Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary Salary

Median Salary
$36,780
per year
Employment
1,420,350
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$27,150
25th percentile
$31,060
Median
$36,780
75th percentile
$45,360
90th percentile
$50,040

💰 Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary Salary by State

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$24K
$49K■ No data
StateMedianvs. National
Washington$49,120+33.6%
District of Columbia$46,920+27.6%
Maine$46,750+27.1%
California$46,490+26.4%
Vermont$43,800+19.1%
Minnesota$40,100+9.0%
Oregon$39,850+8.3%
Massachusetts$39,380+7.1%
Virginia$38,520+4.7%
New Hampshire$38,440+4.5%
New York$38,240+4.0%
North Dakota$38,240+4.0%
Connecticut$38,110+3.6%
Delaware$37,830+2.9%
Wisconsin$37,800+2.8%
New Jersey$37,290+1.4%
Rhode Island$37,220+1.2%
Alaska$37,190+1.1%
Maryland$37,060+0.8%
Utah$37,050+0.7%
Illinois$36,990+0.6%
Hawaii$36,810+0.1%
Missouri$36,300-1.3%
Wyoming$36,100-1.8%
Ohio$35,920-2.3%
Arizona$35,900-2.4%
New Mexico$35,900-2.4%
Colorado$35,760-2.8%
Idaho$35,560-3.3%
Nebraska$35,160-4.4%
Michigan$35,110-4.5%
Montana$34,750-5.5%
Pennsylvania$34,740-5.5%
Florida$34,430-6.4%
Indiana$33,300-9.5%
Nevada$31,900-13.3%
Iowa$30,510-17.0%
Kentucky$30,160-18.0%
Texas$29,850-18.8%
West Virginia$29,800-19.0%
North Carolina$29,790-19.0%
Kansas$29,490-19.8%
Tennessee$29,210-20.6%
Arkansas$28,790-21.7%
Georgia$28,770-21.8%
South Dakota$28,220-23.3%
Oklahoma$27,920-24.1%
South Carolina$27,860-24.3%
Louisiana$27,400-25.5%
Mississippi$25,840-29.7%
Alabama$24,070-34.6%

🏙️ Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$57,950+57.6%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$53,950+46.7%
Bellingham, WA$51,670+40.5%
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$51,350+39.6%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$50,530+37.4%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$49,360+34.2%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$49,010+33.3%
Portland-South Portland, ME$48,770+32.6%
Decatur, IL$48,480+31.8%
Napa, CA$48,450+31.7%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$48,270+31.2%
Vallejo, CA$48,200+31.0%
Salinas, CA$48,030+30.6%
Modesto, CA$47,990+30.5%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$47,860+30.1%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$47,430+29.0%
Yakima, WA$47,380+28.8%
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$47,120+28.1%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$46,540+26.5%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$46,440+26.3%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$46,410+26.2%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$46,330+26.0%
Pueblo, CO$46,280+25.8%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$46,240+25.7%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$46,200+25.6%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$45,990+25.0%
Yuba City, CA$45,880+24.7%
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$45,780+24.5%
Chico, CA$45,660+24.1%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$45,550+23.8%
Kennewick-Richland, WA$45,510+23.7%
Longview-Kelso, WA$45,400+23.4%
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$45,370+23.4%
Fresno, CA$45,340+23.3%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$45,310+23.2%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$45,280+23.1%
Visalia, CA$45,230+23.0%
Walla Walla, WA$45,140+22.7%
Bangor, ME$45,120+22.7%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$44,730+21.6%
Merced, CA$44,680+21.5%
Redding, CA$44,430+20.8%
Bismarck, ND$44,110+19.9%
El Centro, CA$43,970+19.5%
Bend, OR$43,550+18.4%
Greeley, CO$42,460+15.4%
Rochester, MN$41,250+12.2%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$40,930+11.3%
Las Cruces, NM$40,930+11.3%
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$40,280+9.5%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$40,180+9.2%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$40,160+9.2%
Pittsfield, MA$40,110+9.1%
Farmington, NM$39,960+8.6%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$39,960+8.6%
Flagstaff, AZ$39,870+8.4%
Madison, WI$39,640+7.8%
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$39,630+7.7%
Duluth, MN-WI$39,510+7.4%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$39,430+7.2%
Fargo, ND-MN$39,270+6.8%
Worcester, MA$39,240+6.7%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$39,210+6.6%
