The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is now responsible for far more workers than it was a decade ago: Number of private-sector workers per NLRB full-time employee, 2008-2023
| Year | Covered workers per NLRB full-time employee |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 58,150 |
| 2009 | 56,287 |
| 2010 | 54,496 |
| 2011 | 53,963 |
| 2012 | 56,565 |
| 2013 | 59,221 |
| 2014 | 60,049 |
| 2015 | 62,222 |
| 2016 | 65,889 |
| 2017 | 69,813 |
| 2018 | 78,975 |
| 2019 | 79,970 |
| 2020 | 79,133 |
| 2021 | 82,787 |
| 2022 | 87,759 |
| 2023 | 90,672 |
Source: EPI calculations from National Labor Relations Board budget data on full-time employees from 2008–2023 and Current Employment Statistics survey data of production and nonsupervisory private-sector employees from 2008–2023.