The Teacher Gap

Public K–12 education employment has collapsed: Local public education employment and employment needed to keep up with enrollment, 2003–2021

Date Local public education employment  Local public education employment needed to keep up with student enrollment Local public education employment at 2008 levels
Jan-2003 7697.4
Feb-2003 7697.4
Mar-2003 7691.2
Apr-2003 7698.5
May-2003 7695.0
Jun-2003 7731.5
Jul-2003 7779.1
Aug-2003 7725.2
Sep-2003 7667.5
Oct-2003 7716.5
Nov-2003 7702.5
Dec-2003 7703.1
Jan-2004 7712.0
Feb-2004 7719.9
Mar-2004 7748.3
Apr-2004 7753.8
May-2004 7776.7
Jun-2004 7760.7
Jul-2004 7757.5
Aug-2004 7766.9
Sep-2004 7774.3
Oct-2004 7782.8
Nov-2004 7797.5
Dec-2004 7803.2
Jan-2005 7821.9
Feb-2005 7831.1
Mar-2005 7820.9
Apr-2005 7829.4
May-2005 7840.2
Jun-2005 7818.8
Jul-2005 7904.7
Aug-2005 7907.3
Sep-2005 7878.7
Oct-2005 7864.6
Nov-2005 7875.6
Dec-2005 7883.0
Jan-2006 7882.2
Feb-2006 7886.9
Mar-2006 7890.6
Apr-2006 7896.1
May-2006 7883.9
Jun-2006 7867.8
Jul-2006 7899.9
Aug-2006 7935.2
Sep-2006 7972.6
Oct-2006 7950.2
Nov-2006 7954.5
Dec-2006 7956.8
Jan-2007 7959.8
Feb-2007 7953.3
Mar-2007 7956.3
Apr-2007 7965.4
May-2007 7974.3
Jun-2007 7964.6
Jul-2007 7945.7
Aug-2007 7991.8
Sep-2007 8008.6
Oct-2007 8023.0
Nov-2007 8034.4
Dec-2007 8054.7
Jan-2008 8053.5
Feb-2008 8064.7
Mar-2008 8067.9
Apr-2008 8062.0
May-2008 8078.1
Jun-2008 8086.2
Jul-2008 8119.4
Aug-2008 8091.9
Sep-2008 8085.3 8085 8085
Oct-2008 8089.8 8087 8085
Nov-2008 8082.8 8088 8085
Dec-2008 8083.6 8090 8085
Jan-2009 8084.0 8091 8085
Feb-2009 8096.7 8092 8085
Mar-2009 8093.7 8094 8085
Apr-2009 8091.6 8095 8085
May-2009 8088.2 8097 8085
Jun-2009 8108.4 8098 8085
Jul-2009 8066.7 8100 8085
Aug-2009 8061.9 8101 8085
Sep-2009 8012.3 8103 8085
Oct-2009 8073.7 8104 8085
Nov-2009 8099.1 8105 8085
Dec-2009 8071.6 8107 8085
Jan-2010 8068.5 8108 8085
Feb-2010 8057.0 8110 8085
Mar-2010 8058.0 8111 8085
Apr-2010 8056.3 8113 8085
May-2010 8062.4 8114 8085
Jun-2010 8048.6 8116 8085
Jul-2010 8026.3 8117 8085
Aug-2010 7997.1 8118 8085
Sep-2010 7919.2 8120 8085
Oct-2010 7963.7 8121 8085
Nov-2010 7961.5 8123 8085
Dec-2010 7953.5 8124 8085
Jan-2011 7943.6 8126 8085
Feb-2011 7929.6 8127 8085
Mar-2011 7924.9 8129 8085
Apr-2011 7936.7 8130 8085
May-2011 7898.7 8131 8085
Jun-2011 7960.5 8133 8085
Jul-2011 7862.0 8134 8085
Aug-2011 7821.2 8136 8085
Sep-2011 7798.0 8137 8085
Oct-2011 7827.9 8139 8085
Nov-2011 7814.7 8140 8085
Dec-2011 7804.2 8142 8085
Jan-2012 7797.4 8143 8085
Feb-2012 7799.8 8144 8085
Mar-2012 7794.5 8146 8085
Apr-2012 7785.7 8147 8085
May-2012 7774.0 8149 8085
Jun-2012 7778.2 8150 8085
Jul-2012 7771.8 8152 8085
Aug-2012 7770.8 8153 8085
Sep-2012 7768.8 8155 8085
Oct-2012 7759.3 8156 8085
Nov-2012 7755.3 8158 8085
Dec-2012 7771.2 8159 8085
Jan-2013 7769.8 8160 8085
Feb-2013 7770.3 8162 8085
