Vocational Expert Handbook Video Presentation -- Light Work ID'd -- OMG, Are You Kidding Me?

The March 2023 version of the Social Security Vocational Expert Handbook is out. Vocational Expert Handbook (SSA Mar. 2023). A video, not found on the SSA channel on YouTube.com, explains the Handbook. The mock hearing in the middle of it all provides an example of good testimony that shocks the conscience.  

ALJ: Assume a hypothetical individual with the claimant's age, education, and past work experience is able to perform light work as defined in the regulations, except they can occasionally climb ramps and stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl; and can never climb ladders, ropes, or scaffolds; must avoid unprotected heights, moving mechanical parts, and operating a motor vehicle; can perform simple routine tasks; can make simple work-related decisions; and can occasionally interact with supervisors and coworkers, and never interact with the public. Could the hypothetical individual perform any work, and, if so, could you provide me with a few examples?

VE: Yes, jobs such as cleaner, housekeeping (DOT code 323.687-014). That is light, SVP 2, with 200,000 jobs nationally. Routing clerk (DOT code 222.687-022). That is light, SVP 2, with 40,000 jobs nationally. And marker (DOT code 209.587-034). That is light, SVP 2, with 200,000 jobs nationally.

Under SSR 83-10, the agency and the vocational experts are directed to assume that a limitation to light work includes a limitation to standing/walking six hours in an eight-hour workday. The vocational witness has stated that a housekeeping cleaner has a maximum stand/walk requirement of six hours. That is palpably false based on the DOT narrative, O*NET OnLine, and Occupational Requirements Survey. The vocational witness has claimed that the inherently clerical functions of a routing clerk have occasional or less contact with others. The witness lays claim that warehouse work has occasional or less contact with others, 

Housekeeping cleaner has the Lead Statement (after the number, title, industry, and alternate titles): "Cleans rooms and halls in commercial establishments, such as hotels, restaurants, clubs, beauty parlors, and dormitories" The Task Element Statements (how the Lead Statement gets accomplished) states: "Sorts, counts, folds, marks, or carries linens. Makes beds. Replenishes supplies, such as drinking glasses and writing supplies. Checks wraps and renders personal assistance to patrons. Moves furniture, hangs drapes, and rolls carpets. Performs other duties as described under CLEANER (any industry) I Master Title." Find two hours of sitting in the expected or essential work duties, every day without fail. 

The O*NET describes housekeeping cleaner under the broad heading of maids and housekeeping cleaners as having occasional or no contact with others in 18% of jobs. Maids have no important contact with the public is 8% of jobs. Maids do not work with a group or team as at least a fairly important job function in 4% of jobs. Maids never sit in 72% of jobs, less than half the time in 25% of jobs, and about half the time in 3% of jobs. 

The ORS describes maids as interacting with the general public in 76.3% of jobs. Maids require basic people skills in 97.1% of jobs. Maids stand (including walk) 87.5% of the day at the 10th percentile, 95% of the day at the 25% percentile, and 100% of the day at the median, 75th, and 90th percentiles. Maids engage in light exertion in 69.3% of jobs. 

 Routing clerk has the Lead Statement "Sorts bundles, boxes, or lots of articles for delivery." The Task Element Statements states: "Reads delivery or route numbers marked on articles or delivery slips, or determines locations of addresses indicated on delivery slips, using charts. Places or stacks articles in bins designated according to route, driver, or type. ay be designated according to workstation as Conveyor Belt Package Sorter (retail trade)." Sounds an awful lot like mail clerk, an R3 occupation. The DOT classifies routing clerk as R2. Routing clerk does have significant data functions of comparing: judging the readily observable functional, structural, or compositional characteristics (whether similar to or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people, or things.

The O*NET describes routing clerk under the broad heading of shipping, receiving, and inventory clerk as having occasional or no contact with others in 0% of jobs. Shipping clerks have no important contact with the public is 4% of jobs. Shipping clerks do not work with a group or team as at least a fairly important job function in 1% of jobs. 

