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OCCUPO
Original occupation variable

Austria 1992:

1 Self-employed
2 Family worker
3 White collar worker
4 Civil servant
5 Skilled blue collar worker
6 Other blue collar worker
7 Apprentice white collar worker
8 Apprentice blue collar worker
9 Unknown

Austria 2008:

-7 Not Applicable
1 Apprenticeship contract (apprentice)
2 Auxiliary activity (manual)
3 Skilled activity (manual)
4 Job as a skilled worker (manual)
5 Activity as foreman / master (manual)
6 Apprenticeship contract (not manual)
7 Auxiliary activity (not manual)
8 Medium activity (not manual)
9 Higher activity (not manual)
10 Highly qualified job (not manual)
11 Leadership (not manual)
12 Agriculture small
13 Agriculture medium
14 Agriculture big
15 Freelancers
16 New self-employed
17 Business owners

Canada 2005:

1 Management occupations
2 Business, finance and administrative
3 Natural and applied sciences
4 Health occupations
5 Occupations in social science, education
6 Artistic/culture/recreation/sport
7 Sales and services occupations
8 Trades, transport and equipment
9 Occupations unique to primary industry
10 Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities
97 Not asked


Canada 2010:

-7 Not Applicable
1 Agriculture
2 Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas
3 Utilities
4 Construction
5 Manufacturing
6 Trade
7 Transportation and warehousing
8 Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing
9 Professional, scientific and technical services
10 Management, administrative and other support
11 Educational services
12 Health care and social assistance
13 Information, culture and recreation
14 Accommodation and food services
15 Other services
16 Public administration

Hungary 1999:

1. Legislators, senior government officials, leaders of interest groups and managers of firms
2. Professionals
3. Technicians and associate professionals
4. Office and management (customer service) clerks
5. Service workers
6. Skilled agricultural and forestry workers
7. Craft and related trades workers
8. Plant and machine operators and assemblers, vehicle drivers
9. Elementary occupations
0. Armed forces
Please find the 1999 Hungary Occupation codes within this document.

Hungary 2009:

Please find the 2009 Hungary Occupation codes within this document.

Italy 2002:

Please find the Italy Occupation codes within this document.

France 1985:

0 Not applicable
10 Agriculture, no further detail
11 Agriculture, small farm
12 Agriculture, medium farm
13 Agriculture, large farm
21 Artisans
22 Commercial and associated business leaders
23 Managers of enterprises with 10 or more employees
31 Liberal professionals
33 Senior officials in public service
34 Professors, scientific professionals
35 Information, arts and entertainment professionals
37 Administrative and commercial posts in private enterprises
38 Engineers and technicians in private enterprises
42 Miners and related
43 Intermediary professions in health and social work
44 Priest, other religious leader
45 Administrative intermediary professions in public service
46 Administrative intermediary professions in private enterprises
47 Technicians
48 Supervisors
52 Civil servants, public service
53 Police and military
54 Administrative employees, clerical
55 Commercial employees, sales
56 Service providers
62 Qualified industrial workers
63 Qualified crafts
64 Drivers
65 Qualified maintenance, storage and transport workers
67 Unskilled industrial workers
68 Unskilled crafts
69 Other agricultural workers
99 Missing

France 1998:

10 Agricultural exploiter
21 Craftsmen and craftswomen
22 Traders and related
23 Managers of enterprises of 100 employees or more
31 Liberal professions
33 Public servants
34 Professors, scientific professions
35 Professions of information, arts and show-business
37 Administrative and commercial jobs in enterprises
38 Engineers and technicians in enterprises
42 Minders and associates
43 Intermediary professions in health and social work
44 Priest, religious leader
45 Intermediary professions of the public service
46 Intermediary admin and commercial prof in enterprises
47 Technicians
48 Workers' supervisor
52 Agents of the public service
53 Police and military forces
54 Administrative employees of an enterprise
55 Commercial employees
56 Providers of services to particulars
62 Qualified workers of industrial type
63 Qualified craftsmen
64 Drivers
65 Qualified workers in maintenance, storage and transport
67 Not qualified workers of industrial type
68 Not qualified craftsmen
69 Agricultural workers

Spain 2009:

