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 needed to keep up with student enrollment Local public education employment at 2008 levels
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 8.0889 8.0853
Dec-2008 8.0836 8.0907 8.0853
Jan-2009 8.0840 8.0924 8.0853
Feb-2009 8.0967 8.0942 8.0853
Mar-2009 8.0937 8.0960 8.0853
Apr-2009 8.0916 8.0978 8.0853
May-2009 8.0882 8.0996 8.0853
Jun-2009 8.1084 8.1014 8.0853
Jul-2009 8.0667 8.1032 8.0853
Aug-2009 8.0619 8.1050 8.0853
Sep-2009 8.0123 8.1067 8.0853
Oct-2009 8.0737 8.1085 8.0853
Nov-2009 8.0991 8.1103 8.0853
Dec-2009 8.0716 8.1121 8.0853
Jan-2010 8.0685 8.1139 8.0853
Feb-2010 8.0570 8.1157 8.0853
Mar-2010 8.0580 8.1175 8.0853
Apr-2010 8.0563 8.1193 8.0853
May-2010 8.0624 8.1211 8.0853
Jun-2010 8.0486 8.1229 8.0853
Jul-2010 8.0263 8.1247 8.0853
Aug-2010 7.9971 8.1264 8.0853
Sep-2010 7.9192 8.1282 8.0853
Oct-2010 7.9637 8.1300 8.0853
Nov-2010 7.9615 8.1318 8.0853
Dec-2010 7.9535 8.1336 8.0853
Jan-2011 7.9436 8.1354 8.0853
Feb-2011 7.9296 8.1372 8.0853
Mar-2011 7.9249 8.1390 8.0853
Apr-2011 7.9367 8.1408 8.0853
May-2011 7.8987 8.1426 8.0853
Jun-2011 7.9605 8.1444 8.0853
Jul-2011 7.8620 8.1462 8.0853
Aug-2011 7.8212 8.1480 8.0853
Sep-2011 7.7980 8.1498 8.0853
Oct-2011 7.8279 8.1516 8.0853
Nov-2011 7.8147 8.1534 8.0853
Dec-2011 7.8042 8.1552 8.0853
Jan-2012 7.7974 8.1570 8.0853
Feb-2012 7.7998 8.1588 8.0853
Mar-2012 7.7945 8.1606 8.0853
Apr-2012 7.7857 8.1624 8.0853
May-2012 7.7740 8.1642 8.0853
Jun-2012 7.7782 8.1660 8.0853
Jul-2012 7.7718 8.1678 8.0853
Aug-2012 7.7708 8.1696 8.0853
Sep-2012 7.7688 8.1714 8.0853
Oct-2012 7.7593 8.1732 8.0853
Nov-2012 7.7553 8.1750 8.0853
Dec-2012 7.7712 8.1768 8.0853
Jan-2013 7.7698 8.1786 8.0853
Feb-2013 7.7703 8.1804 8.0853
Mar-2013 7.7746 8.1822 8.0853
Apr-2013 7.7690 8.1841 8.0853
May-2013 7.7812 8.1859 8.0853
Jun-2013 7.7578 8.1877 8.0853
Jul-2013 7.7654 8.1895 8.0853
Aug-2013 7.7744 8.1913 8.0853
Sep-2013 7.7732 8.1931 8.0853
Oct-2013 7.7761 8.1949 8.0853
Nov-2013 7.7786 8.1967 8.0853
Dec-2013 7.7607 8.1985 8.0853
Jan-2014 7.7624 8.2003 8.0853
Feb-2014 7.7677 8.2021 8.0853
Mar-2014 7.7780 8.2039 8.0853
Apr-2014 7.7988 8.2058 8.0853
May-2014 7.7672 8.2076 8.0853
Jun-2014 7.8159 8.2094 8.0853
Jul-2014 7.8476 8.2112 8.0853
