Occupation Level Metadata

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

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

The file is displayed in six tab delimited fields with the columns named O*NET-SOC Code, Item, Response, N, Percent, and Date. The six fields are represented by one row. There are a total of 31,398 rows of data in this file.

File Structure Changes:
Release NumberDescription of Change
5.1Added as a new file
6.0 - 20.3No structure changes
21.0Items added and renamed; see Appendix 3, Key to Occupation Level Metadata
21.1 - 27.2No structure changes

Data Example - Occupation Level Metadata:
O*NET-SOC CodeItemResponseNPercentDate
25-9021.00Data Collection ModePaper2740.708/2022
25-9021.00Data Collection ModeWeb2759.308/2022
25-9021.00How Much Experience Performing Work in this Occupation1-2 Years270.008/2022
25-9021.00How Much Experience Performing Work in this Occupation10+ Years2785.208/2022
25-9021.00How Much Experience Performing Work in this Occupation3-4 Years270.008/2022
25-9021.00How Much Experience Performing Work in this Occupation5-9 Years2714.808/2022
25-9021.00How Much Experience Performing Work in this Occupation<1 Year270.008/2022
25-9021.00How Much Experience Performing Work in this OccupationMissing270.008/2022
25-9021.00How Much Experience Performing Work in this OccupationNever performed work in the occupation270.008/2022
25-9021.00OE Completeness Raten/an/a93.108/2022
25-9021.00OE Response Raten/an/a87.908/2022
25-9021.00Total Completed Questionnairesn/a27n/a08/2022
25-9031.00Data Collection ModePaper7439.208/2018
25-9031.00Data Collection ModeWeb7460.808/2018
25-9031.00Employee Completeness Raten/an/a94.908/2018
25-9031.00Employee Response Raten/an/a72.208/2018