List The detailed occupations in the SOC can be combined into 23 major groups. •
Architecture and engineering occupations •
Arts,
design,
entertainment,
sports, and
media occupations •
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations •
Business and
financial operations occupations •
Community and social services occupations •
Computer and mathematical occupations •
Construction and extraction occupations •
Education, training, and library occupations •
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations •
Food preparation and serving related occupations •
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations •
Healthcare support occupations •
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations •
Legal occupations •
Life, physical, and social science occupations •
Management occupations •
Military specific occupations •
Office and administrative support occupations •
Personal care and service occupations •
Production occupations •
Protective service occupations •
Sales and related occupations •
Transportation and material moving occupations
Employment and Earnings Across all occupations, BLS reports total employment to be 151,853,870 and the annual mean wage to be $65,470. Total employment and annual mean wage for each major group is in the following table.
Environmental Conditions Across all occupations, 6.9 percent of all workers are exposed to hazardous contaminants. Across all occupations, about 67 percent of all workers are not exposed to the outdoors. However, among all workers, 4.1 percent are constantly exposed to the outdoors, 3.7 percent are frequently exposed to the outdoors, 15.1 percent are occasionally exposed to the outdoors, and 10.2 percent are seldomly exposed to the outdoors. Exposure to hazardous contaminants and exposure to the outdoors (seldom, occasional, frequent, or constant) for each major group are in the following table.
Minimum Education Requirements Minimum education is the minimum education required by a job, not the educational attainment of the worker. A worker may have attained more education than the minimum required by a job. Among all workers, 30.0 percent are in jobs with no minimum education requirement, 40.1 percent are in jobs where a high school degree is the minimum requirement, 19.3 percent are in jobs where a bachelor's degree is the minimum requirement, and 10.6 percent are in jobs with some other minimum requirement (for example, a graduate degree). The percentages in the various minimum requirement categories for each major group in the SOC are shown in the following table.
Physical Requirements The maximum weight lifted or carried averaged 25.58 pounds for all workers. For all workers, the percentage of the workday a person is required to stand averaged 56.3 percent of the workday. The figures for each major group in the SOC are in the following table.
Pace of Work and Breaks Across all occupations, 38.9 percent of all workers are required to work at a consistent and generally fast pace, 52.9 percent are required to work at a pace that varies, and 8.2 percent at a consistent and generally slow pace. About 56.2 percent of workers have the ability to “pause work and take short, unscheduled breaks throughout the workday.” Pace of work and the ability to pause work for each major group are in the following table. == History ==