U.S. number of teachers and educational staff quitting the profession 2020-2024
In February 2024, about 54,000 teachers and other educational staff quit their jobs in the United States. The number of quits among staff in the educational services industry reached its highest point since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2022. The number of quits dropped during the first months of the pandemic, but started to rise again towards the end of 2020.