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[[Sociologist]]s use the concept of '''occupational prestige''' (also known as '''job prestige''') to measure the relative [[social class | social-class]] positions people may achieve by practicing a given [[job | occupation]]. Occupational prestige results from the consensual rating of a job - based on the belief of that job's worthiness. The term[[reputation | ''prestige'']] itself refers to the [[reputation|admiration and respect]] that a particular occupation holds in a [[society]]. Occupational prestige is prestige independent of particular individuals who occupy a job. Sociologists have identified prestige rankings for more than 700 occupations based on results from a series of national surveys. They have created a scale (with 0 being the lowest possible score and 100 being the highest) and then rank given occupations based on survey results.<ref>