2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays
United States
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary
United States. Estimated employment 1,420,350, with pages for 124 metro areas below.
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$27,150 10th
$31,060 25th
$36,780 50th
$45,360 75th
$50,040 90th
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
Metro area Median Employment
Mount Vernon, WA $57,950 870 Seattle, WA $53,950 21,040 Bellingham, WA $51,670 1,200 Olympia, WA $51,350 1,700 Bremerton, WA $50,530 1,370 San Francisco, CA $49,360 18,710 San Jose, CA $49,010 7,240 Decatur, IL $48,480 550 Napa, CA $48,450 530 Santa Rosa, CA $48,270 1,930 Vallejo, CA $48,200 1,630 Salinas, CA $48,030 2,290 Modesto, CA $47,990 3,470 Oxnard, CA $47,860 3,870 Yakima, WA $47,380 2,150 San Diego, CA $46,440 13,260 Riverside, CA $46,330 22,500 Pueblo, CO $46,280 530 Los Angeles, CA $46,240 53,010 Washington, DC $46,200 25,050 Sacramento, CA $45,990 11,110 Kennewick, WA $45,510 2,450 Longview, WA $45,400 710 Minneapolis, MN $45,310 23,370 Portland, OR $45,280 12,500 Bend, OR $43,550 1,170 Greeley, CO $42,460 1,040 Rochester, MN $41,250 1,460 Boston, MA $40,930 26,350 Eugene, OR $40,180 2,270 Pittsfield, MA $40,110 830 Flagstaff, AZ $39,870 530 Amherst Town, MA $39,630 930 Duluth, MN $39,510 1,590 Naples, FL $39,430 910 Worcester, MA $39,240 5,050 Grand Junction, CO $39,070 700 Salisbury, MD $38,980 560 Salem, OR $38,950 3,050 New York, NY $38,890 126,920 Medford, OR $38,750 1,190 St. Cloud, MN $38,730 1,350 Corvallis, OR $38,470 450 Sebastian, FL $38,240 280 Grants Pass, OR $38,140 560 Albany, NY $38,110 7,170 Albany, OR $37,930 800 Mankato, MN $37,850 570 Chicago, IL $37,840 46,770 Kiryas Joel, NY $37,760 5,120 Ithaca, NY $37,420 690 Syracuse, NY $37,330 4,670 Kingston, NY $37,180 1,130 Lexington Park, MD $37,060 720 Denver, CO $36,910 10,870 Cape Coral, FL $36,910 1,680 Traverse City, MI $36,860 640 Austin, TX $36,740 8,160 Barnstable Town, MA $36,710 1,130 Brownsville, TX $36,710 2,160 Jackson, MI $36,620 700 Kansas City, MO $36,520 8,690 Phoenix, AZ $36,450 17,320 St. Louis, MO $36,410 10,010 Grand Rapids, MI $36,310 5,490 Elmira, NY $36,250 630 Glens Falls, NY $36,250 960 Baltimore, MD $36,200 11,310 Philadelphia, PA $36,080 26,990 Ann Arbor, MI $36,030 1,760 Peoria, IL $35,970 1,980 Springfield, MO $35,950 1,430 Gainesville, FL $35,910 1,120 Palm Bay, FL $35,890 1,330 Crestview, FL $35,810 720 Hagerstown, MD $35,810 940 York, PA $35,540 1,940 Battle Creek, MI $35,500 490 Jefferson City, MO $35,500 440 Niles, MI $35,490 690 Jacksonville, FL $35,470 4,480 Detroit, MI $35,450 14,660 Deltona, FL $35,450 1,490 Kankakee, IL $35,430 590 Miami, FL $35,410 14,380 Columbia, MO $35,270 570 Allentown, PA $35,120 3,860 Joplin, MO $35,050 800 Chambersburg, PA $35,040 430 Lebanon, PA $35,020 410 Muskegon, MI $34,990 530 Tucson, AZ $34,980 3,390 Lancaster, PA $34,900 1,880 Colorado Springs, CO $34,840 3,110 Odessa, TX $34,800 730 Gettysburg, PA $34,720 320 Reading, PA $34,450 1,880 Springfield, IL $33,740 1,020 Yuma, AZ $33,590 810 Lake Havasu City, AZ $33,500 610 Prescott Valley, AZ $33,190 650 Sierra Vista, AZ $32,400 520 Champaign, IL $32,220 1,080 Rockford, IL $32,020 1,470 Bloomington, IL $31,710 800 Dallas, TX $31,480 25,270 Springfield, MA $31,200 3,150 Brunswick, GA $31,020 420 St. Joseph, MO $30,840 400 Boulder, CO $30,800 1,340 Fort Collins, CO $30,800 1,170 Waco, TX $30,400 1,320 Midland, TX $30,000 600 El Paso, TX $29,740 2,570 McAllen, TX $29,520 4,030 Atlanta, GA $29,500 17,230 Savannah, GA $29,490 1,310 Houston, TX $29,300 23,930 Hinesville, GA $29,230 300 Rome, GA $29,120 300 Cape Girardeau, MO $29,070 600 Gainesville, GA $28,360 640 Dalton, GA $27,970 470 Warner Robins, GA $27,640 640
Sources
How this page was made
Wage data Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Employment 1,420,350 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation SOC 25-9045, Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary. Mapped to our taxonomy as teaching-assistants-except-postsecondary .
Percentiles are reported exactly as released and are never interpolated between published values. We take no payment from employers, recruiters or anyone else for how any figure is presented.