Employment
The educational services industry was the second largest industry in the economy in 2004, providing jobs for about 13.0 million workers—more than 12.8 million wage and salary workers, and 199,000 self-employed and unpaid family workers. Most jobs are found in elementary and secondary schools, either public or private, as shown in table 1. Public schools also employ more workers than private schools at both levels, because most students attend public educational institutions. According to the latest data from the Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics, close to 90 percent of students attend public primary and secondary schools, and about 75 percent attend public postsecondary institutions.
| Occupation | Employment, 2004 | Percent change, 2004-14 | |
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| Number | Percent | ||
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Total, all occupations | 12,778 | 100.0 | 16.6 |
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Management, business, and financial occupations | 823 | 6.4 | 21.8 |
Education administrators | 363 | 2.8 | 15.6 |
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Professional and related occupations | 8,440 | 66.0 | 19.4 |
Computer specialists | 180 | 1.4 | 29.1 |
Medical scientists | 24 | 0.2 | 39.5 |
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 46 | 0.4 | 22.2 |
Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 186 | 1.5 | 13.3 |
Child, family, and school social workers | 40 | 0.3 | 11.3 |
Postsecondary teachers | 1,553 | 12.2 | 32.7 |
Preschool teachers, except special education | 68 | 0.5 | 22.2 |
Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 156 | 1.2 | 21.7 |
Elementary school teachers, except special education | 1,411 | 11.0 | 17.9 |
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 622 | 4.9 | 13.6 |
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 1,017 | 8.0 | 14.3 |
Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 99 | 0.8 | 8.9 |
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 195 | 1.5 | 22.6 |
Special education teachers, middle school | 96 | 0.7 | 19.7 |
Special education teachers, secondary school | 135 | 1.1 | 17.7 |
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 52 | 0.4 | 20.0 |
Self-enrichment education teachers | 86 | 0.7 | 29.8 |
Librarians | 96 | 0.8 | 4.8 |
Library technicians | 52 | 0.4 | 15.6 |
Instructional coordinators | 85 | 0.7 | 29.6 |
Teacher assistants | 1,067 | 8.4 | 10.9 |
Coaches and scouts | 95 | 0.7 | 24.6 |
Registered nurses | 82 | 0.6 | 16.4 |
Speech-language pathologists | 49 | 0.4 | 8.9 |
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Service occupations | 1,417 | 11.1 | 10.5 |
Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 162 | 1.3 | -10.4 |
Food preparation workers | 83 | 0.6 | 3.3 |
Fast food and counter workers | 140 | 1.1 | 10.1 |
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 483 | 3.8 | 14.5 |
Child care workers | 119 | 0.9 | 21.1 |
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Office and administrative support occupations | 1,498 | 11.7 | 5.1 |
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 94 | 0.7 | 8.3 |
Secretaries and administrative assistants | 595 | 4.7 | 1.5 |
Office clerks, general | 367 | 2.9 | 8.1 |
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Transportation and material moving occupations | 311 | 2.4 | 9.4 |
Bus drivers, school | 268 | 2.1 | 8.9 |
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Note: May not add to totals due to omission of occupations with small employment | |||