Data Tables for New Jersey’s Current Teacher Workforce Landscape Report (2023)

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Figure 1: Number of New Jersey Teachers Employed
Year	Number of Teachers
2013-14	117,298.5
2014-15	117,856.3
2015-16	118,155.8
2016-17	117,160.4
2017-18	118,152.6
2018-19	118,876.4
2019-20	119,791.5
2020-21	118,489.1

Figure 2 is a data table in the report and thus is not included on this page.

Figure 3: Average Annual Percentage Change in Teachers by Subject Area
Subject Area	Change in Teachers
Financial literacy	3.7%
Teacher coordinator	2.6%
Resource program	2.2%
ELL	1.0%
Middle grades	0.7%
Art	0.4%
Elementary	0.3%
Health and physical ed.	0.2%
All teachers	0.1%
Music	0.0%
Social studies	−0.1%
Science	−0.7%
Math	−0.8%
English	−1.1%
World languages	−1.1%
Business	−1.3%
Supplementary instruction	−1.8%
Vocational education	−1.9%
Industrial arts	−4.1%
Family and consumer	−5.4%

Figure 4 is a heat map and thus is not included on this page.

Figure 5: Average Annual Percentage Change in Student-Teacher Ratio by Subject Area
Subject Area	Change in Student-Teacher Ratio
Family and consumer science	5.4%
ELL/Bilingual	4.6%
Industrial arts	3.9%
Vocational education	2.3%
Supplemental instrution	1.7%
Business	1.0%
World languages	0.8%
English	0.7%
Math	0.5%
Science	0.4%
Social studies	−0.21%
Music	−0.37%
State average	−0.5%
Health and physical education	−0.51%
Middle grades (5–8)	−0.63%
Art	−0.73%
Elementary	−1%
Resource program	−1.37%
Teacher coordinator	−2.35%
Financial literacy	−3.68%

Figure 6: Teacher Race/Ethnicity
Year	Hispanic	Asian	Black	White	Other
2013-14	6.4%	1.7%	7.1%	84.5%	0.3%
2014-15	6.6%	1.7%	6.9%	84.6%	0.2%
2015-16	6.8%	1.8%	6.6%	84.5%	0.2%
2016-17	7.0%	1.9%	6.7%	84.1%	0.2%
2017-18	7.2%	1.9%	6.6%	84.1%	0.3%
2018-19	7.3%	2.0%	6.6%	83.8%	0.3%
2019-20	7.6%	2.1%	6.6%	83.4%	0.3%
2020-21	7.8%	2.2%	6.5%	83.2%	0.3%

Figure 7: Median Salary (in 2022 dollars) over Time by Race/Ethnicity
Year	State average	Hispanic	Asian	Black	White	Other
2013-14	$77,930	$75,429	$73,577	$78,476	$78,244	$74,195
2014-15	$78,625	$75,572	$74,542	$79,655	$78,935	$75,356
2015-16	$78,389	$75,151	$74,041	$79,273	$78,748	$75,074
2016-17	$78,769	$75,120	$74,155	$79,454	$79,221	$72,816
2017-18	$78,590	$74,343	$73,787	$80,309	$78,992	$72,466
2018-19	$78,561	$74,932	$73,782	$81,277	$78,853	$73,148
2019-20	$79,723	$75,776	$74,912	$81,951	$80,081	$73,073
2020-21	$78,373	$74,525	$73,382	$80,685	$78,701	$70,791

Figure 8: Median Salary (in 2022 dollars) Compared to Inflation-paced Salary
Year	State average (in 2022 dollars)	Inflation-paced salary
2013-14	$77,930	$77,930
2014-15	$78,625	$79,254
2015-16	$78,389	$81,401
2016-17	$78,769	$81,555
2017-18	$78,590	$81,951
2018-19	$78,561	$81,684
2019-20	$79,723	$81,975
2020-21	$78,373	$82,862

Figure 9: Distribution of Teacher Experience
Year	1 year or less	2 years	3 years	4–10 years	11–20 years	21–25 years	More than 25 years
2013-14	8.3%	4.9%	4.4%	30.4%	35.2%	7.0%	9.8%
2014-15	5.7%	6.3%	5.0%	29.2%	37.4%	7.1%	9.2%
2015-16	5.1%	6.3%	5.6%	28.6%	38.5%	7.4%	8.6%
2016-17	4.9%	6.3%	5.2%	28.3%	39.5%	7.6%	8.1%
2017-18	4.6%	5.9%	5.2%	27.8%	40.0%	8.4%	8.1%
2018-19	4.8%	6.0%	5.0%	27.6%	39.3%	9.3%	7.9%
2019-20	4.8%	6.0%	4.8%	27.9%	37.8%	10.7%	8.0%
2020-21	3.7%	6.1%	5.0%	29.0%	35.9%	12.5%	7.9%

Figure 10: Average Years of Teacher and Same LEA Experience
Year	State	Local Education Agencies (LEA)
2013-14	11.31	10.25
2014-15	11.4	10.38
2015-16	11.43	10.41
2016-17	11.5	10.5
2017-18	11.73	10.72
2018-19	11.81	10.8
2019-20	11.99	10.97
2020-21	12.21	11.2

Figure 11 is a heat map and thus is not included on this page.

