Standard Occupational Classification 1990
100 = General administrators; national government (Assistant Secretary/Grade 5 and above)
101 = General Managers; large companies and organisations
102 = Local government officers (administrative and executive functions)
103 = General administrators; national government (HEO to Senior Principal/Grade 6)
110 = Production, works and maintenance managers
113 = Managers in mining and energy industries
120 = Treasurers and company financial managers
123 = Advertising and public relations managers
124 = Personnel, training and industrial relations managers
125 = Organisation and methods and work study managers
126 = Computer systems and data processing managers
131 = Bank, Building Society and Post Office managers (except self-employed)
132 = Civil service executive officers government
139 = Other financial institutions and office managers n.e.c.
142 = Managers in warehousing and other materials handling
151 = Officers in foreign and Commonwealth armed forces
153 = Fire service officers (station officer and above)
154 = Prison officers (principal officer and above)
155 = Customs and excise, immigration service officers (customs: chief preventive officers excise: surveyors and above)
160 = Farm owners and managers, horticulturists
169 = Other managers in farming, forestry and fishing n.e.c.
172 = Hairdressers' and barbers' managers and proprietors
178 = Managers and proprietors of butchers and fishmongers
179 = Managers and proprietors in service industries n.e.c.
190 = Officials of trade associations, trade unions, professional bodies and charities
191 = Registrars and administrators of educational establishments
199 = Other managers and administrators n.e.c.
210 = Civil, structural, municipal, mining and quarrying engineers
219 = Other engineers and technologists n.e.c.
230 = University and polytechnic teaching professionals
231 = Higher and Further education teaching professionals
233 = Secondary (and middle school deemed secondary) education teaching professionals
234 = Primary (and middle school deemed primary) and nursery education teaching professionals
239 = Other teaching professionals n.e.c. teacher dancing
262 = Building, land, mining and 'general practice' surveyors
303 = Architectural and town planning technicians
304 = Building and civil engineering technicians
347 = Occupational and speech therapists, psychotherapists, therapists n.e.c.
349 = Other health associate professionals animals
361 = Underwriters, claims assessors, brokers, investment analysts
363 = Personnel and industrial relations officers
364 = Organisation and methods and work study officers
381 = Artists, commercial artists, graphic designers
382 = Industrial designers and textile designers
384 = Actors, entertainers, stage managers, producers and directors
386 = Photographers, camera, sound and video equipment operators
390 = Information officers and technical librarians
392 = Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists
394 = Inspectors of factories, utilities and trading standards
395 = Other statutory similar inspectors driving
396 = Occupational hygienists and safety officers (health and safety)
399 = Other associate professional and technical occupations n.e.c.
401 = Local government clerical officers assistants health
410 = Accounts and wages clerks, book-keepers, other financial clerks
420 = Filing, computer and other records clerks (inc. legal conveyancing)
440 = Stores despatch production control clerks warehouse
459 = Other secretaries, personal assistants, typists, word processor operators n.e.c.
463 = Radio and telegraph operators, other office communication system operators
490 = Computer operators, data processing operators, other office machine operators
501 = Roofers, slaters, tilers, sheeters, cladders
506 = Floorers, floor coverers, carpet fitters and planners, floor and wall tile fitters
509 = Other construction trades n.e.c. building
510 = Centre, capstan, turret and other lathe setters and setter-operators
511 = Boring and drilling machine setters and setter-operators
512 = Grinding machine setters and setter-operators
513 = Milling machine setters and setter-operators
515 = Tool makers tool fitters markers out metal foreman
516 = Metal working production and maintenance fitters
517 = Precision instrument makers and repairers
518 = Goldsmiths, silversmiths, precious stone workers
519 = Other tool setters operators shaper foreman auto
524 = Cable jointers, lines repairers supervisor
526 = Computer engineers, installation and maintenance
532 = Plumbers, heating and ventilating engineers and related trades
534 = Metal plate workers, shipwrights, riveters
540 = Motor mechanics, auto engineers (inc. road patrol engineers)
552 = Warp preparers, bleachers, dyers and finishers
553 = Sewing machinists, menders, darners and embroiderers
554 = Coach trimmers, upholsterers and mattress makers
555 = Shoe repairers, leather cutters and sewers, footwear lasters, makers and
559 = Other textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.
560 = Originators, compositors and print preparers
562 = Book binders and print finishers specialised
569 = Other printing and related trades n.e.c.
591 = Glass product and ceramics finishers and decorators
597 = Face trained coalmining workers, shotfirers and deputies
599 = Other craft and related occupations n.e.c.
601 = NCOs and other ranks, foreign and commonwealth armed forces
611 = Fire service officers (leading fire officer and below)
613 = Customs and excise officers, immigration officers (customs: below chief preventive officer; excise: below surveyor)
619 = Other security protective service occupations life
659 = Other childcare and related occupations n.e.c.
670 = Domestic housekeepers and related occupations
699 = Other personal and protective service occupations model
701 = Buyers and purchasing officers (not retail)
710 = Technical and wholesale sales representatives
721 = Retail cash desk and check-out operators
730 = Collectors salespersons and credit agents
732 = Market and street traders and assistants
800 = Bakery confectionery process hand foreman
809 = Other food, drink and tobacco process operatives n.e.c.
810 = Tannery production operatives foreman sueder
814 = Other textiles processing operatives hydro
820 = Chemical, gas and petroleum process plant operatives
821 = Paper wood and related process plant operatives
822 = Cutting and slitting machine operatives (paper products etc)
823 = Glass and ceramics furnace operatives, kilnsetters
824 = Rubber process operatives, moulding machine operatives, tyre builders
825 = Plastic process operatives, moulders extruders goods
829 = Other chemicals, paper, plastics and related operatives n.e.c.
839 = Other metal making treating process operatives steel
840 = Machine tool operatives (inc. CNC machine tool operatives)
841 = Press stamping and automatic machine operatives
860 = Inspectors, viewers testers examiners insulation
861 = Inspectors viewers testers examiners other manufactured
869 = Other routine process operatives n.e.c. painter
871 = Road transport depot inspectors and related occupations
880 = Seafarers (merchant navy); barge, lighter and boat operatives
881 = Rail transport inspectors, supervisors and guards
883 = Rail signal operatives and crossing keepers
885 = Mechanical plant drivers and operatives (earth moving and civil engineering)
889 = Other transport machinery operatives horse
890 = Washers, screeners and crushers in mines and quarries
892 = Water sewerage plant attendants sewage foreman
893 = Electrical energy, boiler and related plant operatives and attendants
895 = Mains and service pipe layers, pipe joiners
896 = Construction and related operatives insulator foreman
898 = Mine (excluding coal) and quarry workers
899 = Other plant and machine operatives n.e.c.
901 = Agricultural machinery drivers and operatives
902 = All other occupations in farming and related
912 = Labourers in engineering and allied trades
913 = Mates to metal/electrical and related fitters
919 = Other labourers in making and processing industries n.e.c.
922 = Rail construction maintenance track lengthmen
923 = Road construction and maintenance workers
929 = Other building and civil engineering labourers n.e.c.
959 = Other occupations in sales and services clearer

