clerks

43-4051 5240 Customer Service 

Representatives

43-4051 5240 Customer Service 

Representatives

43-4061 5250 Eligibility 

Interviewers, 

Government 

Programs

43-4061 5250 Eligibility 

Interviewers, 

Government 

Programs

43-4071 5260 File Clerks 43-4071 5260 File Clerks

43-4081 5300 Hotel, Motel, and 

Resort Desk Clerks

43-4081 5300 Hotel, Motel, and 

Resort Desk Clerks

43-4111 5310 Interviewers, Except 

Eligibility and Loan

43-4111 5310 Interviewers, Except 

Eligibility and Loan

43-4121 5320 Library Assistants, 

Clerical

43-4121 5320 Library Assistants, 

Clerical

43-4131 5330 Loan Interviewers 

and Clerks

43-4131 5330 Loan Interviewers 

and Clerks

43-4141 5340 New Accounts 

Clerks

43-4141 5340 New Accounts 

Clerks

43-4151 5350 Order Clerks 43-4151 5350 Order Clerks

43-4161 5360 Human Resources 

Assistants, 

Except Payroll and 

Timekeeping

43-4161 5360 Human Resources 

Assistants, 

Except Payroll and 

Timekeeping

43-4171 5400 Receptionists and 

Information Clerks

43-4171 5400 Receptionists and 

Information Clerks

43-4181 5410 Reservation and 

Transportation 

Ticket Agents and 

Travel Clerks

43-4181 5410 Reservation and 

Transportation 

Ticket Agents and 

Travel Clerks

43-4199 5420 Information and 

Record Clerks, All 

Other

43-4199 5420 Information and 

Record Clerks, All 

Other

43-5011 5500 Cargo and Freight 

Agents

43-5011 5500 Cargo and Freight 

Agents

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code

2002 

Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

43-5021 5510 Couriers and 

Messengers

43-5021 5510 Couriers and 

Messengers

43-5030 5520 Dispatchers 43-5030 5520 Dispatchers

43-5041 5530 Meter Readers, 

Utilities

43-5041 5530 Meter Readers, 

Utilities

43-5051 5540 Postal Service 

Clerks

43-5051 5540 Postal Service 

Clerks

43-5052 5550 Postal Service Mail 

Carriers

43-5052 5550 Postal Service Mail 

Carriers

43-5053 5560 Postal Service Mail 

Sorters, Processors, 

and Processing 

Machine Operators

43-5053 5560 Postal Service Mail 

Sorters, Processors, 

and Processing 

Machine Operators

43-5061 5600 Production, 

Planning, and 

Expediting Clerks

43-5061 5600 Production, 

Planning, and 

Expediting Clerks

43-5071 5610 Shipping, Receiving, 

and Traffic Clerks

43-5071 5610 Shipping, Receiving, 

and Traffic Clerks

43-5081 5620 Stock Clerks and 

Order Fillers

43-5081 5620 Stock Clerks and 

Order Fillers

43-5111 5630 Weighers, 

Measurers, 

Checkers, 

and Samplers, 

Recordkeeping

43-5111 5630 Weighers, 

Measurers, 

Checkers, 

and Samplers, 

Recordkeeping

43-6010 5700 Secretaries and 

Administrative 

Assistants

43-6010 5700 Secretaries and 

Administrative 

Assistants

43-9011 5800 Computer Operators 43-9011 5800 Computer Operators

43-9021 5810 Data Entry Keyers 43-9021 5810 Data Entry Keyers

43-9022 5820 Word Processors 

and Typists

43-9022 5820 Word Processors 

and Typists

43-9031 5830 Desktop Publishers 43-9031 5830 Desktop Publishers

43-9041 5840 Insurance Claims 

and Policy 

Processing Clerks

43-9041 5840 Insurance Claims 

and Policy 

Processing Clerks

43-9051 5850 Mail Clerks and Mail 

Machine Operators, 

Except Postal 

Service

43-9051 5850 Mail Clerks and Mail 

Machine Operators, 

Except Postal 

Service

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code

2002 

Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

43-9061 5860 Office Clerks, 

General

43-9061 5860 Office Clerks, 

General

43-9071 5900 Office Machine 

Operators, Except 

Computer

43-9071 5900 Office Machine 

Operators, Except 

Computer

43-9081 5910 Proofreaders and 

Copy Markers

43-9081 5910 Proofreaders and 

Copy Markers

43-9111 5920 Statistical 

Assistants

43-9111 5920 Statistical 

Assistants

43-9199 5930 Office and 

Administrative 

Support Workers, All 

Other

43-9199 5940 Office and 

Administrative 

Support Workers, All 

Other

