The Teacher Gap
Public K–12 education employment has collapsed: Local public education employment and employment needed to keep up with enrollment, 2003–2020
Local public education employment | Local public education employment at 2008 levels | Local public education employment needed to keep up with student enrollment | |
---|---|---|---|
Jan-2003 | 7.6974 | ||
Feb-2003 | 7.6974 | ||
Mar-2003 | 7.6912 | ||
Apr-2003 | 7.6985 | ||
May-2003 | 7.6950 | ||
Jun-2003 | 7.7315 | ||
Jul-2003 | 7.7791 | ||
Aug-2003 | 7.7252 | ||
Sep-2003 | 7.6675 | ||
Oct-2003 | 7.7165 | ||
Nov-2003 | 7.7025 | ||
Dec-2003 | 7.7031 | ||
Jan-2004 | 7.7120 | ||
Feb-2004 | 7.7199 | ||
Mar-2004 | 7.7483 | ||
Apr-2004 | 7.7538 | ||
May-2004 | 7.7767 | ||
Jun-2004 | 7.7607 | ||
Jul-2004 | 7.7575 | ||
Aug-2004 | 7.7669 | ||
Sep-2004 | 7.7743 | ||
Oct-2004 | 7.7828 | ||
Nov-2004 | 7.7975 | ||
Dec-2004 | 7.8032 | ||
Jan-2005 | 7.8219 | ||
Feb-2005 | 7.8311 | ||
Mar-2005 | 7.8209 | ||
Apr-2005 | 7.8294 | ||
May-2005 | 7.8402 | ||
Jun-2005 | 7.8188 | ||
Jul-2005 | 7.9047 | ||
Aug-2005 | 7.9073 | ||
Sep-2005 | 7.8787 | ||
Oct-2005 | 7.8646 | ||
Nov-2005 | 7.8756 | ||
Dec-2005 | 7.8830 | ||
Jan-2006 | 7.8822 | ||
Feb-2006 | 7.8869 | ||
Mar-2006 | 7.8906 | ||
Apr-2006 | 7.8961 | ||
May-2006 | 7.8839 | ||
Jun-2006 | 7.8678 | ||
Jul-2006 | 7.8999 | ||
Aug-2006 | 7.9352 | ||
Sep-2006 | 7.9726 | ||
Oct-2006 | 7.9502 | ||
Nov-2006 | 7.9545 | ||
Dec-2006 | 7.9568 | ||
Jan-2007 | 7.9598 | ||
Feb-2007 | 7.9533 | ||
Mar-2007 | 7.9563 | ||
Apr-2007 | 7.9654 | ||
May-2007 | 7.9743 | ||
Jun-2007 | 7.9646 | ||
Jul-2007 | 7.9457 | ||
Aug-2007 | 7.9918 | ||
Sep-2007 | 8.0086 | ||
Oct-2007 | 8.0230 | ||
Nov-2007 | 8.0344 | ||
Dec-2007 | 8.0547 | ||
Jan-2008 | 8.0535 | ||
Feb-2008 | 8.0647 | ||
Mar-2008 | 8.0679 | ||
Apr-2008 | 8.0620 | ||
May-2008 | 8.0781 | ||
Jun-2008 | 8.0862 | ||
Jul-2008 | 8.1194 | ||
Aug-2008 | 8.0919 | ||
Sep-2008 | 8.0853 | 8.0853 | 8.0853 |
Oct-2008 | 8.0898 | 8.0871 | 8.0853 |
Nov-2008 | 8.0828 | 8.0890 | 8.0853 |
Dec-2008 | 8.0836 | 8.0908 | 8.0853 |
Jan-2009 | 8.0840 | 8.0926 | 8.0853 |
Feb-2009 | 8.0967 | 8.0945 | 8.0853 |
Mar-2009 | 8.0937 | 8.0963 | 8.0853 |
Apr-2009 | 8.0916 | 8.0982 | 8.0853 |
May-2009 | 8.0882 | 8.1000 | 8.0853 |
Jun-2009 | 8.1084 | 8.1018 | 8.0853 |
Jul-2009 | 8.0667 | 8.1037 | 8.0853 |
Aug-2009 | 8.0619 | 8.1055 | 8.0853 |
Sep-2009 | 8.0123 | 8.1074 | 8.0853 |
Oct-2009 | 8.0737 | 8.1092 | 8.0853 |
Nov-2009 | 8.0991 | 8.1110 | 8.0853 |
