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The median wage is the same as the wage at the 50th percentile, the point at which 50% of people make more and 50% of people make less in that occupation.
The Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) System was developed in response to a growing need for a universal occupational classification system. One that better reflects current occupations in today's economy, and that is flexible enough to accommodate changes in the future. Such a classification system would allow government agencies and private industry to produce comparable data. Users of occupational data include government program managers, industrial and labor relations practitioners, students considering career training, job seekers, vocational training schools, and employers wishing to set salary scales or locate a new plant. It will be used by all federal agencies collecting occupational data, providing a means to compare occupational data across agencies. It is designed to cover all occupations in which work is performed for pay or profit, reflecting the current occupational structure in the United States.