45-1010 6000 First-Line 

Supervisors/

Managers of 

Farming, Fishing, 

and Forestry 

Workers

45-1011 6005 First-Line 

Supervisors of 

Farming, Fishing, 

and Forestry 

Workers

45-2011 6010 Agricultural 

Inspectors

45-2011 6010 Agricultural 

Inspectors

45-2021 6020 Animal Breeders 45-2021 6020 Animal Breeders

45-2041 6040 Graders and 

Sorters, Agricultural 

Products

45-2041 6040 Graders and 

Sorters, Agricultural 

Products

45-2090 6050 Miscellaneous 

Agricultural Workers

45-2090 6050 Miscellaneous 

Agricultural Workers

45-3011 6100 Fishers and Related 

Fishing Workers

45-3011 6100 Fishers and Related 

Fishing Workers

45-3021 6110 Hunters and 

Trappers

45-3021 6110 Hunters and 

Trappers

45-4011 6120 Forest and 

Conservation 

Workers

45-4011 6120 Forest and 

Conservation 

Workers

45-4020 6130 Logging Workers 45-4020 6130 Logging Workers

47-1011 6200 First-Line 

Supervisors/

Managers of 

Construction Trades 

and Extraction 

Workers

47-1011 6200 First-Line 

Supervisors of 

Construction Trades 

and Extraction 

Workers

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code

2002 

Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

47-2011 6210 Boilermakers 47-2011 6210 Boilermakers

47-2020 6220 Brickmasons, 

Blockmasons, and 

Stonemasons

47-2020 6220 Brickmasons, 

Blockmasons, and 

Stonemasons

47-2031 6230 Carpenters 47-2031 6230 Carpenters

47-2040 6240 Carpet, Floor, and 

Tile Installers and 

Finishers

47-2040 6240 Carpet, Floor, and 

Tile Installers and 

Finishers

47-2050 6250 Cement Masons, 

Concrete Finishers, 

and Terrazzo 

Workers

47-2050 6250 Cement Masons, 

Concrete Finishers, 

and Terrazzo 

Workers

47-2061 6260 Construction 

Laborers

47-2061 6260 Construction 

Laborers

47-2071 6300 Paving, Surfacing, 

and Tamping 

Equipment 

Operators

47-2071 6300 Paving, Surfacing, 

and Tamping 

Equipment 

Operators

47-2072 6310 Pile-Driver 

Operators

47-2072 6310 Pile-Driver 

Operators

47-2073 6320 Operating 

Engineers and 

Other Construction 

Equipment 

Operators

47-2073 6320 Operating 

Engineers and 

Other Construction 

Equipment 

Operators

47-2080 6330 Drywall Installers, 

Ceiling Tile 

Installers, and 

Tapers

47-2080 6330 Drywall Installers, 

Ceiling Tile 

Installers, and 

Tapers

47-2111 6350 Electricians 47-2111 6355 Electricians

47-2121 6360 Glaziers 47-2121 6360 Glaziers

47-2130 6400 Insulation Workers 47-2130 6400 Insulation Workers

47-2141 6420 Painters, 

Construction and 

Maintenance

47-2141 6420 Painters, 

Construction and 

Maintenance

47-2142 6430 Paperhangers 47-2142 6430 Paperhangers

47-2150 6440 Pipelayers, 

Plumbers, 

Pipefitters, and 

Steamfitters

47-2150 6440 Pipelayers, 

Plumbers, 

Pipefitters, and 

Steamfitters

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code

2002 

Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

47-2161 6460 Plasterers and 

Stucco Masons

47-2161 6460 Plasterers and 

Stucco Masons

47-2171 6500 Reinforcing Iron and 

Rebar Workers

47-2171 6500 Reinforcing Iron and 

Rebar Workers

47-2181 6510 Roofers 47-2181 6515 Roofers

47-2211 6520 Sheet Metal Workers 47-2211 6520 Sheet Metal 

Workers

47-2221 6530 Structural Iron and 

Steel Workers

47-2221 6530 Structural Iron and 

Steel Workers

47-2231 6540 Solar Photovoltaic 

Installers

47-3010 6600 Helpers, 

Construction Trades

47-3010 6600 Helpers, 

Construction Trades

47-4011 6660 Construction and 

Building Inspectors

47-4011 6660 Construction and 

Building Inspectors

47-4021 6700 Elevator Installers 

and Repairers

47-4021 6700 Elevator Installers 

and Repairers

47-4031 6710 Fence Erectors 47-4031 6710 Fence Erectors

47-4041 6720 Hazardous Materials 

Removal Workers

47-4041 6720 Hazardous Materials 

Removal Workers

47-4051 6730 Highway 

Maintenance 

Workers

47-4051 6730 Highway 

Maintenance 

Workers

47-4061 6740 Rail-Track Laying 

and Maintenance 

