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Industry Classification Codes for Detailed Industry
(3-digit)
There are 236 categories for the employed, with 1 additional category for the experienced unemployed. These categories are aggregated into 52 detailed groups and 23 major groups.
(Numbers in parentheses are the 1987 SIC code equivalent; see Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987. ``Pt'' means part, ``n.e.c.'' means not elsewhere classified.)
These codes correspond to basic items PEIO1ICD, PEIO2ICD, and to supplement items A_IND, PES1ICD, PES2ICD, and INDUSTRY.
Code Industry 000-009 not used 010-030 AGRICULTURE 010 Agricultural production, crops (01) 011 Agricultural production, livestock (02) 012 Veterinary services (074) 013-019 not used 020 Landscape and horticultural services (078) 021-029 not used 030 Agricultural services, n.e.c. (071, 072, 075, 076) 031-032 FORESTRY AND FISHERIES 031 Forestry (08) 032 Fishing, hunting, and trapping (09) 033-039 not used 040-050 MINING 040 Metal mining (10) 041 Coal mining (12) 042 Oil and gas extraction (13) 043-049 not used 050 Nonmetallic mining and quarrying, except fuel (14) 051-059 not used 060 CONSTRUCTION (15, 16, 17) 061-099 not used 100-392 MANUFACTURING 100-222 NONDURABLE GOODS 100-122 Food and kindred products 100 Meat products (201) 101 Dairy products (202) 102 Canned, frozen and preserved fruits and vegetables (203) 103-109 not used 110 Grain mill products (204) 111 Bakery products (205) 112 Sugar and confectionery products (206) 113-119 not used 120 Beverage industries (208) 121 Miscellaneous food preparations and kindred products (207, 209) 122 Not specified food industries 123-129 not used 130 Tobacco manufactures (21) 131 not used 132-150 Textile mill products 132 Knitting mills (225) 133-139 not used 140 Dyeing and finishing textiles, except wool and knit goods (226) 141 Carpets and rugs (227) 142 Yarn, thread, and fabric mills (221-224, 228) 143-149 not used 150 Miscellaneous textile mill products (229) 151-152 Apparel and other finished textile products 151 Apparel and accessories, except knit (231-238) 152 Miscellaneous fabricated textile products (239) 153-159 not used 160-162 Paper and allied products 160 Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills (261-263) 161 Miscellaneous paper and pulp products (267) 162 Paperboard containers and boxes (265) 163-170 not used 171-172 Printing, publishing, and allied industries 171 Newspaper publishing and printing (271) 172 Printing, publishing, and allied industries, except newspapers (272-279) 173-179 not used 180-192 Chemicals and allied products 180 Plastics, synthetics, and resins (282) 181 Drugs (283) 182 Soaps and cosmetics (284) 183-189 not used 190 Paints, varnishes, and related products (285) 191 Agricultural chemicals (287) 192 Industrial and miscellaneous chemicals (281, 286, 289) 193-199 not used 200-201 Petroleum and coal products 200 Petroleum refining (291) 201 Miscellaneous petroleum and coal products (295, 299) 202-209 not used 210-212 Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products 210 Tires and inner tubes (301) 211 Other rubber products, and plastics footwear and belting (302-306) 212 Miscellaneous plastics products (308) 213-219 not used 220-222 Leather and leather products 220 Leather tanning and finishing (311) 221 Footwear, except rubber and plastic (313, 314) 222 Leather products, except footwear (315-317, 319) 223-229 not used 230-392 DURABLE GOODS 230-241 Lumber and wood products, except furniture 230 Logging (241) 231 Sawmills, planing mills, and millwork (242, 243) 232 Wood buildings and mobile homes (245) 233-240 not used 241 Miscellaneous wood products (244, 249) 242 Furniture and fixtures (25) 243-249 not used 250-262 Stone, clay, glass, and concrete products 250 Glass and glass products (321-323) 251 Cement, concrete, gypsum, and plaster products (324, 327) 252 Structural clay products (325) 253-260 not used 261 Pottery and related products (326) 262 Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral and stone products (328, 329) 263-269 not used 270-301 Metal industries 270 Blast furnaces, steelworks, rolling and finishing mills (331) 271 Iron and steel