The ORS describes Shipping clerks as interacting with the general public in 63.6% of jobs. Shipping clerks require basic people skills in 69.2% of jobs and more than basic people skills in 30.8% of jobs. Shipping clerks stand (including walk) 25% of the day at the 10th percentile, 50% of the day at the 25% percentile, 80% of the day at the median, 95% of the day at the 75th percentile, and 100% of the day at the 90th percentiles. Shipping clerks engage in light exertion in 21.5% of jobs and unskilled work in 46.3% of jobs. 

Marker has the Lead Statement "Marks and attaches price tickets to articles of merchandise to record price and identifying information." The Task Element Statements states: "Marks selling price by hand on boxes containing merchandise, or on price tickets. Ties, glues, sews, or staples price ticket to each article. Presses lever or plunger of mechanism that pins, pastes, ties, or staples ticket to article. ay record number and types of articles marked and pack them in boxes." The DOT classifies marker as R2. Marker does have significant data functions of copying: Transcribing, entering, or posting data.

The O*NET describes markers under the broad heading of stockers and order fillers as having occasional or no contact with others in 4% of jobs. Stockers have no important contact with the public is 6% of jobs. Stockers do not work with a group or team as at least a fairly important job function in 4% of jobs. 

The ORS describes stockers as interacting with the public in 73.6% of jobs. Stockers require basic people skills in 95% of jobs and more than basic people skills in 5% of jobs. Stocker stand (including walk) 80% of the day at the 10th percentile, 90% of the day at the 25% percentile, 95% of the day at the median, and 100% of the day at the 75th and 90th percentiles. Stockers lift up to 25 pounds at the 10th percentile, 50 pounds at the 25th percentile and median, 60 pounds at hte 75th percentile, and 75 pounds at the 90th percentile. 

The witness goes on to describe the 30 years' experience, but no experience related to these three occupations. The sample of cross-examination does not ask about other sources of job information or where the vocational witness obtained the idea that these occupations do not require prolonged standing/walking, interaction with the public, or more than occasional interaction with others. 

The agency needs to stop giving examples to strive to become that are facially unsupported. The fact that many vocational experts would give this kind of testimony does not make it reliable. It makes it ubiquitously wrong. 

Talk me off the cliff.  

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Suggested Citation:

Lawrence Rohlfing, Vocational Expert Handbook Video Presentation -- Light Work ID'd -- OMG, Are You Kidding Me?, California Social Security Attorney (August 28, 2023) https://californiasocialsecurityattorney.blogspot.com

The author has been AV-rated since 2000 and listed in Super Lawyers since 2008.

Luis Mas, Ph.D. -- Housekeeping Cleaner, Assembler, and Material Distributor

 Dr. Mas testifies as a vocational witness. In a recent case, the ALJ propounded a hypothetical for a person closely approaching advanced age, possessing a high school education, lacking transferable skills, and limited:

to perform light work as defined in 20 CFR 404.1567(b) except could frequently climb, balance, crawl; occasionally stoop, kneel, crouch; requires simple repetitive tasks; can occasionally perform detailed and complex tasks; occasional contact with the public; and occasionally interact with coworkers.

Dr. Mas testified that the individual would have been able to perform the requirements of representative occupations such as cleaner housekeeping (DOT 323.687-014) jobs of which there are 200,000 nationally; assembler (DOT 706.684-022) jobs of which there are 100,000 nationally; and material distributor (DOT 230.687-010) jobs of which there are 30,000 nationally.  I call BS on every count.  Just disgusting disregard for the importance of the proceedings.  

