Occupational prestige

Occupational prestige also known as job prestige refers to the consensual nature of rating a job based on the collective belief of its worthiness. This was the first time job prestige had ever been researched, measured, and taught. 

Duncan's Socioeconomic Index became one of the most important outcomes of this survey, as it gave various occupational categories different scores based on the survey’s results. The consensual nature of rating a job based on the collective belief of its worthiness.

Prestige is the measurement of the desirability of an occupation in terms of socioeconomic rewards.
Prestige reflects factual, scientific knowledge about the material rewards attached to certain occupations. However, depending on whom you ask, the definitions can change. 

Many equate job prestige in terms of money, while others base it on education, and a third group bases it on how much a person's job helps society. Also, prestige used to be based on age, wealth and education, and today a great factor in the calculation of occupational prestige is how a certain job helps humanity.