Mar-2013 7774.6 8163 8085
Apr-2013 7769.0 8165 8085
May-2013 7781.2 8166 8085
Jun-2013 7757.8 8168 8085
Jul-2013 7765.4 8169 8085
Aug-2013 7774.4 8171 8085
Sep-2013 7773.2 8172 8085
Oct-2013 7776.1 8174 8085
Nov-2013 7778.6 8175 8085
Dec-2013 7760.7 8176 8085
Jan-2014 7762.4 8178 8085
Feb-2014 7767.7 8179 8085
Mar-2014 7778.0 8181 8085
Apr-2014 7798.8 8182 8085
May-2014 7767.2 8184 8085
Jun-2014 7815.9 8185 8085
Jul-2014 7847.6 8187 8085
Aug-2014 7812.2 8188 8085
Sep-2014 7837.6 8190 8085
Oct-2014 7845.0 8191 8085
Nov-2014 7844.7 8192 8085
Dec-2014 7849.0 8194 8085
Jan-2015 7854.1 8195 8085
Feb-2015 7864.3 8197 8085
Mar-2015 7852.6 8198 8085
Apr-2015 7863.4 8200 8085
May-2015 7870.2 8201 8085
Jun-2015 7872.8 8203 8085
Jul-2015 7896.4 8204 8085
Aug-2015 7892.5 8206 8085
Sep-2015 7849.4 8207 8085
Oct-2015 7867.5 8208 8085
Nov-2015 7875.9 8210 8085
Dec-2015 7875.4 8211 8085
Jan-2016 7878.7 8213 8085
Feb-2016 7886.3 8214 8085
Mar-2016 7904.5 8216 8085
Apr-2016 7903.6 8217 8085
May-2016 7913.6 8219 8085
Jun-2016 7867.8 8220 8085
Jul-2016 7962.4 8222 8085
Aug-2016 7942.7 8223 8085
Sep-2016 7938.5 8225 8085
Oct-2016 7919.1 8226 8085
Nov-2016 7899.8 8227 8085
Dec-2016 7910.5 8229 8085
Jan-2017 7912.5 8230 8085
Feb-2017 7910.4 8232 8085
Mar-2017 7918.0 8233 8085
Apr-2017 7921.2 8235 8085
May-2017 7919.2 8236 8085
Jun-2017 7908.7 8238 8085
Jul-2017 7914.5 8239 8085
Aug-2017 7933.5 8241 8085
Sep-2017 7949.1 8242 8085
Oct-2017 7942.9 8244 8085
Nov-2017 7946.6 8245 8085
Dec-2017 7945.2 8247 8085
Jan-2018 7919.7 8248 8085
Feb-2018 7951.2 8249 8085
Mar-2018 7949.8 8251 8085
Apr-2018 7951.2 8252 8085
May-2018 7955.7 8254 8085
Jun-2018 7966.6 8255 8085
Jul-2018 7971.5 8257 8085
Aug-2018 7975.6 8258 8085
Sep-2018 7968.0 8260 8085
Oct-2018 7970.4 8261 8085
Nov-2018 7965.1 8263 8085
Dec-2018 7978.9 8264 8085
Jan-2019 7989.8 8266 8085
Feb-2019 7965.3 8267 8085
Mar-2019 7981.2 8269 8085
Apr-2019 7997.8 8270 8085
May-2019 7989.4 8271 8085
Jun-2019 7977.4 8273 8085
Jul-2019 7997.3 8274 8085
Aug-2019 8004.4 8276 8085
Sep-2019 8016.2 8277 8085
Oct-2019 8015.4 8279 8085
Nov-2019 8020.1 8280 8085
Dec-2019 8016.9 8282 8085
Jan-2020 8024.5 8283 8085
Feb-2020 8029.6 8285 8085
Mar-2020 8009.3 8286 8085
Apr-2020 7571.9 8288 8085
May-2020 7280.4 8289 8085
Jun-2020 7335.7 8291 8085
Jul-2020 7492.3 8292 8085
Aug-2020 7672.0 8294 8085
Sep-2020 7443.5 8295 8085
Oct-2020 7341.4 8297 8085
Nov-2020 7334.8 8298 8085
Dec-2020 7326.4 8299 8085
Jan-2021 7394.7 8301 8085
Feb-2021 7359.7 8302 8085
Mar-2021 7389.0 8304 8085
Apr-2021 7411.2 8305 8085
May-2021 7457.0 8307 8085
Jun-2021 7590.8 8308 8085
Jul-2021 7815.7 8310 8085
Aug-2021 7810.0 8311 8085
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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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