Equipment 

Operators

47-4061 6740 Rail-Track Laying 

and Maintenance 

Equipment 

Operators

47-4071 6750 Septic Tank 

Servicers and Sewer 

Pipe Cleaners

47-4071 6750 Septic Tank 

Servicers and Sewer 

Pipe Cleaners

47-4090 6760 Miscellaneous 

Construction and 

Related Workers

47-4090 6765 Miscellaneous 

Construction and 

Related Workers

47-5010 6800 Derrick, Rotary Drill, 

and Service Unit 

Operators, Oil, Gas, 

and Mining

47-5010 6800 Derrick, Rotary Drill, 

and Service Unit 

Operators, Oil, Gas, 

and Mining

47-5021 6820 Earth Drillers, Except 

Oil and Gas

47-5021 6820 Earth Drillers, Except 

Oil and Gas

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code

2002 

Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

47-5031 6830 Explosives Workers, 

Ordnance Handling 

Experts, and 

Blasters

47-5031 6830 Explosives Workers, 

Ordnance Handling 

Experts, and 

Blasters

47-5040 6840 Mining Machine 

Operators

47-5040 6840 Mining Machine 

Operators

47-5061 6910 Roof Bolters, Mining 47-5061 6910 Roof Bolters, Mining

47-5071 6920 Roustabouts, Oil and 

Gas

47-5071 6920 Roustabouts, Oil and 

Gas

47-5081 6930 Helpers--Extraction 

Workers

47-5081 6930 Helpers--Extraction 

Workers

47-50XX 6940 Other Extraction 

Workers

47-50XX 6940 Other Extraction 

Workers

Rock Splitters, 

Quarry

47-5051

Extraction Workers, 

All Other

47-5099

49-1011 7000 First-Line 

Supervisors/

Managers of 

Mechanics, 

Installers, and 

Repairers

49-1011 7000 First-Line 

Supervisors 

of Mechanics, 

Installers, and 

Repairers

49-2011 7010 Computer, 

Automated Teller, 

and Office Machine 

Repairers

49-2011 7010 Computer, 

Automated Teller, 

and Office Machine 

Repairers

49-2020 7020 Radio and 

Telecommunications 

Equipment Installers 

and Repairers

49-2020 7020 Radio and 

Telecommunications 

Equipment Installers 

and Repairers

49-2091 7030 Avionics Technicians 49-2091 7030 Avionics Technicians

49-2092 7040 Electric Motor, 

Power Tool, and 

Related Repairers

49-2092 7040 Electric Motor, 

Power Tool, and 

Related Repairers

49-2093 7050 Electrical and 

Electronics Installers 

and Repairers, 

Transportation 

Equipment

49-2093 7050 Electrical and 

Electronics Installers 

and Repairers, 

Transportation 

Equipment

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2002 

Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

49-209X 7100 Electrical and 

Electronics 

Repairers, Industrial 

and Utility 

49-209X 7100 Electrical and 

Electronics 

Repairers, Industrial 

and Utility 

Electrical and 

Electronics 

Repairers, 

Commercial and 

Industrial Equipment

49-2094

Electrical and 

Electronics 

Repairers, 

Powerhouse, 

Substation, and 

Relay

49-2095

49-2096 7110 Electronic 

Equipment Installers 

and Repairers, Motor 

Vehicles

49-2096 7110 Electronic 

Equipment Installers 

and Repairers, Motor 

Vehicles

49-2097 7120 Electronic Home 

Entertainment 

Equipment Installers 

and Repairers

49-2097 7120 Electronic Home 

Entertainment 

Equipment Installers 

and Repairers

49-2098 7130 Security and Fire 

Alarm Systems 

Installers

49-2098 7130 Security and Fire 

Alarm Systems 

Installers

49-3011 7140 Aircraft Mechanics 

and Service 

Technicians

49-3011 7140 Aircraft Mechanics 

and Service 

Technicians

49-3021 7150 Automotive Body 

and Related 

Repairers

49-3021 7150 Automotive Body 

and Related 

Repairers

49-3022 7160 Automotive Glass 

Installers and 

Repairers

49-3022 7160 Automotive Glass 

Installers and 

Repairers

49-3023 7200 Automotive Service 

Technicians and 

Mechanics

49-3023 7200 Automotive Service 

Technicians and 

Mechanics

49-3031 7210 Bus and Truck 

Mechanics and 

Diesel Engine 

Specialists

49-3031 7210 Bus and Truck 

Mechanics and 

Diesel Engine 

Specialists

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Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

