Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 1991

• B - Business, Finance and Administrative Occupations
• B5 - Clerical Occupations
• B55 - Library, Correspondence and Related Information Clerks

B554 - Survey Interviewers and Statistical Clerks

Occupations in this unit group are primarily concerned with gathering information for market research surveys, public opinion polls, elections and the census. Survey interviewers are employed by market research and polling firms and by government departments.

• Example Titles

  • Census enumerator
  • Election enumerator
  • Enumerator
  • Interview clerk
  • Interviewer
  • Poll clerk
  • Poll taker
  • Public opinion collector
  • Statistical clerk
  • Survey interviewer
  • Survey taker
  • Telephone survey clerk

• Exclusion

  • Supervisors of statistical clerks (See B412 Supervisors, Finance and Insurance Clerks)
  • Telemarketers, telephone solicitors or other telephone or direct sales occupations (See G973 Other Elemental Sales Occupations)