Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area. Estimated employment 26,350.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Boston earn more.
$40,930 in Boston buys what $37,800 buys across the country as a whole.
Boston's regional price parity is 108.3 — well above the national average — a dollar here buys noticeably less than in the US as a whole. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Massachusetts
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Boston |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston This page | $40,930 | $37,800 | 108.3 | — |
| Pittsfield | $40,110 | $42,200 | 95.1 | +11.6% |
| Amherst Town | $39,630 | $39,500 | 100.2 | +4.6% |
| Worcester | $39,240 | $38,300 | 102.5 | +1.2% |
| Barnstable Town | $36,710 | $37,300 | 98.4 | −1.3% |
| Springfield | $31,200 | $32,500 | 96.1 | −14.1% |
Price parity and difference against Boston are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 26,350 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 25-9045, Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary. Mapped to our taxonomy as teaching-assistants-except-postsecondary.
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