Let's look at the easy ones first.  Assembler:

DOT: 706.684-022 ASSEMBLER, SMALL PRODUCTS I (any industry) alternate titles: bench assembler

Performs any combination of following repetitive tasks on assembly line to mass produce small products, such as ball bearings, automobile door locking units, speedometers, condensers, distributors, ignition coils, drafting table subassemblies, or carburetors: Positions parts in specified relationship to each other, using hands, tweezers, or tongs. Bolts, screws, clips, cements, or otherwise fastens parts together by hand or using handtools or portable powered tools. Frequently works at bench as member of assembly group assembling one or two specific parts and passing unit to another worker. Loads and unloads previously setup machines, such as arbor presses, drill presses, taps, spot-welding machines, riveting machines, milling machines, or broaches, to perform fastening, force fitting, or light metal-cutting operation on assembly line. May be assigned to different work stations as production needs require or shift from one station to another to reduce fatigue factor. May be known according to product assembled.

GOE: 06.04.23 STRENGTH: L GED: R2 M1 L1 SVP: 2 DLU: 79

There is an apparent conflict between occasional interaction with coworkers and the requirement to frequently work as a member of an assembly group receiving and passing parts with other workers.  

DOT 230.687-010 ADVERTISING-MATERIAL DISTRIBUTOR (any industry) alternate titles: distributor, advertising material

Distributes advertising material, such as merchandise samples, handbills, and coupons, from house to house, to business establishments, or to persons on street, following oral instructions, street maps, or address lists. May be designated according to type of advertising material distributed as Handbill Distributor (any industry); Pamphlet Distributor (any industry); Sample Distributor (any industry).

GOE: 07.07.02 STRENGTH: L GED: R1 M1 L1 SVP: 2 DLU: 77

There is an apparent conflict between occasional contact with the public the going from house to house, business to business, or engaging people on the street as the sole bona fide work function of occupation.  

That leaves the frequently cited occupation of housekeeping cleaner.  About 15 years ago, the agency told ALJs to stop including the 6 hours of sitting or standing/walking out of residual functional capacity assessments and out of hypothetical questions.  The courts have turned a blind eye to that dumbing down of the examination.  Here that practice is in action:

DOT 323.687-014 CLEANER, HOUSEKEEPING (any industry) alternate titles: maid 

Cleans rooms and halls in commercial establishments, such as hotels, restaurants, clubs, beauty parlors, and dormitories, performing any combination of following duties: Sorts, counts, folds, marks, or carries linens. Makes beds. Replenishes supplies, such as drinking glasses and writing supplies. Checks wraps and renders personal assistance to patrons. Moves furniture, hangs drapes, and rolls carpets. Performs other duties as described under CLEANER (any industry) I Master Title. May be designated according to type of establishment cleaned as Beauty Parlor Cleaner (personal ser.); Motel Cleaner (hotel & rest.); or according to area cleaned as Sleeping Room Cleaner (hotel & rest.).  

GOE: 05.12.18 STRENGTH: L GED: R1 M1 L1 SVP: 2 DLU: 86

The DOT does not describe any work function as sitting.  Commonsense tells us that housekeeping cleaners do not sit on the job other than as sporadic and incidental activities.  The O*NET confirms commonsense -- maids and housekeeping cleaners never sit in 72% of the jobs, never.  Another quarter of the jobs sit more than never and less than half the day.  The O*NET says that 3% sit about have the time.  

The 2021 ORS dataset confirms that mads and housekeeping cleaners sit 1.2 hours per day that the 90th percentile.  On average, maids and housekeeping cleaners sit 5.2% of the workday -- about 25 minutes per day.  A sycophantic response would point out that maids and housekeeping cleaners stand 5.6 hours per day at the 25th percentile.  The informed retort points out that maids and housekeeping cleaners stand 80% of the workday at the 10th percentile.  The total hours of standing in part-time work does not inform the full-time analysis at step 5 of the sequential evaluation process.  

We have to be prepared in every hearing to quickly review the DOT industry and narrative, call upon the O*NET and ORS (www.occucollect.com), and pull up Job Browser Pro to rebut VW testimony on the fly.  Otherwise, garbage testimony become the foundation of denying our client benefits.   There might be jobs for this vocational profile, just not these.  The Commissioner has the burden of proof.  

