Vocational interests among eighth and ninth grade students were examined and factor structures by grade, sex, and race were compared. The Ohio Vocational Interest Survey (OVIS) was the only inventory given. Results indicate that: (1) eighth and ninth grade students have similar interest patterns, (2) black and white eighth and ninth grade students have similar interest patterns, and (3) male and female eighth and ninth grade students have similar interest patterns except for on the artistic dimension. Possible implications of this study are that similar interests for both eighth and ninth graders may be indicative of a more stable interest pattern among junior high school students than many theorists have assumed, that OVIS can be used effectively to measure similar interests of both blacks and white students, and that OVIS, since it is not a sex-restrictive instrument, can be a useful test with both men and women. (BJG)