Government school administrators gained jobs through COVID-19 and the lockdown-induced recession, even as teachers lost jobs.
As a report by the Economic Policy Institute reveals:
Of the five main occupation categories within educational services, only management, business, and financial occupations — the highest-wage occupation category within educational services — experienced employment gains between 2019 and 2020.
The group’s data show that “management, business, and financial occupations” saw 53,153 new jobs during the past year — a 7% increase. Meanwhile, government school employees within the “education instruction and library occupations” saw 288,959 lost jobs — a 5.3% decrease. Kindergarten through twelfth-grade teachers composed a plurality of the job losses in the latter category.
Other sectors within public education — including service occupations, office support occupations, and transportation occupations — saw 19.8%, 5.5%, and 25.8% losses, respectively.
During COVID-19 Lockdowns, Public School Teachers Lost Jobs While Administrators Gained Jobs
As a by the Economic Policy Institute reveals: Of the five main occupation categories within educational services, only management, business, and financial occupations – the highest-wage occupation category within educational services – experienced employment gains between 2019 and 2020. The group’s data show that “management, business, and financial occupations” saw 53,153 new jobs during the past year – a 7% increase.