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Suggested Citation:

Lawrence Rohlfing, Luis Mas, Ph.D. -- Housekeeping Cleaner, Assembler, and Material Distributor, California Social Security Attorney (June 8, 2022)  https://californiasocialsecurityattorney.blogspot.com 

Another Example of Vocational Expert Prevarication

VE - Antonio Reyes

RFC - light work as defined in 20 CFR 404.1 567(b) and 416.967(b) with the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull 10 pounds frequently and 20 pounds occasionally. She can stand and/or walk for six hours in an eight-hour workday and she can sit for six hours in an eight-hour workday. The claimant cannot climb ladders, ropes, or scaffolds. She can occasionally balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl. She can less than occasionally climb ramps and stairs. The claimant cannot be exposed to unprotected heights or dangerous machinery or equipment. The claimant can perform simple routine tasks and she can make simple routine decisions. She can adapt to simple routine changes of work processing and settings. The claimant can have only incidental contact with the public. The claimant cannot work at production rate pace where productivity is governed by a fixed external force such as an assembly line, but is able to meet productivity expectations. The claimant can have occasional contact with coworkers. She cannot bc part of a work team that requires regularly working directly with others to accomplish a task.

AEW - younger individual, high school, and no transferable skills.

Occupations:

1. Cleaner, housekeeping - 323.687-014 - 400,000 jobs
2. Sorter I - 706.684-022 - 15,000 jobs
3. Assembler, small products I - 706.684-022 - 360,000 jobs

Foundation - the vocational expert testified that his job numbers were based upon numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics data, which the vocational expert analyzed such that he was able to narrow the job numbers to be more specific to the Dictionary of Occupational Titles.

The VE cited no basis for the standing/walking six hours; the production rate pace testimony; the absence of an assembly line or other external force driving productivity; occasional contact with coworkers; and no teamwork.  The VE testimony is shameful.  

Small products assembler I  work on an "assembly line to mass produce small products" and "frequently works at bench as member of assembly group."  DOT conflict.  Small products assembler is a production workers, all other occupation per the DOT-SOC crosswalk.  BLS data from the OEWS:  194,360 production workers, all other covering 1,590 DOT codes.  BLS data from the OOH:  203,600 production workers, all other covering 1,590 DOT codes.  Conflict with the cited job numbers source.  BLS data from the ORS:  production workers, all other stand 90% of the workday at the 10th percentile.  There is no basis for the conclusion that small products assembler does not work in a team or on an assembly line, the job numbers are clearly bogus, and the standing limitation wipes out the jobs according to Labor.  

Sorter is an inspector, tester, sorter, sampler and weigher occupation.  The O*NET says that inspectors have occasional or less contact with other in 2% of jobs.  The data sheets describe occasional and no contact as 0,55%, each.  They round each to 1% yielding an estimate of 2%.  Inspectors always work with a group or team as important job functions.  Inspectors stand 80% of the day at the 50th percentile.  Inspectors sit 90% of the day  at the 90th percentile.  There is a small sliver of jobs around and below the 75th percentile but above the 50th percentile that could fall within the six hours of sitting or standing/walking.  And only 21% of the jobs are unskilled.  The key to this occupation is the contact with others and the need for work with a group or team.  

Housekeeping cleaner is a maids and housekeeping cleaner occupation.  This is a huge occupational base.  Occasional or less contact with others is 18%.  No teamwork is 4% of the jobs.  Because we start with 1.2 million jobs, we need less than 1%.  The teamwork limitation has this occupation under 50,000.  The presence of part-time work in 14% of jobs provides some potential reduction.  But we still are not "there."  The key is six hours of standing/walking.  Maids stand 80% of the workday at the 10th percentile.  There is no statistical basis for the inference that a quarter of the maids in the economy are standing six hours per day or less.  Because the full-time work, teamwork, and standing are independent variables, we apply them serially.  There are fewer than 4,000 jobs that might meet the standing/walking limitation in the RFC.  

