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Current Employment Statistics (CES6561000001) · Private education, seasonally adjusted

How many jobs are there in private educational services?

The number of jobs in private educational services was 4,046 thousand in the month ended , down 0.1% from a year earlier (preliminary).

Jobs in private educational services, in thousands, seasonally adjusted, each month

January 1990 to September 2026Seasonally adjusted, as published

Jobs in private educational services, in thousands, seasonally adjusted, each month (January 1990 to September 2026), recessions shaded
Jobs in private educational services, in thousands, seasonally adjusted, each month (September 2016 to September 2026), recessions shaded
Jobs in private educational services, in thousands, seasonally adjusted, each month (September 2024 to September 2026)

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to , to , to , to .

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .

Jobs in private educational services, in thousands, change from a year earlier, each month (ours)

January 1990 to September 2026Ours, from the published values

Jobs in private educational services, in thousands, change from a year earlier, each month (ours) (January 1990 to September 2026), recessions shaded
Jobs in private educational services, in thousands, change from a year earlier, each month (ours) (September 2016 to September 2026), recessions shaded
Jobs in private educational services, in thousands, change from a year earlier, each month (ours) (September 2024 to September 2026)

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to , to , to , to .

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .

Each point is one month of the series as the source publishes it, or a change worked out from those values (ours). The US recessions are shaded. Pointing at the chart shows the month and the value.

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The newest month beside the one before it and the nearest ones a year, five and ten years earlier. The last ten years are in the table under "The numbers behind the chart".

MeasureLatestThe month beforeA year earlierFive years earlierTen years earlier
Month
Jobs in private educational services, in thousands4,046 thousand4,050 thousand4,050 thousand3,621 thousand3,589 thousand
Change over a year−0.1%−0.1%+0.8%+5.8%+3.3%

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Observed .

Right now

The number of jobs in private educational services was 4,046 thousand in September 2026, the lowest since July 2026.

Over a year it is down 0.1% (ours). The source marks this value preliminary.

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ChangeOurs

PeriodThenChange
One month4,050 thousand in −0.1%
Three months4,046 thousand in 0.0%
Twelve months4,050 thousand in −0.1%
Five years3,621 thousand in +11.8%
Ten years3,589 thousand in +12.7%

In historyOurs

The number of jobs in private educational services of 4,046 thousand in was higher than in 429 of the 440 other months since , the same in 0 and lower in 11.

Highest since : 4,064 thousand in . Lowest since : 1,663 thousand in .

AverageOurs

Average since : 2,933.4 thousand (ours, a plain mean of the 441 months).

ComparedOurs

Over a year the number of jobs in private educational services is down 0.1%, which ranks 24 of the 35 rows of the table, where 1 is the largest change.

The table sets the number of jobs in private educational services beside the industries on the jobs by industry page, by the change over a year in each one's newest month.

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Openings and turnoverJob Openings and Labor Turnover Survey

In August 2026 the survey counted, for private educational services, 125 thousand job openings, 108 thousand hires, 66 thousand quits and 34 thousand layoffs and discharges.

Over a year the counts are job openings down 14.4%, hires up 14.9%, quits up 11.9% and layoffs and discharges up 13.3% (ours).

Job openings, hires, quits and layoffs in private educational services

August 2016 to August 2026Seasonally adjusted, as publishedNo picture is made of these rows; their numbers are in the table

Job openings, hires, quits and layoffs in private educational services, one row for each measure
  • Job openings12573 to 222
  • Hires10871 to 133
  • Quits6619 to 74
  • Layoffs and discharges3411 to 315

Each row is one measure of the second survey for private educational services, in thousands over the last ten years, one month to a point, on one scale, with its newest value and its range printed beside it. Pointing at the chart shows the month and the value.

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Understanding the number of jobs in private educational services

Where it stands today

The number of jobs in private educational services was 4,046 thousand in September 2026.

What does the number of jobs in private educational services measure?

Private educational services covers privately owned schools, colleges, universities, training centers and tutoring services. Public schools are counted in government.

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) counts these jobs each month in a survey of employers, the Current Employment Statistics, and publishes them in the Employment Situation report at the start of the next month. The count is all employees on payrolls, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.