Dec-2009 | 8.0716 | 8.1129 | 8.0853 |
Jan-2010 | 8.0685 | 8.1147 | 8.0853 |
Feb-2010 | 8.0570 | 8.1166 | 8.0853 |
Mar-2010 | 8.0580 | 8.1184 | 8.0853 |
Apr-2010 | 8.0563 | 8.1203 | 8.0853 |
May-2010 | 8.0624 | 8.1221 | 8.0853 |
Jun-2010 | 8.0486 | 8.1239 | 8.0853 |
Jul-2010 | 8.0263 | 8.1258 | 8.0853 |
Aug-2010 | 7.9971 | 8.1276 | 8.0853 |
Sep-2010 | 7.9192 | 8.1295 | 8.0853 |
Oct-2010 | 7.9637 | 8.1313 | 8.0853 |
Nov-2010 | 7.9615 | 8.1332 | 8.0853 |
Dec-2010 | 7.9535 | 8.1350 | 8.0853 |
Jan-2011 | 7.9436 | 8.1369 | 8.0853 |
Feb-2011 | 7.9296 | 8.1387 | 8.0853 |
Mar-2011 | 7.9249 | 8.1406 | 8.0853 |
Apr-2011 | 7.9367 | 8.1424 | 8.0853 |
May-2011 | 7.8987 | 8.1443 | 8.0853 |
Jun-2011 | 7.9605 | 8.1461 | 8.0853 |
Jul-2011 | 7.8620 | 8.1480 | 8.0853 |
Aug-2011 | 7.8212 | 8.1498 | 8.0853 |
Sep-2011 | 7.7980 | 8.1517 | 8.0853 |
Oct-2011 | 7.8279 | 8.1535 | 8.0853 |
Nov-2011 | 7.8147 | 8.1554 | 8.0853 |
Dec-2011 | 7.8042 | 8.1572 | 8.0853 |
Jan-2012 | 7.7974 | 8.1591 | 8.0853 |
Feb-2012 | 7.7998 | 8.1609 | 8.0853 |
Mar-2012 | 7.7945 | 8.1628 | 8.0853 |
Apr-2012 | 7.7857 | 8.1646 | 8.0853 |
May-2012 | 7.7740 | 8.1665 | 8.0853 |
Jun-2012 | 7.7782 | 8.1683 | 8.0853 |
Jul-2012 | 7.7718 | 8.1702 | 8.0853 |
Aug-2012 | 7.7708 | 8.1720 | 8.0853 |
Sep-2012 | 7.7688 | 8.1739 | 8.0853 |
Oct-2012 | 7.7593 | 8.1758 | 8.0853 |
Nov-2012 | 7.7553 | 8.1776 | 8.0853 |
Dec-2012 | 7.7712 | 8.1795 | 8.0853 |
Jan-2013 | 7.7698 | 8.1813 | 8.0853 |
Feb-2013 | 7.7703 | 8.1832 | 8.0853 |
Mar-2013 | 7.7746 | 8.1850 | 8.0853 |
Apr-2013 | 7.7690 | 8.1869 | 8.0853 |
May-2013 | 7.7812 | 8.1888 | 8.0853 |
Jun-2013 | 7.7578 | 8.1906 | 8.0853 |
Jul-2013 | 7.7654 | 8.1925 | 8.0853 |
Aug-2013 | 7.7744 | 8.1943 | 8.0853 |
Sep-2013 | 7.7732 | 8.1962 | 8.0853 |
Oct-2013 | 7.7761 | 8.1981 | 8.0853 |
Nov-2013 | 7.7786 | 8.1999 | 8.0853 |
Dec-2013 | 7.7607 | 8.2018 | 8.0853 |
Jan-2014 | 7.7624 | 8.2036 | 8.0853 |
Feb-2014 | 7.7677 | 8.2055 | 8.0853 |
Mar-2014 | 7.7780 | 8.2074 | 8.0853 |
Apr-2014 | 7.7988 | 8.2092 | 8.0853 |
May-2014 | 7.7672 | 8.2111 | 8.0853 |
Jun-2014 | 7.8159 | 8.2130 | 8.0853 |
Jul-2014 | 7.8476 | 8.2148 | 8.0853 |
Aug-2014 | 7.8122 | 8.2167 | 8.0853 |
Sep-2014 | 7.8376 | 8.2186 | 8.0853 |
Oct-2014 | 7.8450 | 8.2204 | 8.0853 |
Nov-2014 | 7.8447 | 8.2223 | 8.0853 |
Dec-2014 | 7.8490 | 8.2242 | 8.0853 |
Jan-2015 | 7.8541 | 8.2260 | 8.0853 |
Feb-2015 | 7.8643 | 8.2279 | 8.0853 |
Mar-2015 | 7.8526 | 8.2298 | 8.0853 |
Apr-2015 | 7.8634 | 8.2316 | 8.0853 |
May-2015 | 7.8702 | 8.2335 | 8.0853 |
