What a SOC code is

The Standard Occupational Classification code that lets roles map to official occupation data.

What it means

SOC stands for the Standard Occupational Classification, the system the U.S. federal government uses to group jobs into standardized occupations for statistics.

Every occupation has a SOC code (for example, 15-1212 for Information Security Analysts). The code is the key that links a job title to official data sets.

RoleMath attaches a SOC code to each role so we can pull the right occupation-level pay figures from BLS and the right task and skill detail from O*NET, instead of guessing. Those figures are not personal wage promises.

A SOC code identifies an occupation, not a person, so it never describes your individual salary, and the wage data behind it is not a personal income promise.

Job titles vary between employers, so the SOC code is how we keep a role honestly mapped to government data without overstating demand that the data does not show.

Sources

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics: https://www.bls.gov/oes/
• National Center for ONET Development — ONET OnLine: https://www.onetonline.org/

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