49-3040 7220 Heavy Vehicle and 

Mobile Equipment 

Service Technicians 

and Mechanics

49-3040 7220 Heavy Vehicle and 

Mobile Equipment 

Service Technicians 

and Mechanics

49-3050 7240 Small Engine 

Mechanics

49-3050 7240 Small Engine 

Mechanics

49-3090 7260 Miscellaneous 

Vehicle and 

Mobile Equipment 

Mechanics, 

Installers, and 

Repairers

49-3090 7260 Miscellaneous 

Vehicle and 

Mobile Equipment 

Mechanics, 

Installers, and 

Repairers

49-9010 7300 Control and Valve 

Installers and 

Repairers

49-9010 7300 Control and Valve 

Installers and 

Repairers

49-9021 7310 Heating, Air 

Conditioning, 

and Refrigeration 

Mechanics and 

Installers

49-9021 7315 Heating, Air 

Conditioning, 

and Refrigeration 

Mechanics and 

Installers

49-9031 7320 Home Appliance 

Repairers

49-9031 7320 Home Appliance 

Repairers

49-904X 7330 Industrial and 

Refractory 

Machinery 

Mechanics

49-904X 7330 Industrial and 

Refractory 

Machinery 

Mechanics

Industrial Machinery 

Mechanics

49-9041

Refractory Materials 

Repairers, Except 

Brickmasons

49-9045

49-9042 7340 Maintenance and 

Repair Workers, 

General

49-9071 7340 Maintenance and 

Repair Workers, 

General

49-9043 7350 Maintenance 

Workers, Machinery

49-9043 7350 Maintenance 

Workers, Machinery

49-9044 7360 Millwrights 49-9044 7360 Millwrights

49-9051 7410 Electrical PowerLine Installers and 

Repairers

49-9051 7410 Electrical PowerLine Installers and 

Repairers

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Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

49-9052 7420 Telecommunications 

Line Installers and 

Repairers

49-9052 7420 Telecommunications 

Line Installers and 

Repairers

49-9060 7430 Precision Instrument 

and Equipment 

Repairers

49-9060 7430 Precision Instrument 

and Equipment 

Repairers

49-9081 7440 Wind Turbine 

Service Technicians

49-9091 7510 Coin, Vending, 

and Amusement 

Machine Servicers 

and Repairers

49-9091 7510 Coin, Vending, 

and Amusement 

Machine Servicers 

and Repairers

49-9092 7520 Commercial Divers 49-9092 7520 Commercial Divers

49-9094 7540 Locksmiths and Safe 

Repairers

49-9094 7540 Locksmiths and 

Safe Repairers

49-9095 7550 Manufactured 

Building and Mobile 

Home Installers

49-9095 7550 Manufactured 

Building and Mobile 

Home Installers

49-9096 7560 Riggers 49-9096 7560 Riggers

49-9097 7600 Signal and Track 

Switch Repairers

49-9097 7600 Signal and Track 

Switch Repairers

49-9098 7610 Helpers--Installation, 

Maintenance, and 

Repair Workers

49-9098 7610 Helpers--

Installation, 

Maintenance, and 

Repair Workers

49-909X 7620 Other Installation, 

Maintenance, and 

Repair Workers

49-909X 7630 Other Installation, 

Maintenance, and 

Repair Workers

Fabric Menders, 

Except Garment

49-9093

Installation, 

Maintenance, and 

Repair Workers, All 

Other

49-9099

51-1011 7700 First-Line 

Supervisors/

Managers of 

Production and 

Operating Workers

51-1011 7700 First-Line 

Supervisors of 

Production and 

Operating Workers

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Census 

code

2000

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title

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code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