Figure 12: Percentage of Tenured and Non-tenured Teachers
Tenured	Non-tenured
75.5%	24.5%
75.3%	24.7%
74.0%	26.0%
73.9%	26.1%
74.8%	25.2%
74.9%	25.1%
75.5%	24.5%
76.4%	23.6%

Figure 13 is a heat map and thus is not included on this page.

Note: NCES stands for National Center for Education Statistics.

Figure 1: NCES Poverty Tiers and Statewide Average Free and Reduced-price Lunch (FRPL)
Year	Low-poverty	Mid-low poverty	Mid-High poverty	High-poverty	Average FRPL %
2013-14	45.1%	22.0%	14.4%	18.5%	37.3%
2014-15	45.9%	22.6%	18.3%	13.2%	35.9%
2015-16	44.3%	24.2%	20.8%	10.8%	36.1%
2016-17	43.8%	23.6%	22.1%	10.5%	36.5%
2017-18	45.0%	23.7%	18.0%	13.3%	35.9%
2018-19	45.1%	23.5%	20.7%	10.7%	35.5%
2019-20	43.8%	23.9%	18.2%	14.1%	36.2%
2020-21	46.3%	23.5%	19.6%	10.5%	33.9%

Figure 15: Teacher Retention
Year	Retain	Exit	Transfer
2014-15	90.0%	7.0%	3.0%
2015-16	90.7%	6.4%	2.9%
2016-17	90.6%	6.2%	3.2%
2017-18	91.1%	5.8%	3.1%
2018-19	91.1%	5.9%	3.1%
2019-20	90.9%	6.1%	3.1%
2020-21	91.2%	6.8%	2.1%

Figure 16 is a heat map and thus is not included on this page.

Figure 17: Turnover Rate for Teachers
Year	Exits	Transfers	Total
2014-15	7.0%	3.0%	10.0%
2015-16	6.4%	2.9%	9.3%
2016-17	6.2%	3.2%	9.4%
2017-18	5.8%	3.1%	8.9%
2018-19	5.9%	3.1%	9.0%
2019-20	6.1%	3.1%	9.2%
2020-21	6.8%	2.1%	8.9%

Figure 18 is a heat map and thus is not included on this page.

Figure 19: Teacher Retention by Race
Year	Hispanic	Asian	Black	White	Other
2014-15	89.4%	88.5%	85.3%	90.5%	88.3%
2015-16	89.7%	88.8%	86.6%	91.1%	88.8%
2016-17	89.6%	88.3%	86.1%	91.1%	87.2%
2017-18	90.2%	88.7%	86.2%	91.6%	91.0%
2018-19	89.7%	89.2%	87.4%	91.5%	89.4%
2019-20	90.0%	88.9%	87.4%	91.3%	87.3%
2020-21	90.3%	88.4%	87.2%	91.4%	91.6%

Figure 20: Teacher Retention by Age
Year	Less than 30 years old	30–39 years old	40 –49 years old	50–59 years old	60 years and older
2014-15	87.6%	90.5%	90.7%	90.7%	89.3%
2015-16	90.0%	90.5%	91.1%	90.7%	91.1%
2016-17	89.6%	90.3%	90.9%	91.0%	90.8%
2017-18	90.2%	91.0%	91.2%	91.5%	91.1%
2018-19	89.8%	90.9%	91.1%	91.4%	91.5%
2019-20	89.7%	90.9%	90.9%	91.2%	91.1%
2020-21	90.2%	90.8%	91.2%	91.0%	91.3%

Figure 21: Teacher Retention Rate by Tenure Status
Year	State average	Non-tenured (less than 5 years)	Tenured (more than 5 years)
2014-15	90.0%	84.0%	92.3%
2015-16	90.7%	84.8%	92.7%
2016-17	90.6%	84.3%	92.9%
2017-18	91.1%	84.5%	93.5%
2018-19	91.1%	84.7%	93.3%
2019-20	90.9%	84.2%	93.1%
2020-21	91.2%	85.8%	92.7%

Figure 22: Teacher Retention Rate by Highest Education Level
Year	State average	Associate's degree	Bachelor's degree	Master's degree	Doctoral degree	Vocational certificate	Other
2014-15	90.0%	84.0%	90.7%	90.8%	87.8%	89.4%	81.4%
2015-16	90.7%	90.1%	90.6%	91.1%	87.1%	93.8%	86.4%
2016-17	90.6%	90.2%	90.5%	91.1%	85.7%	95.6%	86.5%
2017-18	91.1%	92.2%	90.7%	91.9%	88.1%	93.2%	88.2%
2018-19	91.1%	80.9%	91.0%	91.6%	90.3%	96.1%	86.2%
2019-20	90.9%	86.9%	90.6%	91.6%	86.4%	88.3%	87.2%
2020-21	91.2%	84.8%	91.1%	91.2%	87.2%	92.6%	88.2%