What 500metrics adds: the change over one month, three months, a year and five years, the highest and lowest value since the series begins, how the change over a year ranks among the lines of the jobs by industry page. For this industry it also shows the job openings, hires, quits and layoffs from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), a second BLS survey, beside the count of jobs.

The numbers behind the chart

What was the number of jobs in private educational services in each month?The last ten years, 120 months, newest first; the chart and the file have every month since Jan 1990
Jobs in private educational services, in thousands, seasonally adjusted, by month, newest first (Thousands of jobs; the change ours)
MonthValueChange over a year
4,046 thousand−0.1%
4,050 thousand−0.1%
4,046 thousand−0.1%
4,046 thousand0.0%
4,034 thousand−0.6%
4,045 thousand−0.5%
4,036 thousand−0.5%
4,033 thousand−0.6%
4,052 thousand+0.2%
4,039 thousand−0.1%
4,043 thousand+0.1%
4,047 thousand+0.4%
4,050 thousand+0.8%
4,052 thousand+1.7%
4,052 thousand+2.0%
4,048 thousand+1.7%
4,059 thousand+2.5%
4,064 thousand+2.8%
4,056 thousand+2.7%
4,056 thousand+3.0%
4,045 thousand+2.7%
4,044 thousand+3.3%
4,039 thousand+3.4%
4,032 thousand+3.5%
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MonthValueChange over a year
4,017 thousand+3.6%
3,986 thousand+3.1%
3,973 thousand+3.0%
3,980 thousand+3.4%
3,959 thousand+3.1%
3,954 thousand+4.0%
3,949 thousand+4.1%
3,939 thousand+4.0%
3,938 thousand+4.2%
3,916 thousand+4.3%
3,907 thousand+2.9%
3,896 thousand+2.9%
3,879 thousand+2.5%
3,868 thousand+2.2%
3,859 thousand+2.1%
3,850 thousand+2.6%
3,839 thousand+2.6%
3,803 thousand+1.8%
3,792 thousand+1.4%
3,786 thousand+1.6%
3,779 thousand+1.9%
3,756 thousand+1.4%
3,798 thousand+2.8%
3,787 thousand+2.9%
3,785 thousand+4.5%
3,784 thousand+4.2%
3,778 thousand+4.8%
3,754 thousand+5.1%
3,742 thousand+5.7%
3,736 thousand+6.2%
3,740 thousand+6.5%
3,728 thousand+7.4%
3,709 thousand+7.2%
3,703 thousand+10.0%
3,695 thousand+7.8%
3,681 thousand+7.5%
3,621 thousand+5.8%
3,631 thousand+4.6%
3,606 thousand+6.1%
3,572 thousand+5.6%
3,541 thousand+7.8%
3,518 thousand+8.0%
3,513 thousand−5.1%
3,470 thousand−8.7%
3,459 thousand−8.6%
3,368 thousand−10.3%
3,428 thousand−8.6%
3,425 thousand−8.7%
3,423 thousand−8.9%
3,470 thousand−7.6%
3,398 thousand−9.5%
3,383 thousand−9.6%
3,286 thousand−12.1%
3,257 thousand−12.7%
3,700 thousand−0.7%
3,802 thousand+2.1%
3,785 thousand+1.3%
3,752 thousand+0.9%
3,752 thousand+1.3%
3,749 thousand+0.9%
3,755 thousand+1.0%
3,756 thousand+0.4%
3,753 thousand+0.7%
3,742 thousand+0.5%
3,738 thousand+0.8%
3,733 thousand+0.7%
3,725 thousand+0.5%
3,722 thousand+0.4%
3,737 thousand+0.8%
3,719 thousand+0.5%
3,703 thousand+0.1%
3,717 thousand+0.7%
3,719 thousand+0.7%
3,739 thousand+1.6%
3,727 thousand+1.8%
3,723 thousand+2.2%
3,708 thousand+1.0%
3,706 thousand+1.2%
3,708 thousand+1.4%
3,709 thousand+1.7%
3,706 thousand+2.6%
3,700 thousand+2.3%
3,698 thousand+2.4%
3,690 thousand+2.3%
3,692 thousand+2.9%
3,680 thousand+3.1%
3,663 thousand+2.6%
3,644 thousand+2.1%
3,669 thousand+2.9%
3,661 thousand+3.1%
3,657 thousand+3.4%
3,647 thousand+3.6%
3,611 thousand+2.9%
3,618 thousand+2.7%
3,611 thousand+3.1%
3,607 thousand+3.3%
How does it compare with the industries on the jobs by industry page?Ranked by the change over a year
Jobs in private educational services, in thousands beside the industries on the jobs by industry page, newest month of each, by the change over a year (ours); equal changes share a rank
SeriesMonthValueChange over a yearRank
Health care and social assistance23,959 thousand+2.2%1
Private education and health28,005 thousand+1.9%2
Utilities612 thousand+1.7%3
Construction8,364 thousand+1.3%4
Durable goods7,898 thousand+1.1%5
Professional, scientific, technical10,844 thousand+0.8%6
Accommodation and food services14,310 thousand+0.7%7
Goods-producing21,623 thousand+0.7%7
Other services6,039 thousand+0.6%9
Professional and business services22,482 thousand+0.6%9
Administrative, support, waste9,019 thousand+0.5%11
Private service-providing114,094 thousand+0.5%11
Total private135,717 thousand+0.5%11
Leisure and hospitality16,969 thousand+0.4%14
Wholesale trade6,078 thousand+0.4%14
Local government15,173 thousand+0.3%16
Manufacturing12,652 thousand+0.3%16
Mining and logging607 thousand+0.3%16
Service-providing137,421 thousand+0.3%16
Total nonfarm159,044 thousand+0.3%16
Retail trade15,480 thousand+0.2%21
Trade, transportation, utilities28,778 thousand+0.2%21
Mining, oil and gas extraction567 thousand+0.1%23
Private education4,046 thousand−0.1%24
Transportation and warehousing6,609 thousand−0.1%24
Management of companies2,620 thousand−0.3%26
State government5,472 thousand−0.5%27
Real estate, rental, leasing2,438 thousand−0.6%28
Government23,327 thousand−0.9%29
Nondurable goods4,754 thousand−0.9%29
Financial activities9,082 thousand−1.2%31
Finance and insurance6,645 thousand−1.4%32
Arts, entertainment, recreation2,659 thousand−1.6%33
Information2,739 thousand−4.2%34
Federal government2,682 thousand−8.0%35