Grand Junction, CO$39,070+6.2%
Salisbury, MD$38,980+6.0%
Salem, OR$38,950+5.9%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$38,930+5.8%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$38,890+5.7%
Medford, OR$38,750+5.4%
St. Cloud, MN$38,730+5.3%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$38,720+5.3%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$38,710+5.2%
Corvallis, OR$38,470+4.6%
Eau Claire, WI$38,370+4.3%
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$38,240+4.0%
Lewiston, ID-WA$38,230+3.9%
Ogden, UT$38,170+3.8%
Grants Pass, OR$38,140+3.7%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$38,110+3.6%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$38,060+3.5%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$38,060+3.5%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$38,050+3.5%
Minot, ND$38,040+3.4%
New Haven, CT$38,020+3.4%
Green Bay, WI$37,980+3.3%
Albany, OR$37,930+3.1%
Mankato, MN$37,850+2.9%
Sheboygan, WI$37,850+2.9%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$37,840+2.9%
Appleton, WI$37,800+2.8%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$37,760+2.7%
Virgin Islands$37,710+2.5%
Lincoln, NE$37,690+2.5%
Bozeman, MT$37,670+2.4%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$37,670+2.4%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$37,640+2.3%
Harrisonburg, VA$37,600+2.2%
Winchester, VA-WV$37,590+2.2%
Ithaca, NY$37,420+1.7%
Cleveland, OH$37,380+1.6%
Roanoke, VA$37,360+1.6%
Syracuse, NY$37,330+1.5%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$37,280+1.4%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$37,220+1.2%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$37,220+1.2%
Kingston, NY$37,180+1.1%
Dover, DE$37,170+1.1%
Lexington Park, MD$37,060+0.8%
Richmond, VA$37,050+0.7%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$36,980+0.5%
Wausau, WI$36,970+0.5%
Kenosha, WI$36,940+0.4%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$36,910+0.4%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$36,910+0.4%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$36,860+0.2%
Traverse City, MI$36,860+0.2%
Fond du Lac, WI$36,830+0.1%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$36,770-0.0%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$36,740-0.1%
Barnstable Town, MA$36,710-0.2%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$36,710-0.2%
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$36,710-0.2%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$36,700-0.2%
Jackson, MI$36,620-0.4%
Grand Forks, ND-MN$36,580-0.5%
Kansas City, MO-KS$36,520-0.7%
Springfield, OH$36,480-0.8%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$36,450-0.9%
Sandusky, OH$36,450-0.9%
St. Louis, MO-IL$36,410-1.0%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$36,360-1.1%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$36,340-1.2%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$36,310-1.3%
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$36,290-1.3%
Elmira, NY$36,250-1.4%
Glens Falls, NY$36,250-1.4%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$36,250-1.4%
Rochester, NY$36,240-1.5%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$36,200-1.6%
Toledo, OH$36,120-1.8%
Urban Honolulu, HI$36,100-1.8%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$36,080-1.9%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$36,060-2.0%
Ann Arbor, MI$36,030-2.0%
St. George, UT$36,020-2.1%
Utica-Rome, NY$36,020-2.1%
Boise City, ID$35,990-2.1%
Logan, UT-ID$35,980-2.2%
Peoria, IL$35,970-2.2%
Akron, OH$35,960-2.2%
Springfield, MO$35,950-2.3%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$35,930-2.3%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$35,920-2.3%
Gainesville, FL$35,910-2.4%
Omaha, NE-IA$35,910-2.4%
Columbus, OH$35,900-2.4%
Vineland, NJ$35,900-2.4%
Charlottesville, VA$35,890-2.4%
Owensboro, KY$35,890-2.4%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$35,890-2.4%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$35,810-2.6%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$35,810-2.6%
Canton-Massillon, OH$35,790-2.7%
Missoula, MT$35,710-2.9%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$35,670-3.0%
Idaho Falls, ID$35,670-3.0%
York-Hanover, PA$35,540-3.4%
Battle Creek, MI$35,500-3.5%
Jefferson City, MO$35,500-3.5%
Niles, MI$35,490-3.5%
