Standard Occupational Classification

2018 SOC Implementation Schedule for BLS programs

BLS Program	Reference date	Publication date
Occupational Employment Statistics	TBD	TBD
Employment Projections	TBD	TBD
Current Population Survey	TBD	TBD
OSH - Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries	TBD	TBD
OSH - Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses	TBD	TBD
Employer Costs for Employee Compensation	TBD	TBD
Employment Cost Index	TBD	TBD
National Compensation Survey - Benefits (incidence and key provisions)	TBD	TBD
National Compensation Survey - Benefits (detailed provisions)	TBD	TBD

For information on implementation of the 2018 SOC by other Federal statistical agencies, see:

Department of Commerce, Census Bureau – Standard tabulations of data from the American Community Survey are available through the American FactFinder via the Internet at www.census.gov. Information about occupation coding and written reports on occupational trends can be found at https://www.census.gov/library/publications/1958/demo/occupational-trends-1958.html. For additional information, contact the Census Bureau’s Question and Answer Center at https://ask.census.gov or contact the Call Center at (301) 763-INFO.
Department of Defense – Information on available data products can be obtained on the Internet at www.dmdc.osd.mil; or by writing to Director, Defense Manpower Data Center, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Suite 04E25, Alexandria, VA 22350.
Department of Education – Information on data products from the Schools and Staffing Survey, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, and various longitudinal studies is available from the specific surveys and programs, which can be found at http://nces.ed.gov/surveys.
Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA) – O*NET information is available via the Internet at http://online.onetcenter.org and also as a downloadable electronic database from the O*NET Resource Center: www.onetcenter.org/database.html. For more information, contact O*NET Customer Support at onet@ncmail.net or contact the Department of Labor at o-net@dol.gov . You can also write to the O*NET project director at Office of Workforce Investment, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, FPB Room S 4231, 200 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – More information on the Commission’s data survey and enforcement programs may be obtained from the Commission’s Web site at www.eeoc.gov.
National Science Foundation – More information on the Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System (SESTAT) may be obtained from the SESTAT Web site at www.nsf.gov/statistics/sestat.

Last Modified Date: December 5, 2017