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National Compensation Survey - Wages
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Major Occupational Groups: A| B | C | D | E | F | G | H | KAbout the Occupational Classification System Manual
Code Census Job Title Industries Affected A095 O.B. scrub nurse 806 A084 O.B. specialist 801,803 A208 O.B. technician 806 A087 O.D. All Industries D376 O.S.D. clerk 40-47 K446 O.T. aide 806 C275 O.T.C. clerk 62,67 F756 Oakes-machine operator 302-306 A199 Oarsman 791,794,799 A225 Observer 13 F766 Observer 331,332,pt333,334,pt335,pt336,339, 34(exc.348) D348 Observer 481 K416 Observer Forest Service 08 A216 Observer Weather Bureau 95 A095 Obstetrical nurse All Industries A084 Obstetrician 801,803 B027 Occupational analyst All Industries A095 Occupational health nurse All Industries A084 Occupational medicine specialist 801,803 A095 Occupational nurse All Industries A084 Occupational physician All Industries A099 Occupational therapist All Industries K446 Occupational therapy aide All Industries B015 Occupational therapy director All Industries A208 Occupational therapy technician All Industries A075 Oceanographer 899 A074 Oceanographic meteorologist All Industries K446 Ocular-care aide All Industries A208 Ocular-care technician All Industries A208 Ocular-care technologist All Industries A084 Oculist 801,803 H878 Odd bundle worker 21 H889 Odd-job laborer All Industries L407 Odd jobs, day worker 88 H889 Odd jobs, exc. day worker 88 I479 Odd jobs, n. s. 01,02,071,072,075,076 H486 Odd jobs, n. s. 078 H869 Odd jobs, n. s. 15-17 F777 Odd jobs, n. s. 20-39 K453 Odd jobs, n. s. 734 H889 Odd jobs, n. s. Any not listed above F745 Odd-shoe boy or girl 313,314 D389 Odd-ticket boy 301-306 H878 Off-bearer 20-39 H883 Offal icer, poultry 201 E686 Offal man, exc. poultry 201 H883 Offal man, poultry 201 F745 Offal roller 313,314 F786 Offal separator 20 F745 Offal trimmer 313,314 D379 Office boy 801-804 D357 Office boy Exc. 801-804 K453 Office cleaner All Industries D313 Office clerk-secretary All Industries D379 Office clerk, n. s. All Industries D356 Office copy selector 27 D326 Office correspondent All Industries D379 Office employee All Industries D379 Office girl, routine 801-804 D357 Office girl, routine Exc. 801-804 D379 Office man All Industries D357 Office messenger All Industries A095 Office nurse, registered All Industries K447 Office nurse, n. s. 801,803 K446 Office nurse, n. s. Exc. 801,803 D313 Office secretary All Industries K453 Office sweeper All Industries D337 Office work and bookkeeper All Industries D315 Office worker, filing, typing All Industries D379 Office worker, n.s. All Industries E538 Office-machine installer All Industries D347 Office-machine operator All Industries E538 Office-machine service All Industries A065 Office-system analyst All Industries B025 Officer 60,61 B005 Officer Customhouse 93 G828 Officer Merchant Marine 44 K418 Officer Police department 92 A177 Officer Salvation Army 832,839 B025 Official 60,61 B014 Official 821,822,824,835 A177 Official 866 B005 Official 91,93-97 B005 Official 92 A177 Official Salvation Army 832,839 B022 Official Any not listed above K469 Official greeter Resort hotel 701 F734 Offset plate maker 27 F734 Offset pressman 272-279 F734 Offset printer 272-279 F734 Offset-camera operator 272-279 D345 Offset-duplicating-machine operator, clerical All Industries F734 Offset-duplicating-machine operator, printing All Industries F734 Offset-machine operator 27 F734 Offset-press operator 272-279 D345 Offsetting-machine