51-2011 7710 Aircraft Structure, 

Surfaces, Rigging, 

and Systems 

Assemblers

51-2011 7710 Aircraft Structure, 

Surfaces, Rigging, 

and Systems 

Assemblers

51-2020 7720 Electrical, 

Electronics, and 

Electromechanical 

Assemblers

51-2020 7720 Electrical, 

Electronics, and 

Electromechanical 

Assemblers

51-2031 7730 Engine and Other 

Machine Assemblers

51-2031 7730 Engine and 

Other Machine 

Assemblers

51-2041 7740 Structural Metal 

Fabricators and 

Fitters

51-2041 7740 Structural Metal 

Fabricators and 

Fitters

51-2090 7750 Miscellaneous 

Assemblers and 

Fabricators

51-2090 7750 Miscellaneous 

Assemblers and 

Fabricators

51-3011 7800 Bakers 51-3011 7800 Bakers

51-3020 7810 Butchers and Other 

Meat, Poultry, and 

Fish Processing 

Workers

51-3020 7810 Butchers and Other 

Meat, Poultry, and 

Fish Processing 

Workers

51-3091 7830 Food and Tobacco 

Roasting, Baking, 

and Drying Machine 

Operators and 

Tenders

51-3091 7830 Food and Tobacco 

Roasting, Baking, 

and Drying Machine 

Operators and 

Tenders

51-3092 7840 Food Batchmakers 51-3092 7840 Food Batchmakers

51-3093 7850 Food Cooking 

Machine Operators 

and Tenders

51-3093 7850 Food Cooking 

Machine Operators 

and Tenders

51-3099 7855 Food Processing 

Workers, All Other

51-4010 7900 Computer Control 

Programmers and 

Operators

51-4010 7900 Computer Control 

Programmers and 

Operators

51-4021 7920 Extruding and 

Drawing Machine 

Setters, Operators, 

and Tenders, Metal 

and Plastic

51-4021 7920 Extruding and 

Drawing Machine 

Setters, Operators, 

and Tenders, Metal 

and Plastic

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2002 

Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

51-4022 7930 Forging Machine 

Setters, Operators, 

and Tenders, Metal 

and Plastic

51-4022 7930 Forging Machine 

Setters, Operators, 

and Tenders, Metal 

and Plastic

51-4023 7940 Rolling Machine 

Setters, Operators, 

and Tenders, Metal 

and Plastic

51-4023 7940 Rolling Machine 

Setters, Operators, 

and Tenders, Metal 

and Plastic

51-4031 7950 Cutting, Punching, 

and Press Machine 

Setters, Operators, 

and Tenders, Metal 

and Plastic

51-4031 7950 Cutting, Punching, 

and Press Machine 

Setters, Operators, 

and Tenders, Metal 

and Plastic

51-4032 7960 Drilling and Boring 

Machine Tool 

Setters, Operators, 

and Tenders, Metal 

and Plastic

51-4032 7960 Drilling and Boring 

Machine Tool 

Setters, Operators, 

and Tenders, Metal 

and Plastic

51-4033 8000 Grinding, Lapping, 

Polishing, and 

Buffing Machine Tool 

Setters, Operators, 

and Tenders, Metal 

and Plastic

51-4033 8000 Grinding, Lapping, 

Polishing, and 

Buffing Machine Tool 

Setters, Operators, 

and Tenders, Metal 

and Plastic

51-4034 8010 Lathe and Turning 

Machine Tool 

Setters, Operators, 

and Tenders, Metal 

and Plastic

51-4034 8010 Lathe and Turning 

Machine Tool 

Setters, Operators, 

and Tenders, Metal 

and Plastic

51-4035 8020 Milling and Planing 

Machine Setters, 

Operators, and 

Tenders, Metal and 

Plastic

51-4035 8020 Milling and Planing 

Machine Setters, 

Operators, and 

Tenders, Metal and 

Plastic

51-4041 8030 Machinists 51-4041 8030 Machinists

51-4050 8040 Metal Furnace and 

Kiln Operators and 

Tenders

51-4050 8040 Metal Furnace 

Operators, Tenders, 

Pourers, and Casters

51-4060 8060 Model Makers and 

Patternmakers, 

Metal and Plastic

51-4060 8060 Model Makers and 

Patternmakers, 

Metal and Plastic

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code

2000

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title

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SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

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code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

51-4070 8100 Molders and 

Molding Machine 

Setters, Operators, 

and Tenders, Metal 

and Plastic

51-4070 8100 Molders and 

Molding Machine 

Setters, Operators, 

and Tenders, Metal 

and Plastic

51-4081 8120 Multiple Machine 

Tool Setters, 

Operators, and 

Tenders, Metal and 

Plastic

51-4081 8120 Multiple Machine 

Tool Setters, 

Operators, and 

Tenders, Metal and 

Plastic

51-4111 8130 Tool and Die Makers 51-4111 8130 Tool and Die Makers

51-4120 8140 Welding, Soldering, 

and Brazing Workers

51-4120 8140 Welding, Soldering, 

and Brazing Workers

51-4191 8150 Heat Treating 

Equipment Setters, 

Operators, and 

Tenders, Metal and 

Plastic

51-4191 8150 Heat Treating 

Equipment Setters, 

Operators, and 

Tenders, Metal and 

Plastic

51-4192 8160 Lay-Out Workers, 

Metal and Plastic

51-4192 8160 Layout Workers, 

Metal and Plastic

51-4193 8200 Plating and Coating 

Machine Setters, 

Operators, and 

Tenders, Metal and 

Plastic

51-4193 8200 Plating and Coating 

Machine Setters, 

Operators, and 

Tenders, Metal and 

Plastic

51-4194 8210 Tool Grinders, Filers, 

and Sharpeners

51-4194 8210 Tool Grinders, Filers, 

and Sharpeners

51-4199 8220 Metal Workers and 

Plastic Workers, All 

Other

51-4199 8220 Metal Workers and 

Plastic Workers, All 

Other

51-5010 8230 Bookbinders and 

Bindery Workers

51-5021 8240 Job Printers

51-5022 8250 Prepress 

Technicians and 

Workers

51-5111 8250 Prepress 

Technicians and 

Workers

51-5023 8260 Printing Machine 

Operators

51-5112 8255 Printing Press 

Operators

51-5113 8256 Print Binding and 

Finishing Workers

51-6011 8300 Laundry and DryCleaning Workers51-6011 8300 Laundry and DryCleaning Workers - Continued -
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Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