If we don't check the witness against the data, we don't know whether the VE is reliable or pulling the jobs out of a hat.  It is clear that this VE did not use BLS data.  It is clear that this VE does not use any reliable methodology.  We can do better, we must do better.  

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Suggested Citation:

Lawrence Rohlfing, Another Example of Vocational Expert Prevarication, California Social Security Attorney (November 14, 2021)  https://californiasocialsecurityattorney.blogspot.com

Night Cleaner and Six Hours of Standing/Walking

Marian Marracco testified at a hearing yesterday.  Marracco has a bulk provider agreement to testify before the Social Security Administration as a vocational expert.  She was in New Jersey.  Now she works out of Desert Hot Springs.  She is prolific.

The ALJ directed Marracco to assume an ability to perform light work as defined in the regulations with other limitations.  Marracco identifies three occupations:  night cleaner; mail clerk; and garment sorter.  On cross-examination, the question turns to the medical expert's testimony: six hours of standing and walking in an eight-hour day.  Marracco says no change because the DOT defines light work as six hours of standing/walking in an eight-hour day.  Marracco further testifies that no light work ever requires more than six hours of standing/walking in a day; no light work requires standing/walking throughout the day; and Labor does not have data to the contrary.  We covered the DOT, regulation, and ruling in the preceding piece on this blog.  We turn our attention to night cleaner.

Marracco used DOT code 323.687-014.  Occu Collect confirms that Labor puts this occupation in maids and housekeeping cleaners (SOC 37-2012).

CLEANER, HOUSEKEEPING

323.687-014

DOT: 323.687-014 CLEANER, HOUSEKEEPING (any industry) alternate titles: maid
Cleans rooms and halls in commercial establishments, such as hotels, restaurants, clubs, beauty parlors, and dormitories, performing any combination of following duties: Sorts, counts, folds, marks, or carries linens. Makes beds. Replenishes supplies, such as drinking glasses and writing supplies. Checks wraps and renders personal assistance to patrons. Moves furniture, hangs drapes, and rolls carpets. Performs other duties as described under CLEANER (any industry) I Master Title. May be designated according to type of establishment cleaned as Beauty Parlor Cleaner (personal ser.); Motel Cleaner (hotel & rest.); or according to area cleaned as Sleeping Room Cleaner (hotel & rest.).
GOE: 05.12.18 STRENGTH: L GED: R1 M1 L1 SVP: 2 DLU: 86

DOT-O*NET Crosswalk: https://www.onetonline.org/crosswalk/DOT?s=323.687-014&g=GO

There are 10 DOT codes in the group.

DOT Code	DOT Title	SVP	STRENGTH
301.474-010	HOUSE WORKER, GENERAL	3	M
301.687-010	CARETAKER	2	M
301.687-014	DAY WORKER	2	M
302.685-010	LAUNDRY WORKER, DOMESTIC	2	L
302.687-010	IRONER	2	L
309.674-010	BUTLER, SECOND	3	L
323.687-010	CLEANER, HOSPITAL	2	M
323.687-014	CLEANER, HOUSEKEEPING	2	L
323.687-018	HOUSECLEANER	2	H
381.684-560	Housekeeper, Commercial, Residential, or Industrial	(blank)	(blank)

Marracco testifies to 929,540 jobs as a night cleaner with a limit of six hours of standing/walking in a day.

 37-2012 Maids and housekeeping cleaners

Typical Education Needed	No formal educational credential
Work Experience in a Related Occupation	None
Typical On-The-Job Training Needed to Attain Competency	Short-term on-the-job training
2016 Employment	1,443,200

Given the breadth of the occupational base, my confidence level of night cleaner represents 9 out of 14 maids and housekeeping cleaners is low.  Moving right along to the O*NET OnLine:

37-2012.00 - Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners

Structural Job Characteristics	%	Response
Duration of Typical Work Week — Number of hours typically worked in one week.	4	More than 40 hours
	35	40 hours
	60	Less than 40 hours

Not surprising, most of the jobs are part-time and therefore not presumptively substantial gainful activity.  

