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Table 1.

Classification of STEM, STEM-Related, and Non-STEM Occupations

High-level occupation aggregation

Occupation group

STEM occupation classification

Management, business, science, and arts

Management

Non-STEM

(exc. computer and informa-

tion systems managers, architectural and

engineering managers, and natural science

managers)

Business and financial operations

Non-STEM

Computer, math, engineering, and

STEM

(exc. architects; incl. sales engineers,

science

computer and information systems managers,

architectural and engineering managers, and

natural science managers)

Education, legal, community service,

Non-STEM

arts, and media

Healthcare practitioners and technicians

STEM-related

(incl. architects)

Service

Healthcare support

Non-STEM

Protective service

Non-STEM

Food preparation and serving

Non-STEM

Building and grounds cleaning

Non-STEM

Personal care and service

Non-STEM

Sales and office

Sales and related

Non-STEM

(exc. sales engineers)

Office and administrative support

Non-STEM

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

Farming, fishing, and forestry

Non-STEM

Construction and extraction

Non-STEM

Installation, maintenance, and repair

Non-STEM

Production, transportation, and material moving

Production

Non-STEM

Transportation

Non-STEM

Material moving

Non-STEM

Note: The full list of Census Bureau occupations used in this report and occupation-specific classification is available at

<www.census.gov/people/io/methodology/>.

STEM Occupation Classification

workers.

The SOCPC identified

recommendations issued by the

three occupational domains:

SOCPC were reviewed by outside

There has been a lack of consen-

(1) science, engineering, math-

agencies and approved by the OMB

sus on who qualifies as a STEM

ematics, and information technol-

in April 2012.

This report fol-

worker.

To enhance comparabil-

ogy occupations; (2) science- and

lows the SOCPC recommendations.

ity across statistical agencies and

engineering-related occupations;

To apply the recommendations to

organizations studying the STEM

and (3) nonscience and engi-

Census Bureau occupations, some

workforce, the SOCPC convened

neering occupations. The final

exceptions were necessary because

throughout 2011 at the request

of lack of detail to separate STEM

of the Office of Management and

The SOCPC formed a STEM workgroup

and non-STEM workers (e.g., post-

with representatives from Department

Budget (OMB) to create guidelines

of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics and

secondary teachers are not sepa-

for the classification of STEM

Employment Training Administration; the

rated by subject matter). The final

Department of Commerce, Census Bureau;

the Department of Defense, Defense

list of STEM occupations used in

Manpower Data Center; the Equal

this report is available at

David Langdon, George McKittrick,

Employment Opportunity Commission;

David Beede, Beethika Khan, and Mark

the Department of Health and Human

<www.census.gov/people/io

Doms, 2011, “STEM: Good Jobs Now and

Services, Health Resources and Services

/methodology/>.

for the Future,” Economics and Statistics

Administration; the Department of Education,

Administration, Issue Brief #03-11,

National Center for Education Statistics; and

<www.esa.doc.gov/sites/default/files

the National Science Foundation, National

The final recommendations are available

/reports/documents/stemfinalyjuly14_1.pdf>.

Center for Science and Engineering Statistics.

at <www.bls.gov/soc/#crosswalks>.

U.S. Census Bureau

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