Census 2010 Occupation Code-Occupational Information Network (O*NET) Data

The Census 2010 Occupation Code-Occupational Information Network (O*NET) Data provides a linkage between measures and variables provided in the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) database (O*NET 26.1 Database at O*NET Resource center (https://www.onetcenter.org/)) and detailed 2010 Census occupational codes. 

Our primary aim of this data is to provide detailed occupational data collected and processed by the United States Department of Labor’s O*NET program which can be linked to any dataset, survey or otherwise, that uses the 2010 Census occupational codes. This is an intermediate product created in association with the development of a linked Health and Retirement Study O*NET (HRS-O*NET) product (for more information about the HRS-O*NET product, please refer to: https://hrs.isr.umich.edu/data-products/restricted-data/available-products/12500). 

The Census 2010 Occupation Code – Occupational Information Network (O*NET) Data details occupational data for up to 889 unique 2010 Census occupational codes. This data contains 3690 variables related to worker and occupational characteristics. The variables are distributed across nine O*NET dimensions: Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Interests, Work Values, Work Styles, Work Activities, Work Context, and Job Zones. The constructed variables found in the Census 2010 Occupation Code – Occupational Information Network (O*NET) Data are based on data files released by the O*NET (26.1 database) and were current as of January 2022. 

If there are any questions about this dataset and its use, please contact us through email at Pepper-ONETproject-help@fsu.edu.

Product Details
Latest releaseAugust 2022 (v1)
Documentation and LinksData Description and Usage
2010 Census-O*NET Crosswalk
Data2010 Census-O*NET Data

Citing the Data

  • The research reported herein was performed pursuant to a grant from the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) funded as part of the Retirement and Disability Research Consortium through the Michigan Retirement and Disability Research Center Award RDR18000002.
  • Please include the following citation in any research reports, papers, or publications:

“Carpenter, R., Carr, D., Helppie-McFall, B., & Sonnega, A. Census 2010 Occupation Code – Occupational Information Network (O*NET) Data Linkage, Version 1. Produced and distributed by Florida State University and the University of Michigan with funding from the National Institute on Aging (grant number NIA U01AG009740); Social Security Administration (grant number RDR18000002). Ann Arbor, MI, (2022).”