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The National Education Association is continuing to lose members, part of a multi-year decline that began in 2018 and intensified in recent years, according to a recent U.S. Department of Labor disclosure .

The latest report, filed in December, includes data from the 2023-24 school year. It shows that the nation鈥檚 largest teachers union had 2,839,808 total members, including educators, student teachers, retirees, NEA staff and other miscellaneous categories. That’s down from 2,857,703 the year before.

The number of working members 鈥� such as active teachers and support staff 鈥� was 2,471,782, a decline of 12,558. This drop was similar to the decline seen from 2022 to 2023, but there was a more significant decrease of 40,107 working members at the end of the 2021-22 school year. The union had lost 82,000 working members the year before that.

These declining numbers follow a relatively stable membership count. A decade ago, the union had 2.6 million working members and peaked at 2.63 million in 2018. 

This trend is reflected in individual categories. Active professionals 鈥� which include employees like teachers, counselors and librarians 鈥� hovered around 2.1 million from 2014 to 2020. In 2021, the number of professional members dropped to 2.06 million, and then to 2.02 million in 2024. 

Active support staff 鈥� employees such as bus drivers, custodians and cafeteria workers 鈥� fluctuated between 450,000 and 467,000 from 2014 to 2020. In 2021, support staff membership dropped to 435,507 before plummeting to 415,142 in 2023. Numbers shifted slightly to 415,992 in 2024.

Recent years have been rocky for the NEA and its members, from COVID-19 wreaking havoc on student learning and teaching environments to a strike last year that saw the organization lock out its own staff employees over contract disagreements. 

Union membership has also declined across the country since 2018, since the Supreme Court’s ruling made collecting fees from 鈥渘onconsenting鈥� public sector employees unconstitutional.

Even with shrinking membership, the NEA鈥檚 dues income has increased over the years. In 2024, the organization received the most dues it had collected in at least a decade 鈥� $381.4 million, up from $374.2 million in 2023. 

NEA President Becky Pringle鈥檚 compensation in salary and taxable allowances increased to $449,305 in 2024 from $435,342 in 2023.

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