foundries (332) 272 Primary aluminum industries (3334, part 334, 3353-3355, 3363, 3365) 273-279 not used 280 Other primary metal industries (3331, 3339, part 334, 3351, 3356, 3357, 3364, 3366, 3369, 339) 281 Cutlery, handtools, and general hardware (342) 282 Fabricated structural metal products (344) 283-289 not used 290 Screw machine products (345) 291 Metal forgings and stampings (346) 292 Ordnance (348) 293-299 not used 300 Miscellaneous fabricated metal products (341, 343, 347, 349) 301 Not specified metal industries 302-309 not used 310-332 Machinery and computing equipment 310 Engines and turbines (351) 311 Farm machinery and equipment (352) 312 Construction and material handling machines (353) 313-319 not used 320 Metalworking machinery (354) 321 Office and accounting machines (3578, 3579) 322 Computers and related equipment (3571-3577) 323-330 not used 331 Machinery, except electrical, n.e.c. (355, 356, 358, 359) 332 Not specified machinery 333-339 not used 340-350 Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies 340 Household appliances (363) 341 Radio, TV, and communication equipment (365, 366) 342 Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies, n.e.c. (361, 362, 364, 367, 369) 343-349 not used 350 Not specified electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies 351-370 Transportation equipment 351 Motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment (371) 352 Aircraft and parts (372) 353-359 not used 360 Ship and boat building and repairing (373) 361 Railroad locomotives and equipment (374) 362 Guided missiles, space vehicles, and parts (376) 363-369 not used 370 Cycles and miscellaneous transportation equipment (375, 379) 371-381 Professional and photographic equipment, and watches 371 Scientific and controlling instruments (381, 382 except 3827) 372 Medical, dental, and optical instruments and supplies (3827, 384, 385) 373-379 not used 380 Photographic equipment and supplies (386) 381 Watches, clocks, and clockwork operated devices (387) 382-389 not used 390 Toys, amusement, and sporting goods (394) 391 Miscellaneous manufacturing industries (39 except 394) 392 Not specified manufacturing industries 393-399 not used 400-472 TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS, AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES 400-432 TRANSPORTATION 400 Railroads (40) 401 Bus service and urban transit (41, except 412) 402 Taxicab service (412) 403-409 not used 410 Trucking service (421, 423) 411 Warehousing and storage (422) 412 U.S. Postal Service (43) 413-419 not used 420 Water transportation (44) 421 Air transportation (45) 422 Pipe lines, except natural gas (46) 423-431 not used 432 Services incidental to transportation (47) 433-439 not used 440-442 COMMUNICATIONS 440 Radio and television broadcasting and cable (483, 484) 441 Telephone communications (481) 442 Telegraph and miscellaneous communications services (482, 489) 443-449 not used 450-472 UTILITIES AND SANITARY SERVICES 450 Electric light and power (491) 451 Gas and steam supply systems (492, 496) 452 Electric and gas, and other combinations (493) 453-469 not used 470 Water supply and irrigation (494, 497) 471 Sanitary services (495) 472 Not specified utilities 473-499 not used 500-571 WHOLESALE TRADE 500-532 Durable Goods 500 Motor vehicles and equipment (501) 501 Furniture and home furnishings (502) 502 Lumber and construction materials (503) 503-509 not used 510 Professional and commercial equipment and supplies (504) 511 Metals and minerals, except petroleum (505) 512 Electrical goods (506) 513-520 not used 521 Hardware, plumbing and heating supplies (507) 522-529 not used 530 Machinery, equipment, and supplies (508) 531 Scrap and waste materials (5093) 532 Miscellaneous wholesale, durable goods (509 except 5093) 533-539 not used 540-571 Nondurable Goods 540 Paper and paper products (511) 541 Drugs, chemicals and allied products (512, 516) 542 Apparel, fabrics, and notions (513) 543-549 not used 550 Groceries and related products (514) 551 Farm-product raw materials (515) 552 Petroleum products (517) 553-559 not used 560 Alcoholic beverages (518) 561 Farm supplies (5191) 562 Miscellaneous wholesale, nondurable goods (5192-5199) 563-570 not used 571 Not specified wholesale trade 572-579 not used 580-691 RETAIL TRADE 580 Lumber and building material retailing (521, 523) 581 Hardware stores (525) 582 Retail nurseries and garden stores (526) 583-589 not used 590 Mobile home dealers (527) 591 Department stores (531) 592 Variety stores (533) 593-599 not used 600 Miscellaneous general merchandise stores (539) 601 Grocery stores (541) 602 Dairy products stores (545) 603-609 not used 610 Retail bakeries (546) 611 Food stores, n.e.c. (542, 543, 544, 549) 612 Motor vehicle dealers (551, 552) 613-619 not used 620 Auto and home supply stores (553) 621 Gasoline service stations (554) 622 Miscellaneous vehicle dealers (555, 556, 557, 559) 623 Apparel and accessory stores, except shoe (56, except 566) 624-629 not used 630 Shoe stores (566) 631 Furniture and home furnishings stores (571) 632 Household appliance stores (572) 633 Radio, TV, and computer stores (5731, 5734) 634-639 not used 640 Music stores (5735, 5736) 641 Eating and drinking places (58) 642 Drug stores (591) 643-649 not used 650 Liquor stores (592) 651 Sporting goods, bicycles, and hobby stores (5941, 5945, 5946) 652 Book and stationery stores (5942, 5943) 653-659 not used 660 Jewelry stores (5944) 661 Gift, novelty, and souvenir shops (5947) 662 Sewing, needlework and piece goods stores (5949) 663 Catalog and mail order houses (5961) 664-669 not used 670 Vending machine operators (5962) 671 Direct selling establishments (5963) 672 Fuel dealers (598) 673-680 not used 681 Retail florists (5992) 682 Miscellaneous retail stores (593, 5948, 5993-5995, 5999) 683-690 not used 691 Not specified retail trade 692-699 not used 700-712 FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE 700 Banking (60 except 603 and 606) 701 Savings institutions, including credit unions (603, 606) 702 Credit agencies, n.e.c. (61) 703-709 not used 710 Security, commodity brokerage, and investment companies (62, 67) 711 Insurance (63, 64) 712 Real estate, including real estate-insurance offices (65) 713-720 not used 721-760 BUSINESS AND REPAIR SERVICES 721 Advertising (731) 722 Services to dwellings and other buildings (734) 723-730 not used 731 Personnel supply services (736) 732 Computer and data processing services (737) 733-739 not used 740 Detective and protective services (7381, 7382) 741 Business services, n.e.c. (732, 733, 735, 7383-7389) 742 Automotive rental and leasing, without drivers (751) 743-749 not used 750 Automotive parking and carwashes (752, 7542) 751 Automotive repair and related services (753, 7549) 752 Electrical repair shops (762, 7694) 753-759 not used 760 Miscellaneous repair services (763, 764, 7692, 7699) 761-791 PERSONAL SERVICES 761 PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS (88) 762-791 PERSONAL SERVICES, EXCEPT PRIVATE HOUSEHOLD 762 Hotels and motels (701) 763-769 not used 770 Lodging places, except hotels and motels (702, 703, 704) 771 Laundry, cleaning, and garment services (721 except part 7219) 772 Beauty shops (723) 773-779 not used 780 Barber shops (724) 781 Funeral service and crematories (726) 782 Shoe repair shops (725) 783-789 not used 790 Dressmaking shops (part 7219) 791 Miscellaneous personal services (722, 729) 792-799 not used 800-810 ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION SERVICES 800 Theaters and motion pictures (781-783, 792) 801 Video tape rental (784) 802 Bowling centers (793) 803-809 not used 810 Miscellaneous entertainment and recreation services (791, 794, 799) 811 not used 812-893 PROFESSIONAL AND RELATED SERVICES 812-830 MEDICAL SERVICES, EXCEPT HOSPITALS 812 Offices and clinics of physicians (801, 803) 813-819 not used 820 Offices and clinics of dentists (802) 821 Offices and clinics of chiropractors (8041) 822 Offices and clinics of optometrists (8042) 823-829 not used 830 Offices and clinics of health practitioners, n.e.c. (8043, 8049) 831 HOSPITALS (806) 832-840 MEDICAL SERVICES, EXCEPT HOSPITALS (Continued) 832 Nursing and personal care facilities (805) 833-839 not used 840 Health services, n.e.c. (807, 808, 809) 841 OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (also includes codes 872-893) 841 Legal services (81) 842-860 