hand All Industries B018 Oil agent 13 A225 Oil analyst 291 F766 Oil boiler All Industries G804 Oil deliverer 517 E613 Oil developer 13 G843 Oil dispatcher 13,291,46 D359 Oil dispatcher 481,482,489 C243 Oil distributor 517 E614 Oil driller 13 A073 Oil expert 13,291 H889 Oil extractor 33-37(exc.348),40,763,764,7692,7699 E699 Oil gager All Industries E534 Oil heater installer All Industries H869 Oil heaterman 15-17 F756 Oil mixer 291 B022 Oil operator OWN 13 E613 Oil operator PR 13 A188 Oil painter 899 B022 Oil producer OWN 13 E613 Oil producer PR 13 G859 Oil pumper 13 E699 Oil pumper 291 E696 Oil pumper Exc. 13,291 F757 Oil recovery unit operator All Industries E699 Oil refiner All Industries A225 Oil scout 13 F757 Oil separator 33-37(exc.348),40,763,764,7692,7699 C255 Oil speculator 62,67 A225 Oil tester 13,291 F757 Oil treater 13 F777 Oil treater 291 E534 Oil-burner installer All Industries F766 Oil-burner man 333-339 E534 Oil-burner technician All Industries E599 Oil-distributor tender 15-17 F777 Oil-expeller operator 20-39 E614 Oil-field caser 13 G859 Oil-field pumper All Industries A225 Oil-field tester 13 E617 Oil-field worker 13 E613 Oil-field-rig builder OWN 13 E599 Oil-field-rig builder PR 13 E534 Oil-furnace installer All Industries D365 Oil-house attendant 40 D365 Oil-house man All Industries A225 Oil-laboratory analyst 291 C255 Oil-lease broker 62,67 B018 Oil-lease buyer PR 13 B022 Oil-lease operator OWN 13 B018 Oil-lease operator PR 13 E519 Oil-pit attendant 40 A225 Oil-prospecting observer 13 G804 Oil-spraying-machine operator 01,02,07(exc.074) E594 Oil-spreader operator 15-17 H887 Oil-tank-car cleaner All Industries G828 Oil-tanker captain 44 G804 Oil-transport driver All Industries G804 Oil-truck driver All Industries E614 Oil-well driller 13 E615 Oil-well gun perforator operator 13 A225 Oil-well logger 13 G859 Oil-well pumper 13 G859 Oil-well service operator 13 E615 Oil-well shooter 13 G833 Oiler 44 E519 Oiler Exc. 44 E519 Oiler-bander 22 F777 Oiling-machine operator 311 E519 Oilman 40 A165 Old-coin dealer 593,5948,5993-5995,5999 B029 Old-gold buyer 509(exc.5093) B027 Older-worker specialist Employment Service 94 E688 Oleomargarine maker 207,209 A077 Olericulturist All Industries F797 Olive brine tester All Industries F799 Olive grader 203,207,209 I479 Olive knocker 01,071,072,075,076 H888 Olive packer 203,207,209 I479 Olive picker 01,071,072,075,076 F777 Olive pitter 203,207,209 F757 Oliver-filter operator All Industries E647 Oliving-machine operator 387 B005 Ombudsman 91-97 I488 Onion tier 01,071,072,075,076,514,515,5191 F799 Onion tier Any not listed above I479 Onion topper 01,071,072,075,076 F735 Opaquer 272-279 F789 Opaquer 3827,384,385 F777 Open developer operator All Industries F738 Open winder 221-224,228 H889 Open-hearth laborer 331,332,pt333,334,pt335,pt336,339, 34(exc.348) F766 Open-hearth man 331,332,pt333,334,pt335,pt336,339, 34(exc.348) F766 Open-hearth melter 331,332,pt333,334,pt335,pt336,339, 34(exc.348) F766 Open-hearth-furnace operator 331,332,pt333,334,pt335,pt336,339, 34(exc.348) F777 Open-soaper tender 22 F777 Opener tender All Industries H878 Opener, hat & cap 225,231-238 H889 Opener, n. s. 22,261-263 F748 Opener, n. s. 721 B036 Opener, n. s. Customs service 93 F777 Opener, n. s. Any not listed above A186 Opera singer 781-783,792 A095 Operating-room nurse 806 K447 Operating-room orderly 806 A208 Operating-room technician 806 D364 Operations agent 45 B036 Operations agent FAA 96 A065 Operations analyst All Industries E503 Operations chief, tank and amphibian tractor