Aug-2014 7.8122 8.2130 8.0853
Sep-2014 7.8376 8.2148 8.0853
Oct-2014 7.8450 8.2166 8.0853
Nov-2014 7.8447 8.2184 8.0853
Dec-2014 7.8490 8.2203 8.0853
Jan-2015 7.8541 8.2221 8.0853
Feb-2015 7.8643 8.2239 8.0853
Mar-2015 7.8526 8.2257 8.0853
Apr-2015 7.8634 8.2275 8.0853
May-2015 7.8702 8.2293 8.0853
Jun-2015 7.8728 8.2312 8.0853
Jul-2015 7.8964 8.2330 8.0853
Aug-2015 7.8925 8.2348 8.0853
Sep-2015 7.8494 8.2366 8.0853
Oct-2015 7.8675 8.2384 8.0853
Nov-2015 7.8759 8.2402 8.0853
Dec-2015 7.8754 8.2421 8.0853
Jan-2016 7.8833 8.2439 8.0853
Feb-2016 7.8911 8.2457 8.0853
Mar-2016 7.9047 8.2475 8.0853
Apr-2016 7.9038 8.2493 8.0853
May-2016 7.9131 8.2512 8.0853
Jun-2016 7.8750 8.2530 8.0853
Jul-2016 7.9587 8.2548 8.0853
Aug-2016 7.9300 8.2566 8.0853
Sep-2016 7.9208 8.2584 8.0853
Oct-2016 7.9151 8.2603 8.0853
Nov-2016 7.9053 8.2621 8.0853
Dec-2016 7.9111 8.2639 8.0853
Jan-2017 7.9048 8.2657 8.0853
Feb-2017 7.9113 8.2676 8.0853
Mar-2017 7.9170 8.2694 8.0853
Apr-2017 7.9178 8.2712 8.0853
May-2017 7.9189 8.2730 8.0853
Jun-2017 7.9130 8.2749 8.0853
Jul-2017 7.9119 8.2767 8.0853
Aug-2017 7.9234 8.2785 8.0853
Sep-2017 7.9309 8.2804 8.0853
Oct-2017 7.9385 8.2822 8.0853
Nov-2017 7.9465 8.2840 8.0853
Dec-2017 7.9403 8.2858 8.0853
Jan-2018 7.9100 8.2877 8.0853
Feb-2018 7.9574 8.2895 8.0853
Mar-2018 7.9492 8.2913 8.0853
Apr-2018 7.9469 8.2932 8.0853
May-2018 7.9561 8.2950 8.0853
Jun-2018 7.9708 8.2968 8.0853
Jul-2018 7.9700 8.2986 8.0853
Aug-2018 7.9839 8.3005 8.0853
Sep-2018 7.9665 8.3023 8.0853
Oct-2018 7.9657 8.3041 8.0853
Nov-2018 7.9647 8.3060 8.0853
Dec-2018 7.9716 8.3078 8.0853
Jan-2019 7.9783 8.3096 8.0853
Feb-2019 7.9755 8.3115 8.0853
Mar-2019 7.9824 8.3133 8.0853
Apr-2019 7.9949 8.3151 8.0853
May-2019 7.9927 8.3170 8.0853
Jun-2019 7.9869 8.3188 8.0853
Jul-2019 8.0064 8.3207 8.0853
Aug-2019 8.0205 8.3225 8.0853
Sep-2019 8.0270 8.3243 8.0853
Oct-2019 8.0279 8.3262 8.0853
Nov-2019 8.0318 8.3280 8.0853
Dec-2019 8.0392 8.3298 8.0853
Jan-2020 8.0445 8.3317 8.0853
Feb-2020 8.0420 8.3335 8.0853
Mar-2020 8.0416 8.3354 8.0853
Apr-2020 7.5961 8.3372 8.0853
May-2020 7.3080 8.3390 8.0853
Jun-2020 7.3654 8.3409 8.0853
Jul-2020 7.5492 8.3427 8.0853
Aug-2020 7.6878 8.3446 8.0853
Sep-2020 7.4567 8.3464 8.0853
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