Office Clerks, General -- Eroding Job Numbers based on Education

We covered office clerks, general down to the point of estimating the number of light and sedentary unskilled jobs and the number that did not require more than  six hours per day.  To summarize:

43-9061 Office clerks, general

Typical Education Needed	High school diploma or equivalent
Work Experience in a Related Occupation	None
Typical On-The-Job Training Needed to Attain Competency	Short-term on-the-job training
2016 Employment	3,117,700

43-9061.00 (office clerks, general)

# of Jobs	% Unskilled	# Unskilled
3,117,700	35.3%	1,100,548
# Unskilled	% Light Unskilled	# Light Unskilled
1,100,548	41%	451,224
# Light Unskilled	% ≤ 6 hours sitting	# ≤ 6 hours sitting, light
451,224	25%	112,806
# Unskilled	% Sedentary Unskilled	# Sedentary Unskilled
1,100,548	32.8%	360,980
# Sedentary Unskilled	% ≤ 6 hours sitting	# ≤ 6 hours sitting, sedentary
360,980	25%	90,245

The next step in the process requires application of the medical-vocational profile of the claimant:  age, education, work experience, and residual functional capacity.

43-9061.00 (office clerks, general)

Series ID: ORUV1000075800000075

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: % of office clerks, general; minimum education level is none

Requirement: Education, Training, And Experience

Occupation: office clerks, general

Estimate: minimum education level is none

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	12.9

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUV1000075800000075

Series ID: ORUV1000075800000076

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: % of office clerks, general; minimum education level is a high school diploma

Requirement: Education, Training, And Experience

Occupation: office clerks, general

Estimate: minimum education level is a high school diploma

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	83.2

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUV1000075800000076

We use this data to erode the number of general office clerks based on a limited education.  

# Unskilled	% Light Unskilled	# Light Unskilled
1,100,548	41.0%	451,225
# Light Unskilled	% Limited Education	# Limited Education
451,224	12.9%	58,208
# Light Unskilled	% ≤ 6 hours sit	# ≤ 6 hours sit, light
451,224	25.0%	112,806
# ≤ 6 hours sit, light	% Limited Education	# Limited Education
112,806	12.9%	14,552
# Unskilled	% Sedentary Unskilled	# Sedentary Unskilled
1,100,548	32.8%	360,980
# Sedentary Unskilled	% Limited Education	# Limited Education
360,980	12.9%	46,566
# Sedentary Unskilled	% ≤ 6 hours sit	# ≤ 6 hours sit, sed.
360,980	25.0%	90,245
# ≤ 6 hours sit, sed.	% Limited Education	# Limited Education
90,245	12.9%	11,642

If the claimant has a limitation to six hours of sitting in an eight-hour day and possesses a limited education, the number of jobs available drops dramatically.