All Industries D389 Operations clerk All Industries B022 Operations coordinator 45 B025 Operations officer All Industries A065 Operations research analyst All Industries C243 Operations superintendent 52-59 Operator I475 —With class of worker exc. OWN 01,02 E617 —With class of worker exc. OWN 10-14 G824 —With class of worker exc. OWN 411,413-417,exc. bus co. D348 —With class of worker exc. OWN 481 D353 —With class of worker exc. OWN 482,489 E695 —With class of worker exc. OWN 491 E694 —With class of worker exc. OWN 495 C243 —With class of worker exc. OWN 554 F748 —With class of worker exc. OWN 721 F773 —With class of worker exc. OWN 781-783,792 B015 —With class of worker exc. OWN 805 K457 —With class of worker exc. OWN Barbershop 724 K458 —With class of worker exc. OWN Beauty parlor 723 D359 —With class of worker exc. OWN Burglar alarm co. 7381,7382 G808 —With class of worker exc. OWN Bus co. 41(exc.412) D359 —With class of worker exc. OWN Fire alarm co. 7381,7382 D353 —With class of worker exc. OWN News syndicate 732,733,735,7383-7389 A189 —With class of worker exc. OWN Photo studio 722,729 D353 —With class of worker exc. OWN Railroad station 40 K459 —With class of worker exc. OWN Wired music service 791,794,799 K446 Ophthalmic aide All Industries E677 Ophthalmic dispenser All Industries A208 Ophthalmic technician All Industries A208 Ophthalmic technologist All Industries A084 Ophthalmologist 801,803 E677 Optical dispenser All Industries E677 Optical technician All Industries E677 Optical worker 3827,384,385 F759 Optical-glass silverer All Industries A069 Optical-instrument specialist All Industries F704 Optical-lathe operator All Industries E677 Optician All Industries K446 Optometric aide All Industries A208 Optometric technologist All Industries A087 Optometrist 8042 A204 Oral hygienist 802 A085 Oral pathologist All Industries A085 Oral surgeon 802 A104 Oral therapist All Industries I479 Orange picker 01,071,072,075,076 A194 Orator 899 I479 Orchard hand 01,071,072,075,076 I479 Orchard sprayer 01,071,072,075,076 I475 Orchardist GOV,OBI or PR 01,071,072,075,076 I473 Orchardist OBNI 01 A186 Orchestra conductor 781-783,792 A186 Orchestra director 781-783,792 A186 Orchestra leader 781-783,792 A186 Orchestrator 899 I476 Orchid grower GOV,OBI or PR 01,071,072,075,076 I474 Orchid grower OBNI 01,071,072,075,076 H484 Orchid hand 01,071,072,075,076 A176 Ordained minister 866 D327 Order booker All Industries G804 Order boy 50-59 D374 Order caller All Industries D368 Order checker All Industries D327 Order clerk, clerical All Industries H889 Order clerk, exc. clerical All Industries K438 Order clerk, food service 58 K438 Order clerk, n. s. 58 D363 Order detailer 20-39 D307 Order dispatcher, chief 491,493 D327 Order editor All Industries D373 Order expediter All Industries D327 Order filler, clerical All Industries H878 Order filler, linseed oil 207,209 K438 Order filler, n. s. 58 H877 Order filler, n. s. Exc. 58 H888 Order packer or packager All Industries H889 Order picker All Industries D363 Order planner 20-39 H889 Order puller All Industries H889 Order runner 201 G804 Order runner 50-59 H889 Order selector All Industries K438 Order taker 58 D327 Order taker Exc. 58 D365 Order tracer All Industries D327 Order-control clerk, blood bank 807-809 D327 Order-desk man All Industries D327 Order-make-up man All Industries D363 Order-schedule clerk All Industries F777 Ordering machine operator 21 K447 Orderly 805-809 A179 Ordinary 92 G829 Ordinary seaman 44 E547 Ordnance artificer 97 E547 Ordnance man All Industries