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United States | Utah State University | Teaching Institute | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Facts & Figures

by American Way Staff

ROLL CALL

3.8%
Of the United States workforce is absent from work on a given day.

8% TO 10%
Of the nation’s schoolteachers are absent from work on a given day.

SOURCES: Utah State University’s Substitute Teaching Institute; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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