Educational Services: NAICS 61

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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, data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.

Employment, Unemployment, and Openings, Hires, and Separations

Data series Back
data		 Sep.
2018		 Oct.
2018		 Nov.
2018		 Dec.
2018

Employment (in thousands)

Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)

 3,742.6 3,738.4 (p)3,728.5 (p)3,752.6

Unemployment

Unemployment rate

 3.4% 3.0% 2.4% 1.9%

Job openings, hires, and separations (in thousands)

Job openings

 83 102 (p)112  

Hires

 152 93 (p)67  

Separations

 92 69 (p)57  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

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

Union Membership and Representation

Data series Back
data		 2015 2016 2017 2018

Union membership and representation

Members of unions (percent of wage and salary workers)

 13.7% 12.3% 11.4% 13.1%

Represented by unions (percent of wage and salary workers)

 15.8% 14.3% 13.5% 15.5%

(Source: Current Population Survey)

Employment by Occupation

Data series Employment,
2017

Education administrators, elementary and secondary school

 245,820

Elementary school teachers, except special education

 1,403,910

Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education

 620,590

Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education

 1,020,290

Teacher assistants

 1,108,220

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

Data series Back
data		 Median weekly earnings
2015 2016 2017 2018

Union membership and representation

Full-time workers

 $918 $936 $957 $985

Members of unions

 $1,025 $967 $1,026 $1,068

Represented by unions

 $1,015 $965 $1,018 $1,053

Nonunion

 $896 $931 $942 $968

(Source: Current Population Survey)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series Wages, 2017
Hourly Annual
Median Mean Median Mean

Education administrators, elementary and secondary school

 (1)-$ (1)-$ $94,520 $97,610

Elementary school teachers, except special education

 (1)-$ (1)-$ $57,200 $60,870

Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education

 (1)-$ (1)-$ $57,740 $61,070

Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education

 (1)-$ (1)-$ $59,190 $62,870

Teacher assistants

 (1)-$ (1)-$ $26,940 $28,420

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

Data series Back
data		 4th quarter
2017		 1st quarter
2018		 2nd quarter
2018		 3rd quarter
2018

12-month percent change

Total compensation

 1.9% 1.9% 2.2% 2.5%

Wages and salaries

 2.0% 1.9% 2.1% 2.5%

12-month percent change: State and local government

Total compensation

 2.4% 2.2% 2.3% 2.5%

Wages and salaries

 1.9% 1.7% 1.9% 2.2%

(Source: Compensation Cost Trends)



Data series Back
data		 3rd quarter 2018
Compensation component
($ per hour worked)		 Percent of total compensation

Compensation costs

Total compensation

 46.20 100.0

Wages and salaries

 33.54 72.6

Total benefits

 12.67 27.4

Insurance

 3.70 8.0

Retirement

 2.19 4.7

(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 2014 2015 2016 2017

Fatalities

Number of fatalities

 88 74 99 77

Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
Data series 2017

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

Total recordable cases

 1.9

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

 0.8

Cases involving days away from work

 0.5

Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction

 0.3

Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

(Source: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities)

Workplace Trends

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

Establishments

Data series Back
data		 3rd quarter
2017		 4th quarter
2017		 1st quarter
2018		 2nd quarter
2018

Number of establishments

Private industry

 118,424 119,669 (p)120,351 (p)121,261

Local government

 65,948 65,801 (p)65,925 (p)66,001

State government

 7,897 7,771 (p)7,792 (p)7,957

Federal government

 151 152 (p)153 (p)156

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

 

Data extracted on: January 18, 2019