Among all industries, K12 education workers reported the highest burnout rate of 44%, indicating they 'always or very often' experience burnout. Coupled with college and university workers’ burnout level of roughly 35%, educators were positioned as the most burnt-out group in the US workforce. Some of the reasons why teachers tend to be more burnt out compared to other industries include relatively low wages in comparison to other public sector workers. Working with many students, navigating family and parent dynamics, and the continuously evolving national and state-level policies add to the challenge. In March 2020, at the start of the pandemic, 36% of K12 workers reported feeling burnt out very often or always, eight percentage points higher than the 28% found among all other workers as a whole. Educators had to adapt to online learning conditions, school closures, and mental health challenges faced by students, which further increased burnout during the pandemic.