Industry and Occupation Data | Health and Retirement Study

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This repository is under review for potential modification in compliance with Administration directives.

This restricted data product contains one data set that provides detailed respondent-level industry and occupation information for interviewing years 1992 through 2022. These variables are masked in all public files.

Product Details

N	46,766
Product Type	Industry/Occupation
Entry Cohort Info	HRS; CODA; WB; EBB; MBB; LBB; EGENX
Latest Release	January 2026
Version Notes	Covers the following years: HRS cohort (1992—2022); CODA cohort (1998—2022), War Baby cohort (1998—2022), Early Boomers (2004—2022); Mid Boomers (2010—2022); Late Boomers (2016—2022); Early Generation X (2022). Includes updates for 2022
Documentation and Links	Codebook Data Description Health and Retirement Study Occupation and Industry Coding (DR-021)

Notes:

Collected for all HRS, CODA, War Baby, Early Boomer, Mid Boomer, Late Boomer, Early Generation X respondents in baseline years; new respondents and respondents with new jobs in out years. Special AHEAD coding is available for 1993, 1995, and 1998; see DR-021 for details.