Jun-2015 | 7.8728 | 8.2354 | 8.0853 |
Jul-2015 | 7.8964 | 8.2372 | 8.0853 |
Aug-2015 | 7.8925 | 8.2391 | 8.0853 |
Sep-2015 | 7.8494 | 8.2410 | 8.0853 |
Oct-2015 | 7.8675 | 8.2428 | 8.0853 |
Nov-2015 | 7.8759 | 8.2447 | 8.0853 |
Dec-2015 | 7.8754 | 8.2466 | 8.0853 |
Jan-2016 | 7.8833 | 8.2485 | 8.0853 |
Feb-2016 | 7.8911 | 8.2503 | 8.0853 |
Mar-2016 | 7.9047 | 8.2522 | 8.0853 |
Apr-2016 | 7.9038 | 8.2541 | 8.0853 |
May-2016 | 7.9131 | 8.2560 | 8.0853 |
Jun-2016 | 7.8750 | 8.2578 | 8.0853 |
Jul-2016 | 7.9587 | 8.2597 | 8.0853 |
Aug-2016 | 7.9300 | 8.2616 | 8.0853 |
Sep-2016 | 7.9208 | 8.2635 | 8.0853 |
Oct-2016 | 7.9151 | 8.2653 | 8.0853 |
Nov-2016 | 7.9053 | 8.2672 | 8.0853 |
Dec-2016 | 7.9111 | 8.2691 | 8.0853 |
Jan-2017 | 7.9048 | 8.2710 | 8.0853 |
Feb-2017 | 7.9113 | 8.2728 | 8.0853 |
Mar-2017 | 7.9170 | 8.2747 | 8.0853 |
Apr-2017 | 7.9178 | 8.2766 | 8.0853 |
May-2017 | 7.9189 | 8.2785 | 8.0853 |
Jun-2017 | 7.9130 | 8.2804 | 8.0853 |
Jul-2017 | 7.9119 | 8.2822 | 8.0853 |
Aug-2017 | 7.9234 | 8.2841 | 8.0853 |
Sep-2017 | 7.9309 | 8.2860 | 8.0853 |
Oct-2017 | 7.9385 | 8.2879 | 8.0853 |
Nov-2017 | 7.9465 | 8.2898 | 8.0853 |
Dec-2017 | 7.9403 | 8.2916 | 8.0853 |
Jan-2018 | 7.9100 | 8.2935 | 8.0853 |
Feb-2018 | 7.9574 | 8.2954 | 8.0853 |
Mar-2018 | 7.9492 | 8.2973 | 8.0853 |
Apr-2018 | 7.9469 | 8.2992 | 8.0853 |
May-2018 | 7.9561 | 8.3011 | 8.0853 |
Jun-2018 | 7.9708 | 8.3030 | 8.0853 |
Jul-2018 | 7.9700 | 8.3048 | 8.0853 |
Aug-2018 | 7.9839 | 8.3067 | 8.0853 |
Sep-2018 | 7.9665 | 8.3086 | 8.0853 |
Oct-2018 | 7.9657 | 8.3105 | 8.0853 |
Nov-2018 | 7.9647 | 8.3124 | 8.0853 |
Dec-2018 | 7.9716 | 8.3143 | 8.0853 |
Jan-2019 | 7.9783 | 8.3162 | 8.0853 |
Feb-2019 | 7.9755 | 8.3180 | 8.0853 |
Mar-2019 | 7.9824 | 8.3199 | 8.0853 |
Apr-2019 | 7.9949 | 8.3218 | 8.0853 |
May-2019 | 7.9927 | 8.3237 | 8.0853 |
Jun-2019 | 7.9869 | 8.3256 | 8.0853 |
Jul-2019 | 8.0064 | 8.3275 | 8.0853 |
Aug-2019 | 8.0205 | 8.3294 | 8.0853 |
Sep-2019 | 8.0270 | 8.3313 | 8.0853 |
Oct-2019 | 8.0279 | 8.3332 | 8.0853 |
Nov-2019 | 8.0318 | 8.3351 | 8.0853 |
Dec-2019 | 8.0392 | 8.3370 | 8.0853 |
Jan-2020 | 8.0445 | 8.3388 | 8.0853 |
Feb-2020 | 8.0420 | 8.3407 | 8.0853 |
Mar-2020 | 8.0370 | 8.3426 | 8.0853 |
Apr-2020 | 7.5682 | 8.3445 | 8.0853 |
May-2020 | 7.2828 | 8.3464 | 8.0853 |
Source: EPI analysis of data from the Current Employment Statistics public data series and U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics.
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