IPA CLASSIFICATIONIPA CLASSIFICATIONA - EA - E

A – Higher managerial, administrative A – Higher managerial, administrative or professionalor professional

B – Middle management, administrative B – Middle management, administrative or professionalor professional

C1 – Supervisory or clerical, junior C1 – Supervisory or clerical, junior managementmanagement

C2 – Skilled manual workers.C2 – Skilled manual workers.

D – Semi skilled and unskilled manual D – Semi skilled and unskilled manual workersworkers

E – State pensioners, casual workers E – State pensioners, casual workers or lowest paid workers, unemployedor lowest paid workers, unemployed

Some argue that there is an:Some argue that there is an:

F – the underclass, living on the streetF – the underclass, living on the street