EEO-1 Job Classification Guide

(Effective beginning with the 2007 EEO-1 survey)

A Guide Which Maps 2000 Census Job Codes And Titles Into The Ten (10) EEO-1 Survey Job Categories

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Classification of Private Industry Employees By EEO-1 Job Categories

INTRODUCTION

This guide serves as a crosswalk between the 2000 Census job codes and the ten (10) job categories on the Employer Information Report EEO-1, and is designed to assist employers in correctly classifying employees according to the ten (10) job categories on the EEO-1 report. Each job category is explained in the EEO-1 Instruction Booklet with a definition and examples of the types of jobs included in the category.

The Appendix lists the 3-digit Census job codes and occupational titles [with Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes] by EEO-1 job categories. The reference for the Census job codes and occupational titles is the 2000 Census of Population Occupational Classification System released by the Bureau of the Census.

In the practical application of these documents, the employer should:

• Report an employee who performs work in two (2) or more jobs only once according to the job in which the employee spends the most time.
• Report employees in the job in which they are actually working. Do not report them in the job in which they may have been trained, if that is different. For example, an employee trained as an accountant, but who is working as a bookkeeper or accounting clerk, must be reported in the ‘Administrative Support’ job category.
• Report employees by actual major job activity according to the EEO-1 definitions, not by company job titles.

Unresolved questions about difficult assignments may be directed to the EEO-1 Coordinator in the Program Research and Surveys Division, EEOC, at 866-286-6440 (toll-free), (202) 663-7185 (fax), or e1.techassistance@eeoc.gov .

SPECIFIC JOB CATEGORIES

For a detailed description of the EEO-1 job categories, please refer to the EEO-1 Instruction Booklet, Part 5, Description of Job Categories.

Note: First-line supervisors, unless specifically listed in the Appendix under ‘Executive/Senior Level Officials and Managers’ or ‘First/Mid Level Officials and Managers’, who engage in the same activities as the employees they supervise should be reported in the same job category as the employees they supervise.

Appendix

Conversion of 2000 Census Occupations to Job Groupings Used in the Employer Information Report EEO-1 Survey

Notes:

1. The 2000 Population Census occupational categories have been matched to the EEO-1 categories according to the EEO-1 Instruction Booklet wherever possible. The Census categories not specifically covered by the Instruction Booklet were matched according to the similarity of activities or duties.
2. The numeric codes in Column No. 3 parentheses are from the Standard Occupational Classification Manual.

Beginning with the 2007 EEO-1 survey, individuals in business and financial occupations will be assigned to the ‘Professionals’ job category. The job classification changes Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code prefix 13, i.e. range 13-1000 to 13-2099.

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