Jacksonville, FL$35,470-3.6%
Mansfield, OH$35,470-3.6%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$35,450-3.6%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$35,450-3.6%
Kankakee, IL$35,430-3.7%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$35,410-3.7%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$35,300-4.0%
Santa Fe, NM$35,290-4.1%
Columbia, MO$35,270-4.1%
Helena, MT$35,210-4.3%
Binghamton, NY$35,190-4.3%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$35,120-4.5%
Joplin, MO-KS$35,050-4.7%
Chambersburg, PA$35,040-4.7%
Lebanon, PA$35,020-4.8%
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$34,990-4.9%
Tucson, AZ$34,980-4.9%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$34,960-4.9%
Lancaster, PA$34,900-5.1%
Colorado Springs, CO$34,840-5.3%
Great Falls, MT$34,830-5.3%
Odessa, TX$34,800-5.4%
Gettysburg, PA$34,720-5.6%
Twin Falls, ID$34,650-5.8%
Monroe, MI$34,630-5.8%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$34,620-5.9%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$34,550-6.1%
Ocala, FL$34,550-6.1%
Punta Gorda, FL$34,540-6.1%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$34,530-6.1%
Fort Wayne, IN$34,530-6.1%
Reading, PA$34,450-6.3%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$34,320-6.7%
Topeka, KS$34,280-6.8%
Reno, NV$34,210-7.0%
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$34,190-7.0%
Lima, OH$34,130-7.2%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$34,070-7.4%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$34,040-7.4%
Saginaw, MI$34,020-7.5%
Port St. Lucie, FL$33,850-8.0%
Erie, PA$33,770-8.2%
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$33,770-8.2%
Springfield, IL$33,740-8.3%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$33,700-8.4%
Pittsburgh, PA$33,700-8.4%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$33,610-8.6%
Yuma, AZ$33,590-8.7%
Flint, MI$33,570-8.7%
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$33,500-8.9%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$33,190-9.8%
Wilmington, NC$33,030-10.2%
Cedar Rapids, IA$32,890-10.6%
Williamsport, PA$32,780-10.9%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$32,680-11.1%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$32,620-11.3%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$32,610-11.3%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$32,520-11.6%
State College, PA$32,470-11.7%
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$32,400-11.9%
Albuquerque, NM$32,380-12.0%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$32,220-12.4%
Muncie, IN$32,200-12.5%
Billings, MT$32,140-12.6%
Rockford, IL$32,020-12.9%
Bloomington, IL$31,710-13.8%
Lake Charles, LA$31,610-14.1%
Bloomington, IN$31,600-14.1%
Lynchburg, VA$31,570-14.2%
Midland, MI$31,540-14.2%
Bowling Green, KY$31,530-14.3%
Bay City, MI$31,510-14.3%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$31,480-14.4%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$31,470-14.4%
Springfield, MA$31,200-15.2%
Tallahassee, FL$31,200-15.2%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$31,170-15.3%
Pocatello, ID$31,130-15.4%
Columbus, IN$31,110-15.4%
Fairbanks-College, AK$31,090-15.5%
Cheyenne, WY$31,070-15.5%
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$31,020-15.7%
Manhattan, KS$31,020-15.7%
Casper, WY$31,000-15.7%
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$30,970-15.8%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$30,880-16.0%
Wichita, KS$30,870-16.1%
St. Joseph, MO-KS$30,840-16.2%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$30,810-16.2%
Boulder, CO$30,800-16.3%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$30,800-16.3%
Anchorage, AK$30,690-16.6%
Wheeling, WV-OH$30,630-16.7%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$30,500-17.1%
Johnstown, PA$30,480-17.1%
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$30,480-17.1%
Oklahoma City, OK$30,460-17.2%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$30,440-17.2%
Kokomo, IN$30,440-17.2%
Ames, IA$30,420-17.3%
Dubuque, IA$30,410-17.3%
Waco, TX$30,400-17.3%
Iowa City, IA$30,340-17.5%
Tulsa, OK$30,320-17.6%
Terre Haute, IN$30,150-18.0%
Winston-Salem, NC$30,100-18.2%
Midland, TX$30,000-18.4%
Goldsboro, NC$29,980-18.5%
Paducah, KY-IL$29,970-18.5%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$29,940-18.6%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$29,930-18.6%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$29,900-18.7%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$29,840-18.9%
