Specific Interest Areas
| Purpose: | Provide specific interest area numeric profile data and display rankings for each O*NET-SOC occupation. |
| Table Name: | specific_interest_areas |
Structure and Description:
| Column | Type | Column Content |
|---|
| onetsoc_code | Character(10) | O*NET-SOC Code (see Occupation Data) |
| element_id | Character Varying(20) | Content Model Outline Position (see Content Model Reference) |
| scale_id | Character Varying(3) | Scale ID (see Scales Reference) |
| data_value | Decimal(5,2) | Rating associated with the O*NET-SOC occupation |
| date_updated | Date | Date when data was updated |
| domain_source | Character Varying(30) | Source of the data |
This file contains the specific interest area numeric profile data and display rankings for each O*NET-SOC occupation.
Specific Interest Area ratings are presented as two scales: OI reports how characteristic each interest area is to the occupation, and DS reports the display order used in O*NET OnLine.
The file is displayed in six tab delimited fields with the columns named O*NET-SOC Code, Element ID, Scale ID, Data Value, Date, and Domain Source. The six fields are represented by one row. There are a total of 73,062 rows of data in this file.
For more information, see:
File Structure Changes:
| Release Number | Description of Change |
|---|
| 30.3 | Added as a new file |
Data Example - specific_interest_areas:
| onetsoc_code | element_id | scale_id | data_value | date_updated | domain_source |
|---|
| 43-4041.00 | 1.B.3.a | DS | 0.00 | 2026-05-01 | AI/Expert |
| 43-4041.00 | 1.B.3.a | OI | 1.03 | 2026-05-01 | AI/Expert |
| 43-4041.00 | 1.B.3.b | DS | 0.00 | 2026-05-01 | AI/Expert |
| 43-4041.00 | 1.B.3.b | OI | 1.00 | 2026-05-01 | AI/Expert |
| 43-4041.00 | 1.B.3.c | DS | 0.00 | 2026-05-01 | AI/Expert |
| 43-4041.00 | 1.B.3.c | OI | 1.00 | 2026-05-01 | AI/Expert |
| 43-4041.00 | 1.B.3.d | DS | 0.00 | 2026-05-01 | AI/Expert |
| 43-4041.00 | 1.B.3.d | OI | 1.00 | 2026-05-01 | AI/Expert |
| 43-4041.00 | 1.B.3.e | DS | 0.00 | 2026-05-01 | AI/Expert |
| 29-2034.00 | 1.B.3.a | DS | 0.00 | 2026-05-01 | AI/Expert |
| 29-2034.00 | 1.B.3.a | OI | 1.87 | 2026-05-01 | AI/Expert |
| 29-2034.00 | 1.B.3.b | DS | 0.00 | 2026-05-01 | AI/Expert |
| 29-2034.00 | 1.B.3.b | OI | 1.00 | 2026-05-01 | AI/Expert |
| 29-2034.00 | 1.B.3.c | DS | 0.00 | 2026-05-01 | AI/Expert |
| 29-2034.00 | 1.B.3.c | OI | 1.43 | 2026-05-01 | AI/Expert |
| 29-2034.00 | 1.B.3.d | DS | 0.00 | 2026-05-01 | AI/Expert |
| 29-2034.00 | 1.B.3.d | OI | 2.57 | 2026-05-01 | AI/Expert |
| 29-2034.00 | 1.B.3.e | DS | 0.00 | 2026-05-01 | AI/Expert |