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SOC

code

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Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

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code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

51-6021 8310 Pressers, Textile, 

Garment, and 

Related Materials

51-6021 8310 Pressers, Textile, 

Garment, and 

Related Materials

51-6031 8320 Sewing Machine 

Operators

51-6031 8320 Sewing Machine 

Operators

51-6041 8330 Shoe and Leather 

Workers and 

Repairers

51-6041 8330 Shoe and Leather 

Workers and 

Repairers

51-6042 8340 Shoe Machine 

Operators and 

Tenders

51-6042 8340 Shoe Machine 

Operators and 

Tenders

51-6050 8350 Tailors, 

Dressmakers, and 

Sewers

51-6050 8350 Tailors, 

Dressmakers, and 

Sewers

51-6061 8360 Textile Bleaching 

and Dyeing Machine 

Operators and 

Tenders

51-6061 8360 Textile Bleaching 

and Dyeing Machine 

Operators and 

Tenders

51-6062 8400 Textile Cutting 

Machine Setters, 

Operators, and 

Tenders

51-6062 8400 Textile Cutting 

Machine Setters, 

Operators, and 

Tenders

51-6063 8410 Textile Knitting and 

Weaving Machine 

Setters, Operators, 

and Tenders

51-6063 8410 Textile Knitting and 

Weaving Machine 

Setters, Operators, 

and Tenders

51-6064 8420 Textile Winding, 

Twisting, and 

Drawing Out 

Machine Setters, 

Operators, and 

Tenders

51-6064 8420 Textile Winding, 

Twisting, and 

Drawing Out 

Machine Setters, 

Operators, and 

Tenders

51-6091 8430 Extruding and 

Forming Machine 

Setters, Operators, 

and Tenders, 

Synthetic and Glass 

Fibers

51-6091 8430 Extruding and 

Forming Machine 

Setters, Operators, 

and Tenders, 

Synthetic and Glass 

Fibers

51-6092 8440 Fabric and Apparel 

Patternmakers

51-6092 8440 Fabric and Apparel 

Patternmakers

51-6093 8450 Upholsterers 51-6093 8450 Upholsterers

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code

2000

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title

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SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

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code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

51-6099 8460 Textile, Apparel, 

and Furnishings 

Workers, All Other

51-6099 8460 Textile, Apparel, 

and Furnishings 

Workers, All Other

51-7011 8500 Cabinetmakers and 

Bench Carpenters

51-7011 8500 Cabinetmakers and 

Bench Carpenters

51-7021 8510 Furniture Finishers 51-7021 8510 Furniture Finishers

51-7030 8520 Model Makers and 

Patternmakers, 

Wood

51-7030 8520 Model Makers and 

Patternmakers, 

Wood

51-7041 8530 Sawing Machine 

Setters, Operators, 

and Tenders, Wood

51-7041 8530 Sawing Machine 

Setters, Operators, 

and Tenders, Wood

51-7042 8540 Woodworking 

Machine Setters, 

Operators, and 

Tenders, Except 

Sawing

51-7042 8540 Woodworking 

Machine Setters, 

Operators, and 

Tenders, Except 

Sawing

51-7099 8550 Woodworkers, All 

Other

51-7099 8550 Woodworkers, All 

Other

51-8010 8600 Power Plant 

Operators, 

Distributors, and 

Dispatchers

51-8010 8600 Power Plant 

Operators, 

Distributors, and 

Dispatchers

51-8021 8610 Stationary 

Engineers and Boiler 

Operators

51-8021 8610 Stationary 

Engineers and Boiler 

Operators

51-8031 8620 Water and Liquid 

Waste Treatment 

Plant and System 

Operators

51-8031 8620 Water and 

Wastewater 

Treatment Plant and 

System Operators

51-8090 8630 Miscellaneous 

Plant and System 

Operators

51-8090 8630 Miscellaneous 

Plant and System 

Operators

51-9010 8640 Chemical 

Processing Machine 

Setters, Operators, 

and Tenders

51-9010 8640 Chemical 

Processing Machine 

Setters, Operators, 

and Tenders

51-9020 8650 Crushing, Grinding, 

Polishing, Mixing, 

and Blending 

Workers 

51-9020 8650 Crushing, Grinding, 

Polishing, Mixing, 

and Blending 

Workers

51-9030 8710 Cutting Workers 51-9030 8710 Cutting Workers - Continued -
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code