G849 Ore bridge operator 331,332,pt333,334,pt335,pt336,339, 34(exc.348) B033 Ore buyer All Industries F766 Ore charger Zinc pt333,334,3351,3356-7,pt336,339 F768 Ore crusher 10,12 E617 Ore digger 10,12 F766 Ore dryer 333-339 H889 Ore fielder 331,332,pt333,334,pt335,pt336,339, 34(exc.348) F799 Ore grader 10,12 E615 Ore miner, blasting 10,12 E616 Ore miner, n. s. 10,12 F756 Ore mixer 331,332,pt333,334,pt335,pt336,339, 34(exc.348) H876 Ore puncher 44 F766 Ore roaster 33-37(exc.348),40,763,764,7692,7699 F798 Ore sampler All Industries F766 Ore smelter 33-37(exc.348),40,763,764,7692,7699 A225 Ore tester 10 G848 Ore trimmer 44 F757 Ore washer 10,12 F766 Ore-storage-drier man 33-37(exc.348),40,763,764,7692,7699 H889 Oreman 333-339 E636 Organ builder 39(exc.394) E535 Organ fixer 763,764,7692,7699 A194 Organ grinder 791,794,799 E535 Organ installer All Industries E535 Organ tuner 763,764,7692,7699 A073 Organic chemist All Industries A186 Organist All Industries A167 Organizational psychologist All Industries C253 Organizer 63,64 B021 Organizer 832,839,861-865,869 A177 Organizer Salvation Army 832,839 H889 Oriental rug stretcher All Industries A105 Orientation therapist for the blind All Industries F744 Ornament stitcher 20-30,311,315-319,32-39 F745 Ornament stitcher 313,314 E599 Ornamental iron erector 15-17 E599 Ornamental ironworker 15-17 F717 Ornamental metal worker 20-39 E599 Ornamental metal worker Exc. 20-39 A185 Ornamental metalwork designer All Industries E579 Ornamental painter All Industries E584 Ornamental plasterer 15-17 E675 Ornamenter All Industries A078 Ornithologist All Industries E678 Orthodontic technician All Industries A085 Orthodontist 802 A185 Orthopedic designer 3827,384,385 A084 Orthopedic surgeon 801,803 A208 Orthopedic technician All Industries A208 Orthopedic-brace maker All Industries K447 Orthopedic-cast specialist 806 C265 Orthopedic-shoe fitter 566 F745 Orthopedic-shoe maker 313,314 E669 Orthopedic-shoe maker Exc. 313,314 A084 Orthopedist 801,803 A208 Orthoptic technician All Industries A208 Orthoptist All Industries K446 Orthotic aide All Industries E684 Orthotics technician All Industries A208 Orthotist All Industries A078 Osteologist All Industries A084 Osteopath 801,803 A084 Osteopathic 806 A084 Osteopathic physician 801,803 A084 Osteopathic resident 806 A084 Otolaryngologist All Industries A208 Otometric technician All Industries A084 Otorhinolaryngologist 801,803 D319 Out-patient clerk 806 D316 Out-patient-admitting clerk 806 E509 Outboard motor tester All Industries E518 Outfitter 373 A174 Outreach worker, associate degree or higher All Industries K465 Outreach worker, less than associate degree All Industries A194 Outrider Racetrack 791,794,799 F745 Outside cutter 313,314 H889 Outside laborer 10-14 E518 Outside machinist 373 E547 Outside rigger 373 F786 Outsider Furniture 25 F745 Outsole caser 313,314 F745 Outsole cementer 313,314 F745 Outsole compressor 313,314 H878 Outsole flexer 313,314 F745 Outsole handler 313,314 F745 Outsole rounder 313,314 F745 Outsole splicer 313,314 F766 Oven baker 326 E563 Oven builder All Industries H889 Oven dauber Coke 331 F777 Oven dumper 205 F766 Oven heater Coke 331 H889 Oven laborer Coke 331 G859 Oven loader 205 F796 Oven loader Television tubes 361,362,364,367,369 F763 Oven operator 205,21 F766 Oven operator Exc. 205,21 F763 Oven tender 205,21 F766 Oven tender Exc. 205,21 F763 Oven worker 205,21 F766 Oven worker Exc. 205,21 F763 Ovenman 205,21 F766 Ovenman Exc. 205,21 G804 Over-the-road driver 421,423 F744 Overcaster 20-30,311,315-319,32-39 