Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary
Jacksonville, FL metropolitan area. Estimated employment 4,480.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Jacksonville earn more.
$35,470 in Jacksonville buys what $35,700 buys across the country as a whole.
Jacksonville's regional price parity is 99.5 — below the national average, so a dollar here goes further than the nominal figure suggests. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Florida
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Jacksonville |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naples | $39,430 | $38,200 | 103.2 | +7.2% |
| Sebastian | $38,240 | $38,900 | 98.3 | +9.1% |
| Cape Coral | $36,910 | $36,100 | 102.3 | +1.1% |
| Gainesville | $35,910 | $37,100 | 96.7 | +4.1% |
| Palm Bay | $35,890 | $35,900 | 100.0 | +0.7% |
| Crestview | $35,810 | $36,900 | 97.0 | +3.5% |
| Jacksonville This page | $35,470 | $35,700 | 99.5 | — |
| Deltona | $35,450 | $35,700 | 99.4 | +0.1% |
Price parity and difference against Jacksonville are in the full table on wider screens.
Nominal against real
The same median, once as published and once restated in 2025 dollars.
Published pay rose 23.6% over the five years to 2025. Adjusted for inflation it still rose 4.1% — pay has outrun prices since 2021. The two lines meet at the right edge by construction, since 2025 is the base year.
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.
- Inflation
- Real figures deflate by CPI-U annual averages (BLS, all items, US city average).
- Employment
- 4,480 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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