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES 842 Elementary and secondary schools (821) 843-849 not used 850 Colleges and universities (822) 851 Vocational schools (824) 852 Libraries (823) 853-859 not used 860 Educational services, n.e.c. (829) 861-871 SOCIAL SERVICES 861 Job training and vocational rehabilitation services (833) 862 Child day care services (part 835) 863 amily child care homes (part 835) 864-869 not used 870 Residential care facilities, without nursing (836) 871 Social services, n.e.c. (832, 839) 872-893 OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (Also includes code 840) 872 Museums, art galleries, and zoos (84) 873 Labor unions (863) 874-879 not used 880 Religious organizations (866) 881 Membership organizations, n.e.c. (861, 862, 864, 865, 869) 882 Engineering, architectural, and surveying services (871) 883-889 not used 890 Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services (872) 891 Research, development, and testing services (873) 892 Management and public relations services (874) 893 Miscellaneous professional and related services (899) 894-899 not used 900-932 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 900 Executive and legislative offices (911-913) 901 General government, n.e.c. (919) 902-909 not used 910 Justice, public order, and safety (92) 911-920 not used 921 Public finance, taxation, and monetary policy (93) 922 Administration of human resources programs (94) 923-929 not used 930 Administration of environmental quality and housing programs (95) 931 Administration of economic programs (96) 932 National security and international affairs (97) 933-990 not used 991 Assigned to persons whose labor force status is unemployed and whose last job was Armed Forces
These codes correspond to basic items PRDTIND1, PRDTIND2, and supplement item A_DTIND. These codes also correspond to the Displaced Workers items PRSDIND and PRSD2IN, except that for these items there is not a code 52 for Armed Forces.
Detailed Industry Recode Industry Code Agriculture Service 01 012-030 Other Agriculture 02 010-011 Mining 03 040-050 Construction 04 060 Manufacturing (Durable Goods) Lumber and wood products, except furniture 05 230-241 Furniture and fixtures 06 242 Stone clay, glass, and concrete product 07 250-262 Primary metals 08 270-280 Fabricated metal 09 281-300 Not specified metal industries 10 301 Machinery, except electrical 11 310-332 Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies 12 340-350 Motor vehicles and equipment 13 351 Aircraft and parts 14 352 Other transportation equipment 15 360-370 Professional and photographic equipment, and watches 16 371-382 Toys, amusements, and sporting goods 17 390 Miscellaneous and not specified manufacturing industries 18 391-392 Manufacturing (Nondurable Goods) Food and kindred products 19 100-122 Tobacco manufactures 20 130 Textile mill products 21 132-150 Apparel and other finished textile products 22 151-152 Paper and allied products 23 160-162 Printing, publishing and allied industries 24 171-172 Chemicals and allied products 25 180-192 Petroleum and coal products 26 200-201 Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products 27 210-212 Leather and leather products 28 220-222 Transportation 29 400-432 Communications 30 440-442 Utilities and Sanitary Services 31 450-472 Wholesale Trade 32 500-571 Eating and drinking places 33 641 Other Retail Trade 34 580-640,642-691 Banking and Other Finance 35 700-710 Insurance and Real Estate 36 711-712 Private Household Services 37 761 Business Services 38 721-750 Repair Services 39 751-760 Personal Services, Except Private Household 40 762-791 Entertainment and Recreation Services 41 800-810 Hospitals 42 831 Health Services, Except Hospitals 43 812-830,832-840 Educational Services 44 842-860 Social Services 45 861-871 Other Professional Services 46 841,872-893 Forestry and Fisheries 47 031,032 Justice, Public Order and Safety 48 910 Administration of Human Resource Programs 49 922 National Security and Internal Affairs 50 932 Other Public Administration 51 900,901,921,930,931 Armed Forces last job, currently unemployed 52 991
These codes correspond to basic items PRMJIND1 and PRMJIND2, and supplement item A_MJIND.