Figure 23: Annualized Retention Index by Subject Area
Subject Area	Annualized Retention Index
Health and physical education	2.1%
Social studies	1.6%
Elementary	0.6%
Financial literacy	0.5%
Resource program	0.3%
Art	0.1%
Middle grades (5–8)	0.1%
Math	−0.3%
English	−0.7%
Science	−1.0%
Music	−1.3%
Business	−1.3%
ELL/bilingual	−1.6%
Industrial arts	−1.9%
World languages	−2.5%
Supplementary instruction	−2.8%
Family and consumer sciences	−3.6%
Vocational education	−5.0%
Teacher leader	−6.8%

Figure 24: Teacher Retention Rate by Local Education Agency (LEA) Poverty Level
Year	State average	Low-poverty	Mid-low poverty	Mid-high poverty	High-poverty
2014-15	90.0%	90.6%	91.6%	89.4%	87.5%
2015-16	90.7%	91.6%	91.9%	89.9%	86.7%
2016-17	90.6%	91.6%	91.6%	89.9%	86.0%
2017-18	91.1%	92.0%	92.0%	90.2%	87.1%
2018-19	91.1%	92.1%	91.5%	90.8%	87.3%
2019-20	90.9%	91.6%	91.1%	90.0%	88.8%
2020-21	91.2%	91.5%	91.1%	91.4%	88.3%

Figure 25 is a data table and thus is not included on this page.

Figure 26: All Endorsements, Teaching Endorsements, and Non-teacher Endorsements Issued Each Year
Year	All endorsements	All subject areas	Non-teacher endorsements
2010	40,708	35,429	5,279
2011	40,829	36,196	4,633
2012	45,619	40,580	5,039
2013	49,286	43,655	5,631
2014	50,966	45,557	5,409
2015	50,424	43,929	6,495
2016	38,898	32,442	6,456
2017	39,982	33,598	6,384
2018	39,280	32,431	6,849
2019	37,077	30,020	7,057
2020	31,879	26,369	5,510
2021	35,252	28,310	6,942
2022	31,631	24,347	7,284

Figure 27 is a data table and thus is not included on this page.

Figure 28: All Endorsements, Teaching Endorsements, and Non-teacher Endorsements Issued Each Year
Subject Area	Percentage change
Vocational education	9.8%
ELL/bilingual	4.5%
Supplemental instruction	1.5%
Music	0.5%
Special education	−0.3%
Health and physical education	−1.7%
Art	−2.0%
Business	−2.3%
All subject areas	−2.5%
Family and consumer sciences	−2.5%
Social studies	−3.0%
Elementary	−3.2%
English	−3.8%
Science	−3.9%
Industrial arts	−4.7%
Math	−5.1%
World languages	−5.7%

Figure 29: Students’ Trajectory in Enrollment and Completion (Number of Students Declaring Education Major)
Degree	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	All years
Started Education degree but did not complete a degree	375	313	400	438	1526
Started Other Degree but did not complete a degree	8818	8952	10071	11860	39701
Started and completed Education degree	735	650	717	616	2718
Completed Education degree	324	337	239	219	1119
Started Education degree but completed other degree	517	468	527	479	1991
Started and completed other degree	25345	26603	26878	26348	105174

Figure 30: Students’ Trajectory in Enrollment and Completion by Sex (Number of Students Declaring Education Major)
Degree	Sex	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	All Years
Started and completed Education degree	Female	592	518	548	505	2163
Started and completed Education degree	Male	143	132	169	111	555
Completed Education degree	Female	230	250	173	157	810
Completed Education degree	Male	94	87	66	62	309
Started Education degree and completed other degree	Female	393	374	408	376	1551
Started Education degree and completed other degree	Male	124	94	119	103	440
Started and completed other degree	Female	13795	14487	14858	14463	57603
Started and completed other degree	Male	11550	12116	12020	11885	47571
Started Education degree and did not complete a degree	Female	228	216	267	292	1003
Started Education degree and did not complete a degree	Male	147	97	133	146	523
Started other degree and did not complete a degree	Female	4148	4196	4794	5544	18682
Started other degree and did not complete a degree	Male	4670	4756	5277	6316	21019

Figure 32: Education and Non-education Student Enrollment in Bachelor’s Programs
Major	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	All Years
Non-Education Major	163,530	165,785	166,823	166,016	168,903	170,819	170,940	157,232	168,116	161,373	1659537
Education Major	8,725	8,030	7,822	7,559	6,695	6,490	6,107	5,792	6,135	5,737	69092
Percentage Education Major	5.1%	4.6%	4.5%	4.4%	3.8%	3.7%	3.4%	3.6%	3.5%	3.4%	n/a

Figure 33: Bachelor’s Degree Awardees in Education and Non-education
Major	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
Non-Education Major	32,316	32,930	33,720	34,395	35,263	36,632	36,704	35,015	41,385	32,147
Education Major	2,052	1,885	1,709	1,642	1,297	1,231	1,169	1,023	1,172	964
Percentage Education Major	6.0%	5.4%	4.8%	4.6%	3.5%	3.3%	3.1%	2.8%	2.8%	2.9%

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