EdChoice State Staffing Priorities

Notes: All other state & local government staff includes all state and local government personnel except for K-12 public school and public higher education staff. Changes are percent changes in full-time equivalent (FTE) staff.

Sources: United States Census Bureau, Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (ASPEP), https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/apes.html. United States Census Bureau, Population and Housing Unit Estimates Tables,https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html. National Center for Education Statistics at the U.S. Department of Education, Digest of Education Statistics, https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/.

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Staffing surge is the growth in full-time equivalent (FTE) employment of K-12 public schools and higher education staff compared to the growth in the number of students served in K-12 public schools and public colleges and universities.

By comparing the surge in education employment to employment changes for the state and local government, this report presents the employment priorities of state and local governments in the United States from fiscal year (FY) 1994 to FY 2022.

STATE STAFFING PRIORITIES

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