Public education employment has not recovered from the Great Recession, much less the COVID pandemic: Change in public education employment, 2008–2021 and 2019–2021
| State | Change 2019–2021 | Change 2008–2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | -0.9% | -8.1% |
| Alaska | -17.5% | -20.2% |
| Arizona | -6.8% | -13.5% |
| Arkansas | -8.5% | |
| California | -9.5% | -6.7% |
| Colorado | -4.2% | 7.0% |
| Connecticut | -5.7% | -10.6% |
| Delaware | 1.9% | 20.3% |
| Washington D.C. | ||
| Florida | -1.9% | -9.3% |
| Georgia | -3.1% | -9.4% |
| Hawaii | ||
| Idaho | -3.0% | 9.4% |
| Illinois | -5.6% | -7.0% |
| Indiana | -3.1% | -10.5% |
| Iowa | -1.4% | 3.5% |
| Kansas | -4.2% | -4.3% |
| Kentucky | -4.8% | -6.6% |
| Louisiana | -6.6% | -14.6% |
| Maine | -6.6% | -11.8% |
| Maryland | -0.7% | -1.4% |
| Massachusetts | -3.7% | 2.9% |
| Michigan | -4.9% | -22.6% |
| Minnesota | -5.8% | 0.0% |
| Mississippi | -2.7% | -9.7% |
| Missouri | ||
| Montana | -9.5% | -9.0% |
| Nebraska | -3.8% | 6.4% |
| Nevada | -4.1% | |
| New Hampshire | -0.4% | -12.5% |
| New Jersey | -4.1% | -6.3% |
| New Mexico | -10.7% | -17.0% |
| New York | -0.5% | -2.8% |
| North Carolina | -2.1% | -12.9% |
| North Dakota | 1.2% | 20.3% |
| Ohio | -3.3% | -2.3% |
| Oklahoma | -5.8% | |
| Oregon | -5.6% | 21.9% |
| Pennsylvania | -4.5% | -14.7% |
| Rhode Island | 1.1% | -8.1% |
| South Carolina | -1.0% | -1.7% |
| South Dakota | -1.3% | 5.5% |
| Tennessee | -1.1% | -0.6% |
| Texas | -2.0% | 6.9% |
| Utah | -1.0% | 12.5% |
| Vermont | -11.6% | -16.2% |
| Virginia | -3.8% | |
| Washington | -4.9% | 9.2% |
| West Virginia | -8.1% | -15.1% |
| Wisconsin | -5.5% | -6.6% |
| Wyoming | -4.1% | -3.4% |
Notes: Employment data is for all local public education services, which includes K–12 workers as well a small share of additional education workers. New York state data is for K–12 exclusively. Change in employment calculated by comparing average of September, October, and November data from each year. Education employment data is not available for Hawaii, Missouri, or the District of Columbia and does not go back to 2008 for Arkansas, Nevada, Oklahoma, or Virginia.
Source: EPI analysis of BLS Current Employment Statistics data.