How big this market is, as its publishers state it
as of Sep 30, 2026 · 6 figures carried1 publisher carried, 2018–2022, no published outlook among them. Figures are the publishers' own, shown side by side and never averaged.
Last read Sep 30, 2026: wrote 1 figure, refused 1 already stored.
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Where its publishers say it is going
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- National Center for Education Statistics
National Center for Education StatisticsUSD · latest release 2024
National Center for Education Statistics: grew 22.8 % a year, 2018–2022, by its own figures.
| Year | Figure | Kind | Published | In the publisher’s words |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $704.0 bn | history | 2023 | total expenses were 2 percent higher in 2019–20 than in 2018–19 ($719 billion vs. $704 billion)As the read noted: Covers degree-granting postsecondary institutions only. Figure is in constant 2021-22 dollars. source |
| 2019 | $719.0 bn | history | 2023 | total expenses were 2 percent higher in 2019–20 than in 2018–19 ($719 billion vs. $704 billion)As the read noted: Covers degree-granting postsecondary institutions only. Figure is in constant 2021-22 dollars. source |
| 2020 | $927.0 bn | history | 2023 | Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary schools in the United States were $927 billion in 2020–21 (in constant 2022–23 dollars).As the read noted: Covers public elementary and secondary schools only (not higher education). Figure is in constant 2022-23 dollars, not nominal/current dollars. source |
| 2021 | $767.8 bn | history | 2024 (+1 earlier) | Annual spending for public elementary and secondary education increased by nearly 2 percent to $767.8 billion for the 2021-22 school year (fiscal 2022), after adjusting for inflationAs the read noted: This is 'current expenditures' (excludes most capital outlay) for public elementary and secondary schools only, not a total-education or higher-education figure, and is expressed in inflation-adjusted (not nominal) dollars. Reported by IES/NCES press release, not the raw Digest table page itself. source |
| 2022 | $1.60 tn | history | 2024 | Ten years later, in 2021-22, the expenditures for all educational institutions were $1.6 trillion, which was 7.0 percent of the GDP (All data are in current dollars; table 106.10).As the read noted: Figure is from NCES Table 106.10 (Digest of Education Statistics 2022 release); the quote itself was found via a secondary summary page (virtualschooling.wordpress.com) that cites the NCES table directly, as the raw table page (nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d22/tables/dt22_106.10.asp) did not return the numeric cell values in search results. School year 2021-22 is recorded here as calendar year 2022. source |
Other markets in North America
What else the yearly read measures in this region.
- HealthcareUnited StatesUS$5.66 tn2025 · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services$9.00 tn by 2034 · 5.3 % a year · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’s outlookas of Sep 30, 2026
- Software publishingUnited StatesUS$552.2 bn2024 · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · +1 more, never averaged$896.1 bn by 2034 · 5.0 % a year · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’s outlookas of Sep 30, 2026
- IT servicesUnited StatesUS$799.0 bn2024 · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · +1 more, never averaged$1.10 tn by 2034 · 3.2 % a year · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’s outlookas of Sep 30, 2026
- E-commerceUnited StatesUS$1.23 tn2025 · U.S. Census BureauNo outlook published by U.S. Census Bureauas of Sep 30, 2026
- EnergyUnited StatesUSRead Sep 30, 2026, nothing quotable foundRead from U.S. Energy Information Administration
- AutomotiveUnited StatesUS$754.4 bn2025 · U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · +1 more, never averagedNo outlook published by U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysisas of Sep 30, 2026
- Construction and real estateUnited StatesUS$2.16 tn2025 · FMI · +2 more, never averaged$2.70 tn by 2030 · 4.5 % a year · FMI’s outlookas of Sep 30, 2026
- Advertising and mediaUnited StatesUS$294.6 bn2025 · Interactive Advertising Bureau · +1 more, never averagedNo outlook published by Interactive Advertising Bureauas of Sep 30, 2026
- Financial servicesUnited StatesUS$3.29 tn2025 · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics$3.92 tn by 2035 · 1.8 % a year · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’s outlookas of Sep 30, 2026
- Software and ITCanadaCACAD 161.9 bn2024 · Statistics CanadaNo outlook published by Statistics Canadaas of Sep 5, 2026