Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 1991

• B - Business, Finance and Administrative Occupations
• B0 - Professional Occupations in Business and Finance
• B01 - Auditors, Accountants and Investment Professionals

B013 - Securities Agents, Investment Dealers and Traders

Occupations in this unit group are primarily concerned with buying and selling stocks, bonds, treasury bills, mutual funds and other securities for individual investors, pension fund managers, banks, trust companies, insurance firms, and other establishments. Traders buy and sell stocks, bonds, commodity futures, foreign currencies and other securities at stock exchanges on behalf of investment dealers.

• Example Titles

  • Account representative, securities
  • Agent, security broker
  • Arbitrager
  • Bond broker
  • Bond dealer
  • Bond dealer supervisor
  • Bond trader
  • Bond trader supervisor
  • Broker's floor representative
  • Commission broker, security brokers and dealers
  • Commodities futures trader
  • Curb broker
  • Dealer, security broker
  • Financial broker
  • Floor trader, commodity exchange
  • Floor trader, stock exchange
  • Investment broker
  • Investment dealer
  • Money trader
  • Mutual fund broker
  • Mutual fund sales representative
  • Over-the-counter trader, securities
  • Registered representative, securities
  • Registered representatives supervisor, securities
  • Sales agent, securities
  • Securities sales agent
  • Securities trader
  • Stock broker
  • Stock dealer
  • Trader, security brokers and dealers

• Exclusion

  • Persons primarily concerned with financial planning or with providing consultative services (See B014 Other Financial Officers)