glossary

What a SOC code is

The Standard Occupational Classification code that lets roles map to official occupation data.

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The Standard Occupational Classification code that lets roles map to official occupation data.

What it means

SOC stands for the Standard Occupational Classification, the system the U.S. federal government uses to group jobs into standardized occupations for statistics.

Every occupation has a SOC code (for example, 15-1212 for Information Security Analysts). The code is the key that links a job title to official data sets.

RoleMath attaches a SOC code to each role so we can pull the right occupation-level pay figures from BLS and the right task and skill detail from O*NET, instead of guessing. Those figures are not personal wage promises.

A SOC code identifies an occupation, not a person, so it never describes your individual salary, and the wage data behind it is not a personal income promise.

Job titles vary between employers, so the SOC code is how we keep a role honestly mapped to government data without overstating demand that the data does not show.

Core source records

This table lists the page’s core content records and when they were checked. Claim-specific citations appear beside the relevant text and may not be repeated here.

IDSupportsSourceChecked
CIT-01BLS organizes occupation wage data by SOC occupationU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics2026-06-07
CIT-02O*NET OnLine occupation profiles are keyed to SOC-based occupationsNational Center for O*NET Development — O*NET OnLine2026-06-07

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