O*NET® Database Releases Archive

The current production release of the O*NET database is 28.2; see our O*NET Database page for more information. Current and previous releases as well as transitional releases of the database can be obtained below.

For summary update information, see O*NET Occupation Update Summary. For details about each release in the archive, including content updates, refer to:

Researchers conducting longitudinal studies: see O*NET Longitudinal Data Updates (XLSX).

All versions of the O*NET Database are available under a Creative Commons license. See the Database license page for more information.

O*NET 28.2 February 2024

Current production database

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 28.1 November 2023

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 28.0 August 2023

90 occupations updated

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 27.3 May 2023

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 27.2 February 2023

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 27.1 November 2022

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 27.0 August 2022

80 occupations updated

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 26.3 May 2022

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 26.2 February 2022

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 26.1 November 2021

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 26.0 August 2021

100 occupations updated

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 25.3 May 2021

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 25.2 February 2021

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 25.1 November 2020

Release of the updated O*NET taxonomy - O*NET-SOC 2019, based on the 2018 SOC standard

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 25.0 August 2020

100 occupations updated

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 24.3 May 2020

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 24.2 February 2020

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 24.1 November 2019

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 24.0 August 2019

100 occupations updated

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 23.3 May 2019

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 23.2 February 2019

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 23.1 November 2018

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 23.0 August 2018

100 occupations updated

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 22.3 May 2018

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 22.2 February 2018

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 22.1 October 2017

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 22.0 August 2017

100 occupations updated

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 21.2 February 2017

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 21.1 November 2016

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 21.0 August 2016

116 occupations updated

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 20.2 February 2016

Data Dictionary: onlinePDF

O*NET 20.0 August 2015

102 occupations updated

Data Dictionary: PDF

O*NET 19.0 July 2014

126 occupations updated

Data Dictionary: PDF

O*NET 18.1 March 2014

Release of the newly developed Detailed Work Activities (DWAs)

Data Dictionary: PDF

O*NET 18.0 July 2013

105 occupations updated

Data Dictionary: PDF

O*NET 17.0 July 2012

108 occupations updated

Data Dictionary: PDF

O*NET 16.0 July 2011

107 occupations updated

Data Dictionary: PDF

O*NET 15.1 February 2011

Release of the updated O*NET taxonomy - O*NET-SOC 2010, based on the 2010 SOC standard

Data Dictionary: PDF

O*NET 15.0 July 2010

120 occupations updated

Data Dictionary: PDF

O*NET 14.0 June 2009

117 occupations updated

Release of the updated O*NET taxonomy - O*NET-SOC 2009

Data Dictionary: PDF

O*NET 13.0 June 2008

108 occupations updated

Data Dictionary: PDF

O*NET 12.0 June 2007

100 occupations updated

Data Dictionary: PDF

O*NET 11.0 December 2006

101 occupations updated

Data Dictionary: PDF

O*NET 10.0 June 2006

100 occupations updated

Release of the updated O*NET taxonomy - O*NET-SOC 2006

Data Dictionary: PDF

O*NET 9.0 December 2005

100 occupations updated

Data Dictionary: PDF

O*NET 8.0 June 2005

100 occupations updated

Data Dictionary: PDF

O*NET 7.0 December 2004

100 occupations updated

Data Dictionary: PDF

O*NET 6.0 July 2004

126 occupations updated

Data Dictionary: PDF

O*NET 5.1 November 2003

Occupational-level and item-level metadata added to the O*NET database

Data Dictionary: PDF

O*NET 5.0 April 2003

54 occupations updated

First update of database from Data Collection Program

Data Dictionary: PDF

O*NET Transitional Databases