Occupations as listed on the 1901 census for Semley
| Agricultural / farm labourer and general labourer | 49 |
| Employed by the railway | 24 |
| Housekeeper / cook / maids / domestic service | 24 |
| Farmer / yeoman | 14 |
| Dairyman / cowman | 10 |
| Farm carter | 9 |
| Bakery trade | 5 |
| Blacksmith's trade | 4 |
| Gardener domestic | 4 |
| Roadman | 4 |
| Schoolteacher / schoolmistress / assistant | 4 |
| Grocer / shopkeeper | 3 |
| Gamekeeper / assistant | 3 |
| Stonemason's trade | 3 |
| Companion | 2 |
| Dressmaker / seamstress | 2 |
| Egg & poultry dealer | 2 |
| general assistant / helper | 2 |
| Groom | 2 |
| Hotel proprietor / assistant | 2 |
| Innkeeper / assistant | 2 |
| Laundress | 2 |
| Nurse | 2 |
| Stockman on farm | 2 |
| Gardener | 2 |
| Bailiff on farm | 1 |
| Baptist minister | 1 |
| Butcher | 1 |
| Clergyman church of England | 1 |
| Coachman domestic | 1 |
| Cattle dealer | 1 |
| Draper | 1 |
| Estate labourer | 1 |
| Milk factory foreman | 1 |
| general dealer | 1 |
| Glover | 1 |
| Labourer in coal yard | 1 |
| market gardener | 1 |
| Milk boy | 1 |
| Nursery maid domestic | 1 |
| Painter | 1 |
| Police constable | 1 |
| Posting house driver | 1 |
| Rabbit trapper | 1 |
| Rural postman | 1 |
| Sawyer | 1 |
| Shepherd | 1 |
| Telegraph messenger | 1 |