Exertional	%	Response
Spend Time Sitting — How much does this job require sitting?	0	Continually or almost continually
	0	More than half the time
	0	About half the time
	9	Less than half the time
	91	Never
Exertional	%	Response
Spend Time Standing — How much does this job require standing?	80	Continually or almost continually
	17	More than half the time
	2	About half the time
	1	Less than half the time
	0	Never
Exertional	%	Response
Spend Time Walking and Running — How much does this job require walking and running?	70	Continually or almost continually
	14	More than half the time
	2	About half the time
	0	Less than half the time
	15	Never

It is very difficult to stand/walk six of eight hours if the worker never sits.  With 80% standing and 70% walking/running continually or almost continually, the inference would direct that the 9% that sit less than half the time do not aggregate to two hours in a day.  Now for the Occupational Requirements Survey:

37-2012.00 - Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners

Series ID: ORUP1000062300000125

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: maids and housekeeping cleaners; hours of standing/walking, mean

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: hours of standing/walking, mean

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	6.64

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000062300000125

Series ID: ORUP1000062300000126

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: maids and housekeeping cleaners; hours of standing/walking (10th percentile)

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: hours of standing/walking (10th percentile)

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	4

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000062300000126

Series ID: ORUP1000062300000127

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: maids and housekeeping cleaners; hours of standing/walking (25th percentile)

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: hours of standing/walking (25th percentile)

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	5.5

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000062300000127

Series ID: ORUP1000062300000128

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: maids and housekeeping cleaners; hours of standing/walking (50th percentile - median)

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: hours of standing/walking (50th percentile - median)

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	7.2

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000062300000128

Series ID: ORUP1000062300000129

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: maids and housekeeping cleaners; hours of standing/walking (75th percentile)

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: hours of standing/walking (75th percentile)

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	8

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000062300000129

Series ID: ORUP1000062300000130

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: maids and housekeeping cleaners; hours of standing/walking (90th percentile)

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: hours of standing/walking (90th percentile)

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	8

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000062300000130

Series ID: ORUP1000062300000132

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: maids and housekeeping cleaners; hours of sitting, mean

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: hours of sitting, mean

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	0.31

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000062300000132

Series ID: ORUP1000062300000133

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: maids and housekeeping cleaners; hours of sitting (10th percentile)

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: hours of sitting (10th percentile)

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	-

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000062300000133

Series ID: ORUP1000062300000134

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: maids and housekeeping cleaners; hours of sitting (25th percentile)

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: hours of sitting (25th percentile)

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	-

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000062300000134

Series ID: ORUP1000062300000135

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: maids and housekeeping cleaners; hours of sitting (50th percentile - median)

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: hours of sitting (50th percentile - median)

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	-

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000062300000135

Series ID: ORUP1000062300000136

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: maids and housekeeping cleaners; hours of sitting (75th percentile)

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: hours of sitting (75th percentile)

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	0.5

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000062300000136

Series ID: ORUP1000062300000137

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: maids and housekeeping cleaners; hours of sitting (90th percentile)

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: hours of sitting (90th percentile)

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	1

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000062300000137

Series ID: ORUP1000062300000140

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: % of maids and housekeeping cleaners; sitting vs. standing/walking at will is not allowed

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: sitting vs. standing/walking at will is not allowed

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	97.1

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000062300000140

Series ID: ORUP1000062300000997

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: maids and housekeeping cleaners; % of day sitting is required, mean

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: % of day sitting is required, mean

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	4.4

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000062300000997

Series ID: ORUP1000062300000998

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: maids and housekeeping cleaners; % of day sitting is required (10th percentile)

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: % of day sitting is required (10th percentile)

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	-

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000062300000998

Series ID: ORUP1000062300000999

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: maids and housekeeping cleaners; % of day sitting is required (25th percentile)

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: % of day sitting is required (25th percentile)

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	-

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000062300000999

Series ID: ORUP1000062300001000

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: maids and housekeeping cleaners; % of day sitting is required (50th percentile - median)