F745 Overcaster 313,314 F785 Overcoil stepper 387 F785 Overcoiler 387 F744 Overedge-machine operator 20-30,311,315-319,32-39 F745 Overedge-machine operator 313,314 F744 Overedger 20-30,311,315-319,32-39 F745 Overedger 313,314 E505 Overhauler, auto All Industries E507 Overhauler, bus, truck All Industries E516 Overhauler, const. equipment All Industries E518 Overhauler, loom 22,231-238,355,356,358,359 E518 Overhauler, machine 22 H865 Overhauler, n. s. 201 E518 Overhauler, n. s. 355,356,358,359 E505 Overhauler, n. s. 371,527,55,752-754 E519 Overhead cleaner maintainer All Industries G849 Overhead craneman All Industries E577 Overhead lineman 491-493,496 E575 Overhead man 781-783,792 G849 Overhead-crane operator All Industries E567 Overhead-garage-door hanger 15-17 F744 Overlock machine operator All Industries F744 Overlock operator 20-30,311,315-319,32-39 F745 Overlock operator 313,314 F744 Overlock sewing machine operator All Industries F744 Overlocker 20-30,311,315-319,32-39 F745 Overlocker 313,314 I477 Overlooker 01,02,071,072,075,076 F744 Overseamer 20-30,311,315-319,32-39 F745 Overseamer 313,314 C243 Owner 50-56,571,572,5731,5734,592-599 B017 Owner 58 A096 Owner 591 B018 Owner 65 E666 Owner 7219 A178 Owner 81 B014 Owner 821 K468 Owner 835 B018 Owner Apartment house 65 B022 Owner Art studio 899 K457 Owner Barbershop 724 K458 Owner Beauty shop 723 E547 Owner Blacksmith shop 763,764,7692,7699 B017 Owner Boardinghouse 702-704 K469 Owner Bootblack stand 725 B014 Owner Business college 824 B028 Owner Cream station 514 K426 Owner Detective agency 7381,7382 I473 Owner Farm OBNI 01,02 H497 Owner Fishing boat 09 B019 Owner Funeral home 726 K469 Owner Guest house 702-704 K469 Owner Lodginghouse 702-704 C277 Owner Mobile food store 5963 B018 Owner Mobile home lot 702-704 A189 Owner Photo studio 722,729 I473 Owner Ranch OBNI 01,02 B018 Owner Real estate 65 B017 Owner Resort 702-704 K469 Owner Rooming house 702-704 E669 Owner Shoe repair shop 725 E667 Owner Tailor shop 56(exc.566) G809 Owner Taxicab 412 B017 Owner Tourist cabins 701 B017 Owner Tourist camp 702-704 K469 Owner Tourist home 702-704 B018 Owner Trailer park 702-704 B019 Owner Undertaking establishment 726 K434 Owner-bartender 58 B017 Owner-manager 58 G804 Owner-operator 421,423 B017 Owner-operator 58 A226 Owner-pilot 45 F757 Oxidation operator All Industries F766 Oxide furnace tender All Industries F789 Oxidizer All Industries F783 Oxyacetylene burner All Industries F783 Oxyacetylene cutter All Industries F783 Oxyacetylene welder All Industries F783 Oxyacetylene-torch operator All Industries F766 Oxygen furnace operator All Industries A098 Oxygen therapist All Industries K446 Oxygen-equipment aide 806 A208 Oxygen-equipment technician All Industries F757 Oxygen-plant operator 281,282,286-289 F797 Oxygen-system tester 372 F754 Oxygen-tank filler 281,286,289 A208 Oxygen-therapy technician All Industries F783 Oxygraph operator All Industries F783 Oxyhydrogen welder All Industries B033 Oyster buyer OWN 514 H498 Oyster culler 09 H498 Oyster cultivator 09 H498 Oyster dredger 09 H498 Oyster farmer 09 H498 Oyster fisherman 09 H498 Oyster floater 09 F799 Oyster grader 207,209 H498 Oyster grower 09 H498 Oyster harvester 09 H889 Oyster opener All Industries H498 Oyster picker 09 H889 Oyster picker 207,209 H498 Oyster planter 09 B033 Oyster shipper 514 H889 Oyster shucker All Industries H498 Oyster sorter 09 H889 Oyster sorter 207,209 H498 Oyster tonger 09 F764 Oyster washer 207,209 H498 Oysterman 09 F774 Ozalid operator All Industries
Last modified: October 16, 2001