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,
data for occupations common to the industry,
and projections of occupational employment change.
Employment, Unemployment, and Openings, Hires, and Separations
(Source: Current Employment Statistics, Current Population Survey, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey)
Union Membership and Representation
| Data series |
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data |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Union membership and representation |
|
Members of unions (percent of wage and salary workers) |
|
11.4% |
13.1% |
12.3% |
13.5% |
Represented by unions (percent of wage and salary workers) |
|
13.5% |
15.5% |
14.1% |
15.5% |
(Source: Current Population Survey)
Employment by Occupation
| Data series |
Employment,
2020 |
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
257,770 |
Elementary school teachers, except special education |
1,358,080 |
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
597,500 |
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
982,880 |
Teacher assistants |
1,103,390 |
|
Note: These employment estimates include employment in both the private-sector and government.
|
(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage 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 and Hours
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.
Earnings by Occupation
| Data series |
Wages, 2020 |
| Hourly |
Annual |
| Median |
Mean |
Median |
Mean |
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
-$ |
-$ |
$98,490 |
$102,970 |
Elementary school teachers, except special education |
-$ |
-$ |
$60,970 |
$65,460 |
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education |
-$ |
-$ |
$60,790 |
$64,960 |
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education |
-$ |
-$ |
$62,870 |
$67,330 |
Teacher assistants |
-$ |
-$ |
$29,320 |
$31,040 |
(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)
Employee Benefits
This section presents data on the incidence (the percentage of workers with access to and participation in employer-provided benefit plans) and provisions of selected employee benefits from the National Compensation Survey. More Benefits estimates are also accessible from the Benefits database, the archived NCS publications page, and the complete Employee Benefits Excel dataset (XLSX).
(Source: Employee Benefits in the United States)
| Data series |
After 1 year of service |
After 20 years of service |
Back
data |
2020 |
Back
data |
2020 |
Mean number of vacation days for workers without consolidated leave plans |
|
Private industry |
|
13 |
|
21 |
State and local government |
|
13 |
|
20 |
(Source: Employee Benefits in the United States)
| Data series |
Private industry |
State and local government |
Back
data |
2020 |
Back
data |
2020 |
Percent of workers with access to employer-sponsored benefits |
|
Health care |
|
73 |
|
90 |
Paid vacation |
|
55 |
|
36 |
Paid sick leave |
|
81 |
|
93 |
(Source: Employee Benefits in the United States)
Employer Compensation Costs
(Source: Compensation Cost Trends)
| Data series |
Private industry |
State and local government |
Compensation component
($ per hour worked) |
Percent of total compensation |
Compensation component
($ per hour worked) |
Percent of total compensation |
Back
data |
4th quarter 2020 |
Back
data |
4th quarter 2020 |
Back
data |
4th quarter 2020 |
Back
data |
4th quarter 2020 |
Total compensation |
|
49.17 |
|
100.0 |
|
57.31 |
|
100.0 |
Wages and salaries |
|
35.49 |
|
72.2 |
|
37.02 |
|
64.6 |
Total benefits |
|
13.68 |
|
27.8 |
|
20.29 |
|
35.4 |
Insurance |
|
3.96 |
|
8.1 |
|
6.49 |
|
11.3 |
Retirement |
|
2.24 |
|
4.6 |
|
7.15 |
|
12.5 |
Paid leave |
|
3.81 |
|
7.7 |
|
3.52 |
|
6.1 |
(Source: Compensation Cost Trends)
Union Membership and Representation
| Data series |
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Median weekly earnings |
| 2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Union membership and representation |
|
Full-time workers |
|
$957 |
$985 |
$1,015 |
$1,059 |
Members of unions |
|
$1,026 |
$1,068 |
$1,129 |
$1,171 |
Represented by unions |
|
$1,018 |
$1,053 |
$1,116 |
$1,166 |
Nonunion |
|
$942 |
$968 |
$994 |
$1,026 |
(Source: Current Population Survey)
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 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Fatalities |
|
Number of fatalities |
99 |
77 |
69 |
76 |
|
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
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(Source: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities)
Workplace Trends
This section presents data on the number of establishments in educational services.
Establishments
| Data series |
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4th quarter
2019 |
1st quarter
2020 |
2nd quarter
2020 |
3rd quarter
2020 |
Number of establishments |
|
Private industry |
|
129,611 |
131,013 |
132,177 |
134,491 |
Local government |
|
66,235 |
66,076 |
66,016 |
66,186 |
State government |
|
7,872 |
7,907 |
7,932 |
7,906 |
Federal government |
|
160 |
161 |
162 |
165 |
(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)
Data extracted on:
April 16, 2021
United States Department of Labor
