NS-SeC classes and example occupations
| NS-SeC class | Example occupations | |
|---|---|---|
| * “Not classified”. | ||
| 1 | Large employers and higher managerial and professional occupations | Directors of major organisations; officers in armed forces; senior officers in national government; clergy; medical practitioners; higher education teaching professionals |
| 2 | Lower managerial and professional occupations | Journalists, newspaper editors; musicians; nurses; paramedics; school teachers |
| 3 | Intermediate occupations | Graphic designers; medical secretaries; travel agents; ambulance staff (excluding paramedics); police officers (sergeant and below) |
| 4 | Small employers and own account workers | Farmers; hotel managers; product designers; roofers; taxi-cab drivers |
| 5 | Lower supervisory and technical occupations | Bakers; electricians; gardeners; road construction operatives; train drivers |
| 6 | Semi-routine occupations | Dental nurses; farm workers; housekeepers; scaffolders; traffic wardens |
| 7 | Routine occupations | Butchers; cleaners, domestics; furniture makers; labourers in building and woodworking trades; waiters, waitresses |
| 8 | Never worked and long term unemployed | |
| * | Full time students; occupations not stated or inadequately described; not classifiable for other reasons | |