Table 2 Highest five and lowest five occupation proximity values \({P}_{S\to T}\) between occupation pairs
From: Skills-approximate occupations: using networks to guide jobs retraining
Proximity rank | \(\varvec{P}_{{\varvec{S} \to \varvec{T}}}\) | Starting occupation S | Target occupation T |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1.000 | Teachers and instructors, all other, except substitute teachers (25–3097) | Substitute teachers (25–3098) |
2 | 1.000 | Substitute teachers (25–3098) | Teachers and instructors, all other, except substitute teachers (25–3097) |
3 | 1.000 | Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing (51–7042) | Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic (51–4072) |
4 | 0.985 | Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other (49–9099) | Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines (49–3042) |
5 | 0.984 | Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other (49–9099) | Wind turbine service technicians (49–9081) |
… | … | … | … |
566,252 | 0.024 | Mechanical door repairers (49–9011) | Political science teachers, postsecondary (25–1065) |
566,253 | 0.024 | Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists (49–3031) | English language and literature teachers, postsecondary (25–1123) |
566,254 | 0.023 | Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines (49–3042) | Law teachers, postsecondary (25–1112) |
566,255 | 0.023 | Rail car repairers (49–3043) | Law teachers, postsecondary (25–1112) |
566,256 | 0.022 | Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists (49–3031) | Law teachers, postsecondary (25–1112) |