Teacher employment and the number of jobs needed to keep up with enrollment, 2003–2016

Local public education employment  Jobs needed to keep up with student enrollment
2003-01-01 7.6974
2003-02-01 7.6974
2003-03-01 7.6912
2003-04-01 7.6985
2003-05-01 7.6950
2003-06-01 7.7315
2003-07-01 7.7791
2003-08-01 7.7252
2003-09-01 7.6675
2003-10-01 7.7165
2003-11-01 7.7025
2003-12-01 7.7031
2004-01-01 7.7120
2004-02-01 7.7199
2004-03-01 7.7483
2004-04-01 7.7538
2004-05-01 7.7767
2004-06-01 7.7607
2004-07-01 7.7575
2004-08-01 7.7669
2004-09-01 7.7743
2004-10-01 7.7828
2004-11-01 7.7975
2004-12-01 7.8032
2005-01-01 7.8219
2005-02-01 7.8311
2005-03-01 7.8209
2005-04-01 7.8294
2005-05-01 7.8402
2005-06-01 7.8188
2005-07-01 7.9047
2005-08-01 7.9073
2005-09-01 7.8787
2005-10-01 7.8646
2005-11-01 7.8756
2005-12-01 7.8830
2006-01-01 7.8822
2006-02-01 7.8869
2006-03-01 7.8906
2006-04-01 7.8961
2006-05-01 7.8839
2006-06-01 7.8678
2006-07-01 7.8999
2006-08-01 7.9352
2006-09-01 7.9726
2006-10-01 7.9502
2006-11-01 7.9545
2006-12-01 7.9568
2007-01-01 7.9598
2007-02-01 7.9533
2007-03-01 7.9563
2007-04-01 7.9654
2007-05-01 7.9743
2007-06-01 7.9646
2007-07-01 7.9457
2007-08-01 7.9918
2007-09-01 8.0086
2007-10-01 8.0230
2007-11-01 8.0344
2007-12-01 8.0547
2008-01-01 8.0535
2008-02-01 8.0647
2008-03-01 8.0679
2008-04-01 8.0620
2008-05-01 8.0781
2008-06-01 8.0862
2008-07-01 8.1194
2008-08-01 8.0919
2008-09-01 8.0853 8.0853 8.0853
2008-10-01 8.0898 8.0869 8.0853
2008-11-01 8.0828 8.0886 8.0853
2008-12-01 8.0836 8.0902 8.0853
2009-01-01 8.0840 8.0918 8.0853
2009-02-01 8.0967 8.0935 8.0853
2009-03-01 8.0937 8.0951 8.0853
2009-04-01 8.0916 8.0967 8.0853
2009-05-01 8.0882 8.0984 8.0853
2009-06-01 8.1084 8.1000 8.0853
2009-07-01 8.0667 8.1016 8.0853
2009-08-01 8.0619 8.1033 8.0853
2009-09-01 8.0123 8.1049 8.0853
2009-10-01 8.0737 8.1065 8.0853
2009-11-01 8.0991 8.1082 8.0853
2009-12-01 8.0716 8.1098 8.0853
2010-01-01 8.0685 8.1114 8.0853
2010-02-01 8.0570 8.1131 8.0853
2010-03-01 8.0580 8.1147 8.0853
2010-04-01 8.0563 8.1164 8.0853
2010-05-01 8.0624 8.1180 8.0853
2010-06-01 8.0486 8.1196 8.0853
2010-07-01 8.0263 8.1213 8.0853
2010-08-01 7.9971 8.1229 8.0853
2010-09-01 7.9192 8.1245 8.0853
2010-10-01 7.9637 8.1262 8.0853
2010-11-01 7.9615 8.1278 8.0853
2010-12-01 7.9535 8.1295 8.0853
2011-01-01 7.9436 8.1311 8.0853
2011-02-01 7.9296 8.1327 8.0853
2011-03-01 7.9249 8.1344 8.0853
2011-04-01 7.9367 8.1360 8.0853
2011-05-01 7.8987 8.1377 8.0853
2011-06-01 7.9605 8.1393 8.0853
2011-07-01 7.8620 8.1409 8.0853
2011-08-01 7.8212 8.1426 8.0853
2011-09-01 7.7980 8.1442 8.0853
2011-10-01 7.8279 8.1459 8.0853
2011-11-01 7.8147 8.1475 8.0853
2011-12-01 7.8042 8.1492 8.0853
2012-01-01 7.7970 8.1508 8.0853
2012-02-01 7.7991 8.1525 8.0853
2012-03-01 7.7955 8.1541 8.0853
2012-04-01 7.7815 8.1557 8.0853
2012-05-01 7.7720 8.1574 8.0853
2012-06-01 7.7759 8.1590 8.0853
2012-07-01 7.7708 8.1607 8.0853
2012-08-01 7.7818 8.1623 8.0853
2012-09-01 7.7706 8.1640 8.0853
2012-10-01 7.7575 8.1656 8.0853
2012-11-01 7.7530 8.1673 8.0853
2012-12-01 7.7718 8.1689 8.0853
2013-01-01 7.7703 8.1706 8.0853
2013-02-01 7.7703 8.1722 8.0853
2013-03-01 7.7753 8.1739 8.0853
2013-04-01 7.7679 8.1755 8.0853
2013-05-01 7.7772 8.1772 8.0853
2013-06-01 7.7539 8.1788 8.0853
2013-07-01 7.7598 8.1805 8.0853
2013-08-01 7.7830 8.1821 8.0853
2013-09-01 7.7861 8.1838 8.0853
2013-10-01 7.7793 8.1854 8.0853
2013-11-01 7.7826 8.1871 8.0853
2013-12-01 7.7610 8.1887 8.0853
2014-01-01 7.7619 8.1904 8.0853
2014-02-01 7.7626 8.1920 8.0853
2014-03-01 7.7737 8.1937 8.0853
2014-04-01 7.7963 8.1953 8.0853
2014-05-01 7.7807 8.1970 8.0853
2014-06-01 7.8123 8.1986 8.0853
2014-07-01 7.8032 8.2003 8.0853
2014-08-01 7.7912 8.2019 8.0853
2014-09-01 7.8327 8.2036 8.0853
2014-10-01 7.8198 8.2053 8.0853
2014-11-01 7.8168 8.2069 8.0853
2014-12-01 7.8184 8.2086 8.0853
2015-01-01 7.8227 8.2102 8.0853
2015-02-01 7.8251 8.2119 8.0853
2015-03-01 7.8160 8.2135 8.0853
2015-04-01 7.8167 8.2152 8.0853
2015-05-01 7.8258 8.2168 8.0853
2015-06-01 7.8224 8.2185 8.0853
2015-07-01 7.8508 8.2202 8.0853
2015-08-01 7.8643 8.2218 8.0853
2015-09-01 7.8336 8.2235 8.0853
2015-10-01 7.8214 8.2251 8.0853
2015-11-01 7.8148 8.2268 8.0853
2015-12-01 7.8135 8.2285 8.0853
2016-01-01 7.8174 8.2301 8.0853
2016-02-01 7.8120 8.2318 8.0853
2016-03-01 7.8185 8.2334 8.0853
2016-04-01 7.8182 8.2351 8.0853
2016-05-01 7.8256 8.2368 8.0853
2016-06-01 7.8376 8.2384 8.0853
2016-07-01 7.8701 8.2401 8.0853
2016-08-01 7.8856 8.2417 8.0853
2016-09-01 7.8713  8.2434  8.0853 

Source: EPI analysis of Current Employment Statistics  public data series and U.S. Department of Education (2015)

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