Compensation Glossary
Welcome to ERI SalaryExpert's compensation glossary, your resource for commonly used terms, formulas, and phrases related to compensation.
SOC (Standard Occupational Classification)
The SOC is a system used by statistical agencies to categorize workers into occupational groups so as to collect, calculate, and disseminate data. Workers are grouped into a particular classification of occupation (of which there are over 840) depending on their definition. To make classification easier, occupations are combined so as to form 23 main groups, 97 sub-groups and 461 broad categories of occupations.
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