Public education employment and the number of jobs needed to keep up with enrollment, 2003–2017

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 8.0871 8.0853
2008-11-01 8.0828 8.0889 8.0853
2008-12-01 8.0836 8.0908 8.0853
2009-01-01 8.0840 8.0926 8.0853
2009-02-01 8.0967 8.0944 8.0853
2009-03-01 8.0937 8.0962 8.0853
2009-04-01 8.0916 8.0980 8.0853
2009-05-01 8.0882 8.0999 8.0853
2009-06-01 8.1084 8.1017 8.0853
2009-07-01 8.0667 8.1035 8.0853
2009-08-01 8.0619 8.1053 8.0853
2009-09-01 8.0123 8.1072 8.0853
2009-10-01 8.0737 8.1090 8.0853
2009-11-01 8.0991 8.1108 8.0853
2009-12-01 8.0716 8.1126 8.0853
2010-01-01 8.0685 8.1145 8.0853
2010-02-01 8.0570 8.1163 8.0853
2010-03-01 8.0580 8.1181 8.0853
2010-04-01 8.0563 8.1199 8.0853
2010-05-01 8.0624 8.1218 8.0853
2010-06-01 8.0486 8.1236 8.0853
2010-07-01 8.0263 8.1254 8.0853
2010-08-01 7.9971 8.1272 8.0853
2010-09-01 7.9192 8.1291 8.0853
2010-10-01 7.9637 8.1309 8.0853
2010-11-01 7.9615 8.1327 8.0853
2010-12-01 7.9535 8.1346 8.0853
2011-01-01 7.9436 8.1364 8.0853
2011-02-01 7.9296 8.1382 8.0853
2011-03-01 7.9249 8.1401 8.0853
2011-04-01 7.9367 8.1419 8.0853
2011-05-01 7.8987 8.1437 8.0853
2011-06-01 7.9605 8.1456 8.0853
2011-07-01 7.8620 8.1474 8.0853
2011-08-01 7.8212 8.1492 8.0853
2011-09-01 7.7980 8.1511 8.0853
2011-10-01 7.8279 8.1529 8.0853
2011-11-01 7.8147 8.1547 8.0853
2011-12-01 7.8042 8.1566 8.0853
2012-01-01 7.7974 8.1584 8.0853
2012-02-01 7.7998 8.1602 8.0853
2012-03-01 7.7945 8.1621 8.0853
2012-04-01 7.7857 8.1639 8.0853
2012-05-01 7.7740 8.1657 8.0853
2012-06-01 7.7782 8.1676 8.0853
2012-07-01 7.7718 8.1694 8.0853
2012-08-01 7.7708 8.1713 8.0853
2012-09-01 7.7688 8.1731 8.0853
2012-10-01 7.7593 8.1749 8.0853
2012-11-01 7.7553 8.1768 8.0853
2012-12-01 7.7712 8.1786 8.0853
2013-01-01 7.7706 8.1805 8.0853
2013-02-01 7.7716 8.1823 8.0853
2013-03-01 7.7752 8.1841 8.0853
2013-04-01 7.7733 8.1860 8.0853
2013-05-01 7.7785 8.1878 8.0853
2013-06-01 7.7560 8.1897 8.0853
2013-07-01 7.7588 8.1915 8.0853
2013-08-01 7.7758 8.1933 8.0853
2013-09-01 7.7806 8.1952 8.0853
2013-10-01 7.7772 8.1970 8.0853
2013-11-01 7.7801 8.1989 8.0853
2013-12-01 7.7605 8.2007 8.0853
2014-01-01 7.7622 8.2026 8.0853
2014-02-01 7.7667 8.2044 8.0853
2014-03-01 7.7752 8.2063 8.0853
2014-04-01 7.8029 8.2081 8.0853
2014-05-01 7.7858 8.2100 8.0853
2014-06-01 7.8150 8.2118 8.0853
2014-07-01 7.8243 8.2137 8.0853
2014-08-01 7.8156 8.2155 8.0853
2014-09-01 7.8474 8.2173 8.0853
2014-10-01 7.8394 8.2192 8.0853
2014-11-01 7.8414 8.2210 8.0853
2014-12-01 7.8474 8.2229 8.0853
2015-01-01 7.8525 8.2247 8.0853
2015-02-01 7.8622 8.2266 8.0853
2015-03-01 7.8486 8.2284 8.0853
2015-04-01 7.8605 8.2303 8.0853
2015-05-01 7.8670 8.2322 8.0853
2015-06-01 7.8706 8.2340 8.0853
2015-07-01 7.8796 8.2359 8.0853
2015-08-01 7.8984 8.2377 8.0853
2015-09-01 7.8651 8.2396 8.0853
2015-10-01 7.8658 8.2414 8.0853
2015-11-01 7.8694 8.2433 8.0853
2015-12-01 7.8752 8.2451 8.0853
2016-01-01 7.8829 8.2470 8.0853
2016-02-01 7.8867 8.2488 8.0853
2016-03-01 7.9006 8.2507 8.0853
2016-04-01 7.9044 8.2526 8.0853
2016-05-01 7.9139 8.2544 8.0853
2016-06-01 7.9171 8.2563 8.0853
2016-07-01 7.9422 8.2581 8.0853
2016-08-01 7.9614 8.2600 8.0853
2016-09-01 7.9676 8.2618 8.0853
2016-10-01 7.9529 8.2637 8.0853
2016-11-01 7.9336 8.2656 8.0853
2016-12-01 7.9446 8.2674 8.0853
2017-01-01 7.9532 8.2693 8.0853
2017-02-01 7.9558 8.2711 8.0853
2017-03-01 7.9568 8.2730 8.0853
2017-04-01 7.9657 8.2749 8.0853
2017-05-01 7.9614 8.2767 8.0853
2017-06-01 7.9522 8.2786 8.0853
2017-07-01 7.9466 8.2805 8.0853
2017-08-01 7.9551 8.2823 8.0853
2017-09-01 7.9570  8.2842  8.0853 

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

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