Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary
United States. Estimated employment 164,090, with pages for 9 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 25-9044
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$42,910 · 50th
$28,60010th
$35,27025th
$42,91050th
$60,51075th
$76,42090th
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo, NY | $61,540 | 330 |
| Lansing, MI | $50,820 | 2,110 |
| Binghamton, NY | $46,950 | 160 |
| Detroit, MI | $46,430 | 2,150 |
| Albany, NY | $45,860 | 750 |
| New York, NY | $45,100 | 12,430 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | $38,990 | 12,860 |
| Grand Rapids, MI | $33,680 | 330 |
| Flint, MI | $31,540 | 300 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 164,090 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 25-9044, Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary. Mapped to our taxonomy as teaching-assistants-postsecondary.
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