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How many job openings, hires, quits and layoffs were there in private educational services?Newest month of each measure
Job openings, hires, quits and layoffs in private educational services, newest month of each measure, seasonally adjusted (Thousands (job openings at the end of the month; hires, quits and layoffs during it); rates in percent; the change over a year ours)
MeasureMonthCountRateChange over a yearWhere the count stands
Job openings125 thousand3.0%−14.4%the highest since December 2025
Hires108 thousand2.7%+14.9%the highest since September 2024
Quits66 thousand1.6%+11.9%the highest since May 2022
Layoffs and discharges34 thousand0.8%+13.3%the lowest since June 2026

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What do these figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite

What this number cannot tell you

  • BLS counts jobs, not people: a person with two jobs on two payrolls is counted twice. Farm jobs, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers and members of the military are not counted.
  • The count comes from a survey of employers, so each month's value carries sampling error. BLS revises each month twice in the two months after it is first published, and each February it benchmarks the series to a full count of jobs from unemployment insurance tax records and revises earlier values, so past values on this page can change.
  • BLS publishes this series from 1990.
  • The job openings, hires, quits and layoffs come from JOLTS, a separate survey of employers that BLS holds from December 2000 and publishes about a month after the payroll counts, so its newest month can be an earlier month than the count of jobs.
  • The count is shown in whole thousands, but BLS publishes this series to one decimal, so the changes, the ranks and the highest and lowest values, which are ours and worked out from the values as BLS publishes them, can differ in their last place from those worked out from the values as shown.
  • The changes, the ranks and the highest and lowest values are ours, worked out from the values BLS publishes; a change is in percent.

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How to cite this

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, Private education, seasonally adjusted, through September 2026, with U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, through August 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "How many jobs are there in private educational services?", https://500metrics.com/jobs-by-industry/private-educational-services.

Can the data be downloaded?jobs-by-industry-private-educational-services.csv

Download the full history as CSV: 441 rows, to , 8,413 bytes.

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Recession dates from the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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