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: % of day sitting is required (50th percentile - median)

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	-

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000062300001000

Series ID: ORUP1000062300001001

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: maids and housekeeping cleaners; % of day sitting is required (75th percentile)

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: % of day sitting is required (75th percentile)

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	6.3

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000062300001001

Series ID: ORUP1000062300001003

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: maids and housekeeping cleaners; % of day standing/walking is required, mean

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: % of day standing/walking is required, mean

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	95.6

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000062300001003

Series ID: ORUP1000062300001004

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: maids and housekeeping cleaners; % of day standing/walking is required (10th percentile)

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: % of day standing/walking is required (10th percentile)

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	86.7

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000062300001004

Series ID: ORUP1000062300001005

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: maids and housekeeping cleaners; % of day standing/walking is required (25th percentile)

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: % of day standing/walking is required (25th percentile)

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	93.8

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000062300001005

Series ID: ORUP1000062300001006

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: maids and housekeeping cleaners; % of day standing/walking is required (50th percentile - median)

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: % of day standing/walking is required (50th percentile - median)

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	100

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000062300001006

Series ID: ORUP1000062300001007

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: maids and housekeeping cleaners; % of day standing/walking is required (75th percentile)

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: % of day standing/walking is required (75th percentile)

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	100

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000062300001007

Series ID: ORUP1000062300001008

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: maids and housekeeping cleaners; % of day standing/walking is required (90th percentile)

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: % of day standing/walking is required (90th percentile)

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	100

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000062300001008

The hours of standing/walking at the 10th and 25th percentiles match up with the percentage of the day for standing/walking and the O*NET description that most of the jobs are part-time to confirm that maids and housekeeping cleaners do not limit standing/walking to 75% of the day, six hours in an eight-hour day.  

Nor are a plurality much less a majority of these jobs in the light category.  Maids and housekeeping cleaners engage in medium or heavy exertion in 76.6% of jobs.  

Series ID: ORUP1000062300000662

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: % of maids and housekeeping cleaners; strength is light work

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: strength is light work

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	23.1

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000062300000662

Series ID: ORUP1000062300000663

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: % of maids and housekeeping cleaners; strength is medium work

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: strength is medium work

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	73.6

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000062300000663

Series ID: ORUP1000062300000664

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: % of maids and housekeeping cleaners; strength is heavy work

Requirement: Physical Demands

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: strength is heavy work

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	3

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUP1000062300000664

Most of the jobs are unskilled.  

Series ID: ORUV1000062300000064

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: % of maids and housekeeping cleaners; svp is short demonstration only

Requirement: Education, Training, And Experience

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: svp is short demonstration only

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	5.9

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUV1000062300000064

Series ID: ORUV1000062300000065

Not seasonally adjusted

Series Title: % of maids and housekeeping cleaners; svp is beyond short demonstration, up to & including 1 month

Requirement: Education, Training, And Experience

Occupation: maids and housekeeping cleaners

Estimate: svp is beyond short demonstration, up to & including 1 month

Year	Period	Estimate
2017	Annual	80.6

https://beta.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/ORUV1000062300000065

We summarize the data:

# of Jobs	% Unskilled (ORS)	# Unskilled
1,443,200	86.50%	1,248,368
# Unskilled	% Light (ORS)	# Light
1,248,368	23.10%	288,373
# Light	% Full-Time (O*NET)	# Full-Time
288,373	40.00%	115,349
# Full-Time	% Some Sitting (O*NET)	# Some Sitting
115,349	9.00%	10,381
# Some Sitting	% ≤ 6 hour stand/walk (ORS)	# ≤ 6 hour stand/walk (ORS)
10,381	0.00%	0

Unlimited standing/walking in the context of light unskilled work yields 115,349 full-time jobs in the economy.  Requiring the ability to do just some sitting during the workday erodes that number to 10,381 jobs.  If limited to six hours of standing/walking in a full-time day, then the person cannot perform any maid or housekeeping cleaner jobs.