UK Standard Employment Status
0 = Unknown
1 = Self-employed, with employees: large establishments (25 or more persons)
2 = Self-employed, with employees: small establishments (fewer than 25 persons)
3 = Self-employed, without employees
4 = Managers: large establishments (25 or more persons)
5 = Managers: small establishment (fewer than 25 persons)
6 = Foremen and supervisors
7 = Employees
9 = missing

1 = This combination of soc and empst is fine
9 = This combination of soc and empst oughtn't to occur

Socio-Economic Group
1 = Employers and managers, large establishments
1.1 = Employers in industry, commerce, etc, employing 25 or more
1.2 = Managers in government, industry, commerce, in firms employing 25 or more
2 = Employers and managers, small establishments
2.1 = Employers in industry, commerce, etc, employing fewer than 25
2.2 = Managers in industry, commerce, etc, in firms employing fewer than 25
3 = Professional workers - self-employed
4 = Professional workers - employees
5 = Intermediate non-manual workers
5.1 = Ancillary workers and artists - intermediate non-manual
5.2 = Formen and supervisors non-manual
6 = Junior non-manual workers
7 = Personal service workers
8 = Foremen and supervisors - manual
9 = Skilled manual workers
10 = Semi-skilled manual workers
11 = Unskilled manual workers
12 = Own account workers (other than professional)
13 = Farmers - employers and managers
14 = Farmers - own account
15 = Agricultural workers
16 = Members of armed forces

Registrar General's Social Class
1 = Professional
2 = Managerial and technical/intermediate
3.1 = Skilled non-manual
3.2 = Skilled manual
4 = Partly skilled/semi-skilled
5 = Unskilled

Goldthorpe social class scheme
1 = I Service class, Higher
2 = II Service class, Lower
3.1 = IIIa Routine non-manual employees, higher grade (administration and commerce)
3.2 = IIIb Routine non-manual employees, lower grade (sales and services)
4.1 = IVa Small proprietors with employees
4.2 = IVb Small proprietors without employees
4.3 = IVc Farmers and smallholders; other self-employed in primary production
5 = V Lower grade technicians, supervisors of manual workers
6 = VI Skilled manual workers
7.1 = VIIa Semi- and unskilled manual workers
7.2 = VIIb Agricultural and other labourers in primary production