Occupation Level Metadata
| Purpose: | Provide O*NET-SOC Occupational Level Metadata associated with the incumbent data collection. |
Structure and Description:
| Column | Type | Column Content |
|---|
| O*NET-SOC Code | Character(10) | O*NET-SOC Code (see Occupation Data) |
| Item | Character Varying(150) | Occupation level statistics |
| Response | Character Varying(75) | Type of response |
| N | Integer(4) | Sample size for occupation |
| Percent | Float(4,1) | Percentage of responses |
| Date | Character(7) | Date when data was updated |
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 32,202 rows of data in this file.
Data Example - Occupation Level Metadata:
| O*NET-SOC Code | Item | Response | N | Percent | Date |
|---|
| 17-2111.02 | Data Collection Mode | Paper | 26 | 15.4 | 08/2025 |
| 17-2111.02 | Data Collection Mode | Web | 26 | 84.6 | 08/2025 |
| 17-2111.02 | How Much Experience Performing Work in this Occupation | 1-2 Years | 26 | 0.0 | 08/2025 |
| 17-2111.02 | How Much Experience Performing Work in this Occupation | 10+ Years | 26 | 96.2 | 08/2025 |
| 17-2111.02 | How Much Experience Performing Work in this Occupation | 3-4 Years | 26 | 0.0 | 08/2025 |
| 17-2111.02 | How Much Experience Performing Work in this Occupation | 5-9 Years | 26 | 3.8 | 08/2025 |
| 17-2111.02 | How Much Experience Performing Work in this Occupation | <1 Year | 26 | 0.0 | 08/2025 |
| 17-2111.02 | How Much Experience Performing Work in this Occupation | Missing | 26 | 0.0 | 08/2025 |
| 17-2111.02 | How Much Experience Performing Work in this Occupation | Never performed work in the occupation | 26 | 0.0 | 08/2025 |
| 17-2111.02 | OE Completeness Rate | n/a | n/a | 100.0 | 08/2025 |
| 17-2111.02 | OE Response Rate | n/a | n/a | 50.0 | 08/2025 |
| 17-2111.02 | Total Completed Questionnaires | n/a | 26 | n/a | 08/2025 |
| 17-2112.00 | Data Collection Mode | Paper | 84 | 42.9 | 08/2020 |
| 17-2112.00 | Data Collection Mode | Web | 84 | 57.1 | 08/2020 |
| 17-2112.00 | Employee Completeness Rate | n/a | n/a | 90.3 | 08/2020 |
| 17-2112.00 | Employee Response Rate | n/a | n/a | 68.4 | 08/2020 |
