Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary
Binghamton, NY metropolitan area. Estimated employment 160.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Binghamton earn more.
$46,950 in Binghamton buys what $50,600 buys across the country as a whole.
Binghamton's regional price parity is 92.9 — well below the national average — the nominal figure understates local buying power considerably. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in New York
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Binghamton |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syracuse | $65,670 | $68,600 | 95.7 | +35.7% |
| Buffalo | $61,540 | $64,200 | 95.8 | +27.0% |
| Binghamton This page | $46,950 | $50,600 | 92.9 | — |
| Albany | $45,860 | $46,100 | 99.6 | −8.9% |
| New York | $45,100 | $40,100 | 112.6 | −20.8% |
Price parity and difference against Binghamton 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
- 160 employed in this occupation in the metro (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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