Occupations are matched to one of eleven education and training levels. The eleven education and training levels are as follows:
Postsecondary awards
- First-professional degree
- Doctoral degree
- Master's degree
- Bachelor's or higher degree, plus work experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Associate degree
- Postsecondary vocational award
Work-related training
- Work experience in a related occupation
- Long-term on-the-job training
- Moderate-term on-the-job training
- Short term on-the-job training
Occupations are matched to education and training levels based on the following:
- An occupation is matched to the group that best describes the education or training needed by most workers to become fully qualified.
- Postsecondary awards, if generally needed for entry into the occupation, take precedence over work-related training even though additional skills or experience may be needed for a worker to become fully qualified.
- The length of time an average worker generally needs to become fully qualified through a combination of on-the-job training and experience is used to categorize occupations in which a postsecondary award is not needed for entry.
For more detailed information about the education and training levels, refer to the Bureau of Labor Statistics website.