If you’re a teacher looking for a job, a Nevada education job may be the way to go.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Census of Governments’ State and Local Government and Payroll report, Nevada has seen the greatest five- and 10-year percentage increases in full-time employees in public education.

Employment in the public education sector, which includes elementary and secondary school districts, as well as higher education systems, increased by 35.2 percent in Nevada over the five-year period between 2002 and 2007. The percentage increase is even greater, at 54.84 percent, for the 10-year period between 1997 and 2007, according to an article by MuniNetGuide.
The Census of Government divides public education into five sub-categories, including: higher education instructional employees, all other higher education, elementary and secondary instructional employees, all other elementary and secondary employees and other education.

The greatest increase in education employment in Nevada was in the elementary and secondary instructional employees category for the five-year period, and in the all other higher education category for the 10-year period. Other states in the top five for percentage increases in public education employment from 2002 to 2005 were North Carolina, Arizona, Florida and Wyoming.

“The increase in employment for teachers mirrors growth in population,” the article notes. “All of the states in the top five experienced significant population growth over this time frame. Nevada’s population increased by almost than 20 percent between 2002 and 2007. In fact, four of the top five states posted double-digit growth rates for the period, according to Census Bureau statistics.”

The states with the largest percentage gains from 1997 to 2007 included Arizona, New Hampshire, Vermont and North Carolina. Nationally, public education employment increased by 7.45 percent from 2002 to 2007 and by 23.38 percent from 1997 to 2007.