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SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

51-9041 8720 Extruding, Forming, 

Pressing, and 

Compacting 

Machine Setters, 

Operators, and 

Tenders

51-9041 8720 Extruding, Forming, 

Pressing, and 

Compacting 

Machine Setters, 

Operators, and 

Tenders

51-9051 8730 Furnace, Kiln, Oven, 

Drier, and Kettle 

Operators and 

Tenders

51-9051 8730 Furnace, Kiln, Oven, 

Drier, and Kettle 

Operators and 

Tenders

51-9061 8740 Inspectors, Testers, 

Sorters, Samplers, 

and Weighers

51-9061 8740 Inspectors, Testers, 

Sorters, Samplers, 

and Weighers

51-9071 8750 Jewelers and 

Precious Stone and 

Metal Workers

51-9071 8750 Jewelers and 

Precious Stone and 

Metal Workers

51-9080 8760 Medical, Dental, 

and Ophthalmic 

Laboratory 

Technicians

51-9080 8760 Medical, Dental, 

and Ophthalmic 

Laboratory 

Technicians

51-9111 8800 Packaging and Filling 

Machine Operators 

and Tenders

51-9111 8800 Packaging and 

Filling Machine 

Operators and 

Tenders

51-9120 8810 Painting Workers 51-9120 8810 Painting Workers

51-9130 8830 Photographic 

Process Workers 

and Processing 

Machine Operators

51-9151 8830 Photographic 

Process Workers 

and Processing 

Machine Operators

51-9141 8840 Semiconductor 

Processors

51-9141 8840 Semiconductor 

Processors

51-9191 8850 Cementing and 

Gluing Machine 

Operators and 

Tenders

51-9191 8850 Adhesive Bonding 

Machine Operators 

and Tenders

51-9192 8860 Cleaning, Washing, 

and Metal Pickling 

Equipment 

Operators and 

Tenders

51-9192 8860 Cleaning, Washing, 

and Metal Pickling 

Equipment 

Operators and 

Tenders

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code

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title

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code

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Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

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code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

51-9193 8900 Cooling and 

Freezing Equipment 

Operators and 

Tenders

51-9193 8900 Cooling and 

Freezing Equipment 

Operators and 

Tenders

51-9194 8910 Etchers and 

Engravers

51-9194 8910 Etchers and 

Engravers

51-9195 8920 Molders, Shapers, 

and Casters, Except 

Metal and Plastic

51-9195 8920 Molders, Shapers, 

and Casters, Except 

Metal and Plastic

51-9196 8930 Paper Goods 

Machine Setters, 

Operators, and 

Tenders

51-9196 8930 Paper Goods 

Machine Setters, 

Operators, and 

Tenders

51-9197 8940 Tire Builders 51-9197 8940 Tire Builders

51-9198 8950 Helpers--Production 

Workers

51-9198 8950 Helpers--Production 

Workers

51-9199 8960 Production Workers, 

All Other

51-9199 8965 Production Workers, 

All Other

53-1000 9000 Supervisors, 

Transportation and 

Material Moving 

Workers

53-1000 9000 Supervisors of 

Transportation and 

Material Moving 

Workers

53-2010 9030 Aircraft Pilots and 

Flight Engineers

53-2010 9030 Aircraft Pilots and 

Flight Engineers

53-2020 9040 Air Traffic 

Controllers and 

Airfield Operations 

Specialists

53-2020 9040 Air Traffic 

Controllers and 

Airfield Operations 

Specialists

53-2031 9050 Flight Attendants

53-3011 9110 Ambulance Drivers 

and Attendants, 

Except Emergency 

Medical Technicians

53-3011 9110 Ambulance Drivers 

and Attendants, 

Except Emergency 

Medical Technicians

53-3020 9120 Bus Drivers 53-3020 9120 Bus Drivers

53-3030 9130 Driver/Sales 

Workers and Truck 

Drivers

53-3030 9130 Driver/Sales 

Workers and Truck 

Drivers

53-3041 9140 Taxi Drivers and 

Chauffeurs

53-3041 9140 Taxi Drivers and 

Chauffeurs

53-3099 9150 Motor Vehicle 

Operators, All Other

53-3099 9150 Motor Vehicle 

Operators, All Other

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code

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SOC

code

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Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

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code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