Major Industry Recode Industry Code Agriculture 01 010-030 Mining 02 040-050 Construction 03 060 Manufacturing Durable Goods 04 230-392 Nondurable Goods 05 100-222 Transportation, communications and other public utilities Transportation 06 400-442 Communications and public utilities Communications 07 440-442 Utilities and sanitary service 08 450-472 Wholesale trade 09 500-571 Retail Trade 10 580-691 Finance, insurance, and real estate 11 700-712 Services Private households 12 761 Miscellaneous services Business and Repair Services 13 721-760 Personal services, except pri. hhlds. 14 762-791 Entertainment and recreation services 15 800-810 Professional and related Services Hospitals 16 831 Medical services, except hospitals 17 812-830, 832-840 Educational services 18 842-860 Social services 19 861-871 Other professional services 20 841, 872-893 Forestry and fisheries 21 031-032 Public administration 22 900-932 Armed forces 23 991
Detailed Industry Recode Industry Code
NIU(children) 00
Agriculture 01 010-030
Mining 02 040-050
Construction 03 060
Manufacturing
Durable Goods
Lumber and Wood Products, except Furniture 04 230-241
Furniture and Fixtures 05 242
Stone, Clay, Glass, Concrete Products 06 250-262
Metal Industries
Primary Metals 07 270-280
Fabricated Metals 08 281-300
Not Specified Metal Industries 09 301
Machinery, except Electrical 10 310-332
Electrical Machinery, Equipment, Supplies 11 340-350
Transportation Equipment
Motor Vehicles and Equipment 12 351
Other Transportation Equipment
Aircraft and Parts 13 352
Other Transportation Equipment 14 360-370
Professional and Photo Equipment, Watches 15 371-381
Toys, Amusements, and Sporting Goods 16 390
Miscellaneous and Not Specified 17 391-392
Nondurable Goods
Food and Kindred Products 18 100-122
Tobacco Manufactures 19 130
Textile Mill Products 20 132-150
Apparel and Other Finished Textile Products 21 151-152
Paper and Allied Products 22 160-162
Printing, Publishing, and Allied Industries 23 171-172
Chemicals and Allied Products 24 180-192
Petroleum and Coal Products 25 200-201
Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastics Products 26 210-212
Leather and Leather Products 27 220-222
Transportation, Communications, and Other Public Utilities
Transportation 28 400-432
Communication and Other Public Utilities
Communication 29 440-442
Utilities and Sanitary Services 30 450-472
Wholesale and Retail Trade
Wholesale Trade 31 500-571
Retail trade 32 580-691
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate
Banking and Other Finance 33 700-710
Insurance and Real Estate 34 711-712
Service
Private Household 35 761
Miscellaneous Services
Business and Repair Services
Business Services 36 721-742
Repair Services 37 750-760
Personal Service except Private Household 38 762-791
Entertainment and Recreation Services 39 800-810
Professional and Related Services
Hospitals 40 831
Health Services, except Hospitals 41 812-830, 832-840
Educational Services 42 842-860
Social Services 43 861-871
Other Professional Services 44 841, 872-893
Forestry and Fisheries 45 031-032
Public Administration 46 900-991
Never Worked (WKSWORK=0) 47
Industry Group Recode Industry Code NIU(children) 00 Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries 01 O10-032 Mining 02 O40-050 Construction 03 O60 Manufacturing Durable Goods 04 230-392 Nondurable Goods 05 100-222 Transportation, Communication, and Other Public Utilities 06 400-472 Wholesale Trade 07 500-571 Retail Trade 08 580-691 Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 09 700-712 Business and Repair Services 10 721-760 Personal Services Including Private Households 11 761-791 Entertainment and Recreation Services 12 800-810 Professional and Related Services 13 812-893 Public Administration 14 900-991 Never Worked (WKSWORK=0) 15
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