In September 2024, about 57,000 teachers and other educational staff in the United States quit their jobs. The number of staff quitting the educational services industry reached its highest point since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in January 2022, with 97,000 departures in that month. The number of quits dropped during the first months of the pandemic, but started to rise again in mid-2020.
The seasonally adjusted number of quits in the educational services sector can be accessed here.
Number of quits among teachers and other educational staff from September 2020 to September 2024
(in 1,000s, not seasonally adjusted)
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (October 29, 2024). Number of quits among teachers and other educational staff from September 2020 to September 2024 (in 1,000s, not seasonally adjusted) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1316461/number-quits-educational-services-staff-us-unadjusted/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of quits among teachers and other educational staff from September 2020 to September 2024 (in 1,000s, not seasonally adjusted)." Chart. October 29, 2024. Statista. Accessed March 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1316461/number-quits-educational-services-staff-us-unadjusted/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2024). Number of quits among teachers and other educational staff from September 2020 to September 2024 (in 1,000s, not seasonally adjusted). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1316461/number-quits-educational-services-staff-us-unadjusted/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of Quits among Teachers and Other Educational Staff from September 2020 to September 2024 (in 1,000s, Not Seasonally Adjusted)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Oct 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1316461/number-quits-educational-services-staff-us-unadjusted/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Number of quits among teachers and other educational staff from September 2020 to September 2024 (in 1,000s, not seasonally adjusted) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1316461/number-quits-educational-services-staff-us-unadjusted/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited March 15, 2025)
Number of quits among teachers and other educational staff from September 2020 to September 2024 (in 1,000s, not seasonally adjusted) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, October 29, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1316461/number-quits-educational-services-staff-us-unadjusted/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