53-4010 9200 Locomotive 

Engineers and 

Operators

53-4010 9200 Locomotive 

Engineers and 

Operators

53-4021 9230 Railroad Brake, 

Signal, and Switch 

Operators

53-4021 9230 Railroad Brake, 

Signal, and Switch 

Operators

53-4031 9240 Railroad Conductors 

and Yardmasters

53-4031 9240 Railroad Conductors 

and Yardmasters

53-40XX 9260 Subway, Streetcar, 

and Other Rail 

Transportation 

Workers

53-40XX 9260 Subway, Streetcar, 

and Other Rail 

Transportation 

Workers 

Subway and 

Streetcar Operators

53-4041

Rail Transportation 

Workers, All Other

53-4099

53-5011 9300 Sailors and Marine 

Oilers

53-5011 9300 Sailors and Marine 

Oilers

53-5020 9310 Ship and Boat 

Captains and 

Operators

53-5020 9310 Ship and Boat 

Captains and 

Operators

53-5031 9330 Ship Engineers 53-5031 9330 Ship Engineers

53-6011 9340 Bridge and Lock 

Tenders

53-6011 9340 Bridge and Lock 

Tenders

53-6021 9350 Parking Lot 

Attendants

53-6021 9350 Parking Lot 

Attendants

53-6031 9360 Service Station 

Attendants

53-6031 9360 Automotive and 

Watercraft Service 

Attendants

53-6051 9410 Transportation 

Inspectors

53-6051 9410 Transportation 

Inspectors

53-6061 9415 Transportation 

Attendants, except 

Flight Attendants

53-60XX 9420 Other Transportation 

Workers

53-60XX 9420 Other 

Transportation 

Workers

Traffic Technicians 53-6041

Transportation 

Workers, All Other

53-6099

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Code

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separate 

Census

code

53-7011 9500 Conveyor Operators 

and Tenders

53-7011 9500 Conveyor Operators 

and Tenders

53-7021 9510 Crane and Tower 

Operators

53-7021 9510 Crane and Tower 

Operators

53-7030 9520 Dredge, Excavating, 

and Loading 

Machine Operators

53-7030 9520 Dredge, Excavating, 

and Loading 

Machine Operators

53-7041 9560 Hoist and Winch 

Operators

53-7041 9560 Hoist and Winch 

Operators

53-7051 9600 Industrial Truck and 

Tractor Operators

53-7051 9600 Industrial Truck and 

Tractor Operators

53-7061 9610 Cleaners of Vehicles 

and Equipment

53-7061 9610 Cleaners of Vehicles 

and Equipment

53-7062 9620 Laborers and 

Freight, Stock, and 

Material Movers, 

Hand

53-7062 9620 Laborers and 

Freight, Stock, and 

Material Movers, 

Hand

53-7063 9630 Machine Feeders 

and Offbearers

53-7063 9630 Machine Feeders 

and Offbearers

53-7064 9640 Packers and 

Packagers, Hand

53-7064 9640 Packers and 

Packagers, Hand

53-7070 9650 Pumping Station 

Operators

53-7070 9650 Pumping Station 

Operators

53-7081 9720 Refuse and 

Recyclable Material 

Collectors

53-7081 9720 Refuse and 

Recyclable Material 

Collectors

53-7111 9730 Shuttle Car 

Operators

53-7111 9730 Mine Shuttle Car 

Operators

53-7121 9740 Tank Car, Truck, and 

Ship Loaders

53-7121 9740 Tank Car, Truck, and 

Ship Loaders

53-7199 9750 Material Moving 

Workers, All Other

53-7199 9750 Material Moving 

Workers, All Other

55-1010 9800 Military Officer 

Special and Tactical 

Operations Leaders/

Managers

55-1010 9800 Military Officer 

Special and Tactical 

Operations Leaders

55-2010 9810 First-Line Enlisted 

Military Supervisors/

Managers 

55-2010 9810 First-Line Enlisted 

Military Supervisors

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Statistical Brief for the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)

92  |  Industry and Occupation Optional Module

2002

SOC

code

2002 

Census 

code

2000

SOC

title

2010

SOC

code

2010 

Census 

Code

2010

SOC

title

 2010 SOC 

code for 

occupations 

without a 

separate 

Census

code

55-3010 9820 Military Enlisted 

Tactical Operations 

and Air/Weapons 

Specialists and Crew 

Members

55-3010 9820 Military Enlisted 

Tactical Operations 

and Air/Weapons 

Specialists and 

Crew Members

none 9830 Military, Rank Not 

Specified

none 9830 Military, Rank Not 

Specified

none 9920 Unemployed, with 

no work experience 

in the last 5 years 

or earlier or never 

worked

none 9920 Unemployed, with 

no work experience 

in the last 5 years 

or earlier or never 

worked

Total Codes, 2002: 

509 including 

military 

Total Codes, 2010: 

539 including 

military 

Source: 2010 Census Occupation Coding Scheme. IPUMS – Current Population Survey. Retrieved from https://cps.ipums.org/cps/

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