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
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 8.0853 8.0871
2008-11-01 8.0828 8.0853 8.0890
2008-12-01 8.0836 8.0853 8.0908
2009-01-01 8.0840 8.0853 8.0927
2009-02-01 8.0967 8.0853 8.0945
2009-03-01 8.0937 8.0853 8.0964
2009-04-01 8.0916 8.0853 8.0983
2009-05-01 8.0882 8.0853 8.1001
2009-06-01 8.1084 8.0853 8.1020
2009-07-01 8.0667 8.0853 8.1038
2009-08-01 8.0619 8.0853 8.1057
2009-09-01 8.0123 8.0853 8.1075
2009-10-01 8.0737 8.0853 8.1094
2009-11-01 8.0991 8.0853 8.1112
2009-12-01 8.0716 8.0853 8.1131
2010-01-01 8.0685 8.0853 8.1149
2010-02-01 8.0570 8.0853 8.1168
2010-03-01 8.0580 8.0853 8.1186
2010-04-01 8.0563 8.0853 8.1205
2010-05-01 8.0624 8.0853 8.1224
2010-06-01 8.0486 8.0853 8.1242
2010-07-01 8.0263 8.0853 8.1261
2010-08-01 7.9971 8.0853 8.1279
2010-09-01 7.9192 8.0853 8.1298
2010-10-01 7.9637 8.0853 8.1317
2010-11-01 7.9615 8.0853 8.1335
2010-12-01 7.9535 8.0853 8.1354
2011-01-01 7.9436 8.0853 8.1372
2011-02-01 7.9296 8.0853 8.1391
2011-03-01 7.9249 8.0853 8.1410
2011-04-01 7.9367 8.0853 8.1428
2011-05-01 7.8987 8.0853 8.1447
2011-06-01 7.9605 8.0853 8.1465
2011-07-01 7.8620 8.0853 8.1484
2011-08-01 7.8212 8.0853 8.1503
2011-09-01 7.7980 8.0853 8.1521
2011-10-01 7.8279 8.0853 8.1540
2011-11-01 7.8147 8.0853 8.1559
2011-12-01 7.8042 8.0853 8.1577
2012-01-01 7.7974 8.0853 8.1596
2012-02-01 7.7998 8.0853 8.1615
2012-03-01 7.7945 8.0853 8.1633
2012-04-01 7.7857 8.0853 8.1652
2012-05-01 7.7740 8.0853 8.1671
2012-06-01 7.7782 8.0853 8.1689
2012-07-01 7.7718 8.0853 8.1708
2012-08-01 7.7708 8.0853 8.1727
2012-09-01 7.7688 8.0853 8.1745
2012-10-01 7.7593 8.0853 8.1764
2012-11-01 7.7553 8.0853 8.1783
2012-12-01 7.7712 8.0853 8.1801
2013-01-01 7.7698 8.0853 8.1820
2013-02-01 7.7703 8.0853 8.1839
2013-03-01 7.7746 8.0853 8.1858
2013-04-01 7.7690 8.0853 8.1876
2013-05-01 7.7812 8.0853 8.1895
2013-06-01 7.7578 8.0853 8.1914
2013-07-01 7.7654 8.0853 8.1932
2013-08-01 7.7744 8.0853 8.1951
2013-09-01 7.7732 8.0853 8.1970
2013-10-01 7.7761 8.0853 8.1989
2013-11-01 7.7786 8.0853 8.2007
2013-12-01 7.7607 8.0853 8.2026
2014-01-01 7.7624 8.0853 8.2045
2014-02-01 7.7677 8.0853 8.2064
2014-03-01 7.7780 8.0853 8.2083
2014-04-01 7.7988 8.0853 8.2101
2014-05-01 7.7672 8.0853 8.2120
2014-06-01 7.8159 8.0853 8.2139
2014-07-01 7.8476 8.0853 8.2158
2014-08-01 7.8122 8.0853 8.2176
2014-09-01 7.8376 8.0853 8.2195
2014-10-01 7.8450 8.0853 8.2214
2014-11-01 7.8447 8.0853 8.2233
2014-12-01 7.8490 8.0853 8.2252
2015-01-01 7.8541 8.0853 8.2270
2015-02-01 7.8643 8.0853 8.2289
2015-03-01 7.8526 8.0853 8.2308
2015-04-01 7.8634 8.0853 8.2327
2015-05-01 7.8702 8.0853 8.2346
2015-06-01 7.8728 8.0853 8.2365
2015-07-01 7.8964 8.0853 8.2383
2015-08-01 7.8925 8.0853 8.2402
2015-09-01 7.8494 8.0853 8.2421
2015-10-01 7.8675 8.0853 8.2440
2015-11-01 7.8759 8.0853 8.2459
2015-12-01 7.8754 8.0853 8.2478
2016-01-01 7.8833 8.0853 8.2496
2016-02-01 7.8911 8.0853 8.2515
2016-03-01 7.9047 8.0853 8.2534
2016-04-01 7.9038 8.0853 8.2553
2016-05-01 7.9131 8.0853 8.2572
2016-06-01 7.8750 8.0853 8.2591
2016-07-01 7.9587 8.0853 8.2610
2016-08-01 7.9300 8.0853 8.2629
2016-09-01 7.9208 8.0853 8.2648
2016-10-01 7.9151 8.0853 8.2666
2016-11-01 7.9053 8.0853 8.2685
2016-12-01 7.9111 8.0853 8.2704
2017-01-01 7.9048 8.0853 8.2723
2017-02-01 7.9113 8.0853 8.2742
2017-03-01 7.9170 8.0853 8.2761
2017-04-01 7.9178 8.0853 8.2780
2017-05-01 7.9189 8.0853 8.2799
2017-06-01 7.9130 8.0853 8.2818
2017-07-01 7.9119 8.0853 8.2837
2017-08-01 7.9234 8.0853 8.2856
2017-09-01 7.9309 8.0853 8.2875
2017-10-01 7.9385 8.0853 8.2894
2017-11-01 7.9465 8.0853 8.2913
2017-12-01 7.9403 8.0853 8.2932
2018-01-01 7.9100 8.0853 8.2950
2018-02-01 7.9574 8.0853 8.2969
2018-03-01 7.9492 8.0853 8.2988
2018-04-01 7.9469 8.0853 8.3007
2018-05-01 7.9561 8.0853 8.3026
2018-06-01 7.9708 8.0853 8.3045
2018-07-01 7.9700 8.0853 8.3064
2018-08-01 7.9839 8.0853 8.3083
2018-09-01 7.9665 8.0853 8.3102
2018-10-01 7.9657 8.0853 8.3121
2018-11-01 7.9647 8.0853 8.3140
2018-12-01 7.9716 8.0853 8.3159
2019-01-01 7.9783 8.0853 8.3178
2019-02-01 7.9755 8.0853 8.3197
2019-03-01 7.9824 8.0853 8.3216
2019-04-01 7.9949 8.0853 8.3236
2019-05-01 7.9927 8.0853 8.3255
2019-06-01 7.9869 8.0853 8.3274
2019-07-01 8.0064 8.0853 8.3293
2019-08-01 8.0205 8.0853 8.3312
2019-09-01 8.0270 8.0853 8.3331
2019-10-01 8.0279 8.0853 8.3350
2019-11-01 8.0318 8.0853 8.3369
2019-12-01 8.0392 8.0853 8.3388
2020-01-01 8.0445 8.0853 8.3407
2020-02-01 8.0420 8.0853 8.3426
2020-03-01 8.0370 8.0853 8.3445
2020-04-01 7.5682 8.0853 8.3464

 

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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