---
id: "fr_pcs"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["persons", "industry"]
country: ["FR"]
langs: ["fr"]
quality: 80
url: "https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/fr_pcs"
---

# French occupation and socio-professional category code (PCS) (`fr_pcs`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Code in the INSEE nomenclature of professions and socio-professional categories (PCS). In PCS 2020 a group has 1 digit, a category 2 digits, a grouped profession 2 digits and a capital letter, and a profession 2 digits, a capital letter and a digit (37B5). In PCS 2003 a profession has 3 digits and a lowercase letter (372e). Public data often holds the 2-digit category.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Person related (persons), Industry (industry)
- Countries: France (FR)
- Languages: French (fr)
- Classification: categorical

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^(?:\d{1,2}|\d{2}[A-Z]\d?|\d{3}[a-z])$
```

## Examples

- `3` — Cadres et professions intellectuelles supérieures (groupe)
- `37` — catégorie of group 3
- `37B5` — Juristes (PCS 2020 profession)
- `372e` — Juristes (PCS 2003 profession)
- `37b5` (invalid example) — PCS 2020 uses a capital letter

## Translations

- fr: Professions et catégories socioprofessionnelles (PCS)
- ru: Код профессии и социально-профессиональной категории Франции (PCS)

## Sources

- doc: <https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/pcs2020>
- doc: <https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/pcs2003>

## Quality

Score 80/100. Missing: mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), detector coverage.

JSON: <https://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/fr_pcs.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/FR/persons/fr_pcs.yaml>