Educational Services: NAICS 61

About the Educational Services sector

The educational services sector is part of the education and health services supersector.

The Educational Services sector comprises establishments that provide instruction and training in a wide variety of subjects. This instruction and training is provided by specialized establishments, such as schools, colleges, universities, and training centers. These establishments may be privately owned and operated for profit or not for profit, or they may be publicly owned and operated. They may also offer food and/or accommodation services to their students.

Educational services are usually delivered by teachers or instructors that explain, tell, demonstrate, supervise, and direct learning. Instruction is imparted in diverse settings, such as educational institutions, the workplace, or the home, and through diverse means, such as correspondence, television, the Internet, or other electronic and distance-learning methods. The training provided by these establishments may include the use of simulators and simulation methods. It can be adapted to the particular needs of the students, for example sign language can replace verbal language for teaching students with hearing impairments. All industries in the sector share this commonality of process, namely, labor inputs of instructors with the requisite subject matter expertise and teaching ability.

North American Industry Classification System

The educational services sector consists of a single subsector, Educational Services: NAICS 611. Data published under either the sector or subsector classification are included in the tables below. The subsector consists of these industry groups:

  • Elementary and Secondary Schools: NAICS 6111
  • Junior Colleges: NAICS 6112
  • Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools: NAICS 6113
  • Business Schools and Computer and Management Training: NAICS 6114
  • Technical and Trade Schools: NAICS 6115
  • Other Schools and Instruction: NAICS 6116
  • Educational Support Services: NAICS 6117

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment and unemployment in educational services. While most data are obtained from employer or establishment surveys, information on industry unemployment comes from a national survey of households. The following tables present an overview of the industry including the number of jobs, the unemployment rate of those previously employed in the industry, job openings and labor turnover, union membership and representation, mass layoffs, data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.

Employment, Unemployment, Layoffs, and Openings, Hires, and Separations

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2008
Jul.
2008
Aug.
2008
Sep.
2008

Employment (in thousands)

 

Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)

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3,099.2 3,111.6 (P) 3,127.0 (P) 3,131.2

Unemployment

 

Unemployment rate

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4.8% 6.4% 7.3% 5.6%

Layoffs

 

Mass layoff events

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18 18 9  

Initial claimants for unemployment benefits

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1,275 1,388 1,462  

Job openings, hires, and separations (in thousands)

 

Job openings

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59 68 (P) 66  

Hires

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93 76 (P) 136  

Separations

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85 84 (P) 118  

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics, Current Population Survey, Mass Layoff Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey)

Union Membership and Representation

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2004 2005 2006 2007

Union membership and representation

 

Members of unions (percent of wage and salary workers)

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13.0% 13.1% 13.5% 12.6%

Represented by unions (percent of wage and salary workers)

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14.6% 15.4% 15.9% 15.1%

(Source: Current Population Survey)

Extended Mass Layoffs

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2007
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2007
1st quarter
2008
2nd quarter
2008

Extended mass layoff events

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9 (1) - (P) 5 (P) 11

Separations

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1,323 (1) - (P) 595 (P) 982

Initial claimants

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1,726 (1) - (P) 618 (P) 883

Footnotes
(1) Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
(P) Preliminary

(Source: Mass Layoff Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series Employment,
2007

Education administrators, elementary and secondary school

215,570

Elementary school teachers, except special education

1,522,320

Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education

647,190

Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education

1,050,790

Teacher assistants

1,074,700

Note: These employment estimates include employment in both the private-sector and government.

(Source: Occupational Employment Statistics)

Projections

For projected (future) employment estimates, see the National Employment Matrix, which includes employment estimates by industry and occupation for educational services.

(Source: Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections)

Earnings

Weekly earnings by union membership status are shown. Recent hourly and annual earnings for occupations commonly found in educational services. This section also contains information on the average cost of benefits paid by employers, as well as recent rates of change in wages and total compensation.

Union Membership and Representation

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Median weekly earnings
2004 2005 2006 2007

Union membership and representation

 

Full-time workers

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$716 $737 $750 $766

Members of unions

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$828 $818 $816 $824

Represented by unions

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$831 $809 $806 $812

Nonunion

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$679 $718 $737 $754

(Source: Current Population Survey)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series Wages, 2007
Hourly Annual
Median Mean Median Mean

Education administrators, elementary and secondary school

(1) $- (1) $- $80,620 $82,120

Elementary school teachers, except special education

(1) $- (1) $- $47,370 $50,090

Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education

(1) $- (1) $- $47,950 $50,690

Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education

(1) $- (1) $- $49,470 $52,510

Teacher assistants

(1) $- (1) $- $22,020 $23,170

Footnotes
(1) Wages for some occupations that do not generally work year-round, full time, are reported either as hourly wages or annual salaries depending on how they are typically paid.

(Source: Occupational Employment Statistics)

Employer Compensation Costs

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3rd quarter
2007
4th quarter
2007
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2008
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2008

12-month percent change

 

Total compensation

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3.4% 3.2% 3.4% 4.0%

Wages and salaries

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3.2% 3.2% 3.6% 3.8%

12-month percent change: State and local government

 

Total compensation

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3.8% 3.7% 3.6% 3.6%

Wages and salaries

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3.0% 3.3% 3.4% 3.7%

(Source: Compensation Cost Trends)



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2nd quarter 2008
Compensation component
($ per hour worked)
Percent of total compensation

Compensation costs

 

Total compensation

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36.43 100.0

Wages and salaries

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27.00 74.1

Total benefits

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9.43 25.9

Insurance

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2.74 7.5

Retirement

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1.44 4.0

(Source: Compensation Cost Trends)

Work-related Fatalities, Injuries, and Illnesses

This section presents data for the industry on the number of workplace fatalities and the rates of workplace injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers in educational services. An injury or illness is considered to be work-related if an event or exposure in the work environment either caused or contributed to the resulting condition or significantly aggravated a pre-existing condition.

Data series 2004 2005 2006 2007

Fatalities

 

Number of fatalities

101 97 101 (P) 79

Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers

 

Total recordable cases

2.5 2.4 2.3  

Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer

1.0 1.0 0.9  

Cases involving days away from work

0.7 0.7 0.7  

Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction

0.3 0.3 0.3  

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

(Source: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in educational services.

Establishments

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2007
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2007
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2007
4th quarter
2007

Number of establishments

 

Private industry

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(P) 84,435 (P) 85,422 (P) 86,627 (P) 86,902

Local government

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(P) 60,556 (P) 60,643 (P) 60,907 (P) 60,806

State government

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(P) 7,305 (P) 7,441 (P) 7,448 (P) 7,321

Federal government

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(P) 98 (P) 98 (P) 99 (P) 100

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Other BLS Resources

The Editor's Desk

See industry studies in the subject matter index of The Editor's Desk (Current Edition).

Career Guide to Industries

See educational services in the Career Guide to Industries.

 

Data extracted on: October 08, 2008