0 Armed forces
10 Elected officials, management in public services
11 Own business, senior management of 10 or more employees
12 Own business, management in business with less than 10 employees
13 Run small business (hospitality or construction) with fewer than 10 employees
14 Run other small business with fewer than 10 employees
15 Run small commercial business, no employees
16 Run hospitality or construction business, no employees
17 Run other small business, no employees
20 Highly educated physical science and math professionals
21 Highly educated health professionals
22 Highly educated education professionals
23 Highly educated legal professionals
24 Highly educated business, social science and organizational professionals
25 Highly skilled writers, actors, artists, entertainers
26 Associate physical science and math professionals
27 Associate health professionals
28 Associate education professionals
29 Other associate professionals
30 Science and chemistry technicians
31 Natural science and health technicians
32 Education and transport technicians
33 Financial and commercial services professionals
34 Administration and organization management professionals
35 Other technical and professional support
40 Employees in financial, accounting and transport services
41 Employees in library and postal services
42 Clerical services
43 Administrative assistants, no further detail
44 Administrative assistants whose skills are not elsewhere classified
45 Travel agents, receptionists
46 Cashiers, box office, other customer facing services
50 Catering and restaurants
51 Personal care services
52 Security and protection
53 Firefighters
60 Agricultural workers
61 Livestock workers
62 Skilled agricultural work
63 Skilled fishing
70 Construction foreman / supervisor
71 Construction and building work
72 Painting and decorating
73 Foreman/supervisor in metal work and extraction industries
74 Miners and other extraction industry workers
75 Welders, blacksmiths, related metal workers
76 Mechanics, electricians and machine operators
77 Graphic artists, precision metal workers, ceramics, glassmakers
78 Food, beverage and tobacco workers
79 Carpenters, wood workers, leather workers
80 Supervisors of industrial installations
81 Industrial equipment installers
82 Supervisors of machine operators
83 Machine operators
84 Assembly workers
85 Sailors, train drivers, operators of heavy equipment
86 Bus drivers and other public transport workers
90 Unskilled assembly work
91 Cleaners and domestic servants
92 Building managers and window cleaners
93 Other unskilled service workers
94 Farm and fishing laborers
95 Mine and extraction industry laborers
96 Construction and building site laborers
97 Manufacturing and assembly laborers
98 Ticket collectors, loaders and unloaders, other transport laborers

United Kingdom 2014:

1 Large employers and higher managerial occupations
2 Higher professional occupations
3 Lower managerial and professional occupations
4 Intermediate occupations
5 Small employers and own account workers
6 Lower supervisory and technical occupations
7 Semi-routine occupations
8 Routine occupations

United States 2003-present:

1 Management occupations
2 Business and financial operations occupations
3 Computer and mathematical science occupations
4 Architecture and engineering occupations
5 Life, physical, and social science occupations
6 Community and social service occupations
7 Legal occupations
8 Education, training, and library occupations
9 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
10 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
11 Healthcare support occupations
12 Protective service occupations
13 Food preparation and serving related occupations
14 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
15 Personal care and service occupations
16 Sales and related occupations
17 Office and administrative support occupations
18 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
19 Construction and extraction occupations
20 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
21 Production occupations
22 Transportation and material moving occupations

OCCUPO was collected at the time of the ATUS interview. Occupation information for the respondent's main job was also collected at the time of the final CPS interview, 2-5 months before the ATUS interview.

If users are interested in more detailed occupational codes, they can reference the ATUS-X OCC variable which reports the four-digit US Census occupational code for the respondent's main job. This would require merging ATUS-X data with MTUS-X data.

South Africa 2010:

-7 Not Applicable
1 Legislators, senior officials and managers
2 Professionals
3 Technical and associate professionals
4 Clerks
5 Service workers and shop and market sales workers
6 Skilled agricultural and fishery workers
7 Craft and related trades workers
8 Plant and machine operators and assemblers
9 Elementary Occupation
10 Domestic workers

South Korea 2004 and 2009:

1 Management
2 Professional
3 Office work
4 Service
5 Sales
6 Farm/fishery etc
7 Technician
8 Engineer
9 Labour
0 Military

Description

OCCUPO is the respondent's occupation as originally coded in the surveys. This variable is unharmonized. Note that values are survey-specific (see codes).

Comparability

OCCUPO is not comparable across samples.

For United States ATUS samples, please see the ATUS OCC comparability section.

Universe

  • All working persons or non-working persons with a recent job position.

Availability

  • Austria: 1992, 2008
  • Bulgaria: 2001
  • Canada: 2005, 2010
  • France: 1985
  • Hungary: 1999, 2009
  • Italy: 2002, 2008
  • Netherlands: 1995, 2000
  • South Africa: 2000, 2010
  • South Korea: 1999, 2004, 2009
  • Spain: 2002
  • United States: 2003-2022