Burlington, NC$29,780-19.0%
Charleston, WV$29,760-19.1%
El Paso, TX$29,740-19.1%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$29,730-19.2%
Greenville, NC$29,700-19.2%
Asheville, NC$29,600-19.5%
Altoona, PA$29,550-19.7%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$29,520-19.7%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$29,500-19.8%
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$29,500-19.8%
Savannah, GA$29,490-19.8%
Morgantown, WV$29,430-20.0%
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$29,430-20.0%
Evansville, IN$29,400-20.1%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$29,370-20.1%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$29,330-20.3%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$29,300-20.3%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$29,260-20.4%
Sherman-Denison, TX$29,260-20.4%
Killeen-Temple, TX$29,250-20.5%
Hinesville, GA$29,230-20.5%
Jackson, TN$29,190-20.6%
Eagle Pass, TX$29,170-20.7%
Rome, GA$29,120-20.8%
Jacksonville, NC$29,110-20.9%
Sebring, FL$29,110-20.9%
Elizabethtown, KY$29,100-20.9%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$29,100-20.9%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$29,090-20.9%
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$29,070-21.0%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$29,050-21.0%
Hot Springs, AR$29,010-21.1%
Wichita Falls, TX$29,000-21.2%
Beckley, WV$28,980-21.2%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$28,980-21.2%
Laredo, TX$28,920-21.4%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$28,850-21.6%
Longview, TX$28,740-21.9%
Abilene, TX$28,700-22.0%
Lawton, OK$28,700-22.0%
Fayetteville, NC$28,690-22.0%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$28,560-22.3%
College Station-Bryan, TX$28,510-22.5%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$28,500-22.5%
Johnson City, TN$28,370-22.9%
Gainesville, GA$28,360-22.9%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$28,330-23.0%
Jonesboro, AR$28,300-23.1%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$28,230-23.2%
Monroe, LA$28,210-23.3%
Victoria, TX$28,100-23.6%
Grand Island, NE$28,080-23.7%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$28,040-23.8%
Texarkana, TX-AR$28,040-23.8%
Dalton, GA$27,970-24.0%
Tyler, TX$27,930-24.1%
Columbia, SC$27,860-24.3%
Rapid City, SD$27,740-24.6%
Warner Robins, GA$27,640-24.9%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$27,630-24.9%
Rocky Mount, NC$27,590-25.0%
Spartanburg, SC$27,500-25.2%
Birmingham, AL$27,480-25.3%
Valdosta, GA$27,440-25.4%
Athens-Clarke County, GA$27,310-25.7%
Lubbock, TX$27,290-25.8%
Guayama, PR$27,090-26.3%
Knoxville, TN$26,960-26.7%
Baton Rouge, LA$26,880-26.9%
Albany, GA$26,820-27.1%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$26,760-27.2%
Amarillo, TX$26,670-27.5%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$26,620-27.6%
Clarksville, TN-KY$26,520-27.9%
Enid, OK$26,410-28.2%
Columbus, GA-AL$26,340-28.4%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$26,310-28.5%
Morristown, TN$26,200-28.8%
Sumter, SC$26,180-28.8%
Huntsville, AL$26,110-29.0%
Hattiesburg, MS$25,590-30.4%
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$24,950-32.2%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$24,470-33.5%
Montgomery, AL$24,030-34.7%
Cleveland, TN$23,940-34.9%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$23,630-35.8%
Aguadilla, PR$23,450-36.2%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$23,420-36.3%
Mobile, AL$23,400-36.4%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$23,400-36.4%
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$23,330-36.6%
Auburn-Opelika, AL$23,300-36.7%
Dothan, AL$23,300-36.7%
Corpus Christi, TX$23,270-36.7%
Decatur, AL$23,210-36.9%
Puerto Rico$23,180-37.0%
Mayaguez, PR$23,140-37.1%
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$22,980-37.5%
Florence, SC$22,830-37.9%
Jackson, MS$22,640-38.4%
Ponce, PR$22,530-38.7%
Arecibo, PR$22,450-39.0%
Lawrence, KS$22,360-39.2%
Anniston-Oxford, AL$22,230-39.6%
Lafayette, LA$22,000-40.2%
Gadsden, AL$21,940-40.3%
San Angelo, TX$21,820-40.7%
Tuscaloosa, AL$21,690-41.0%
Guam$21,250-42.2%
Hammond, LA$20,930-43.1%
Alexandria, LA$20,730-43.6%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.