25 Series · SOC 25-9044

Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$44,930

per year

Median Hourly

N/A

per hour

Mean Salary

$47,560

average

Employment

155,010

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$28,020$32,640$44,930$60,410$73,560
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

10th Percentile

$28,020

25th Percentile

$32,640

Median

$44,930

75th Percentile

$60,410

90th Percentile

$73,560

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. Ohio $75,610 2. Connecticut $62,880 3. New Jersey $61,560 4. Maryland $56,140 5. North Dakota $50,570

Lowest Paying States

46. Mississippi $18,670 47. Alabama $21,750 48. Louisiana $23,700 49. Alaska $24,400 50. Arkansas $26,890
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Ohio $75,610 +68% above national
2 Connecticut $62,880 +40% above national
3 New Jersey $61,560 +37% above national
4 Maryland $56,140 +25% above national
5 North Dakota $50,570 +13% above national
6 California $50,330 +12% above national
7 Minnesota $50,260 +12% above national
8 Virginia $49,420 +10% above national
9 Nebraska $48,180 +7% above national
10 Washington $48,080 +7% above national
11 Kentucky $47,680 +6% above national
12 New York $47,400 +5% above national
13 Massachusetts $47,000 +5% above national
14 Texas $46,440 +3% above national
15 Vermont $46,370 +3% above national
16 New Mexico $46,330 +3% above national
17 Wisconsin $46,050 +2% above national
18 New Hampshire $45,280 +1% above national
19 Maine $44,450 1% below national
20 Rhode Island $44,390 1% below national
21 Kansas $43,950 2% below national
22 Oregon $43,320 4% below national
23 North Carolina $41,180 8% below national
24 Iowa $40,450 10% below national
25 Arizona $39,570 12% below national
26 District of Columbia $39,510 12% below national
27 Idaho $39,160 13% below national
28 Oklahoma $38,650 14% below national
29 Michigan $38,450 14% below national
30 Indiana $38,430 14% below national
31 Pennsylvania $38,290 15% below national
32 Missouri $38,100 15% below national
33 Georgia $37,730 16% below national
34 Puerto Rico $37,460 17% below national
35 Hawaii $36,360 19% below national
36 Illinois $36,120 20% below national
37 Colorado $35,940 20% below national
38 West Virginia $34,630 23% below national
39 Nevada $31,160 31% below national
40 Florida $31,100 31% below national
41 South Carolina $30,520 32% below national
42 South Dakota $30,450 32% below national
43 Utah $30,010 33% below national
44 Tennessee $30,000 33% below national
45 Montana $29,160 35% below national
46 Arkansas $26,890 40% below national
47 Alaska $24,400 46% below national
48 Louisiana $23,700 47% below national
49 Alabama $21,750 52% below national
50 Mississippi $18,670 58% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. Cleveland, OH $80,210 2. Toledo, OH $77,970 3. Ponce, PR $76,850 4. Canton-Massillon, OH $75,610 5. Winston-Salem, NC $71,320

Lowest Paying Metros

171. Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $17,400 172. Huntsville, AL $17,790 173. Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $18,760 174. Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $18,930 175. Charleston-North Charleston, SC $19,250
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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Cleveland, OH $80,210 +79% above national
2 Toledo, OH $77,970 +74% above national
3 Ponce, PR $76,850 +71% above national
4 Canton-Massillon, OH $75,610 +68% above national
5 Winston-Salem, NC $71,320 +59% above national
6 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $65,480 +46% above national
7 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $65,190 +45% above national
8 New Haven, CT $64,920 +44% above national
9 Syracuse, NY $63,020 +40% above national
10 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $62,880 +40% above national
11 Lubbock, TX $61,330 +37% above national
12 Utica-Rome, NY $60,480 +35% above national
13 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $59,230 +32% above national
14 Fort Wayne, IN $58,650 +31% above national
15 College Station-Bryan, TX $58,150 +29% above national
16 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $57,940 +29% above national
17 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $57,660 +28% above national
18 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $56,140 +25% above national
19 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $52,890 +18% above national
20 Bellingham, WA $51,920 +16% above national
21 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $51,420 +14% above national
22 Grand Forks, ND-MN $50,570 +13% above national
23 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $50,330 +12% above national
24 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $50,010 +11% above national
25 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $49,940 +11% above national
26 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $49,710 +11% above national
27 Lexington-Fayette, KY $49,570 +10% above national
28 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $49,520 +10% above national
29 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $49,500 +10% above national
30 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $49,120 +9% above national
31 Binghamton, NY $48,810 +9% above national
32 Albuquerque, NM $48,770 +9% above national
33 Laredo, TX $48,750 +9% above national
34 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $48,740 +8% above national
35 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $48,600 +8% above national
36 Greensboro-High Point, NC $48,510 +8% above national
37 Omaha, NE-IA $48,420 +8% above national
38 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $48,390 +8% above national
39 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $48,350 +8% above national
40 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $48,350 +8% above national
41 East Georgia nonmetropolitan area $48,310 +8% above national
42 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $48,260 +7% above national
43 Springfield, MO $48,200 +7% above national
44 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $48,100 +7% above national
45 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $48,060 +7% above national
46 Richmond, VA $47,970 +7% above national
47 North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $47,750 +6% above national
48 Columbus, OH $47,740 +6% above national
49 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $47,680 +6% above national
50 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $47,560 +6% above national
51 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $47,550 +6% above national
52 Abilene, TX $47,470 +6% above national
53 Worcester, MA $47,440 +6% above national
54 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $47,000 +5% above national
55 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $46,860 +4% above national
56 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $46,820 +4% above national
57 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $46,480 +3% above national
58 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $46,220 +3% above national
59 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $46,210 +3% above national
60 Madison, WI $46,050 +2% above national
61 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $45,850 +2% above national
62 Jefferson City, MO $45,830 +2% above national
63 Wilmington, NC $45,520 +1% above national
64 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $44,340 1% below national
65 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $44,290 1% below national
66 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $44,140 2% below national
67 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $42,280 6% below national
68 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $41,200 8% below national
69 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $40,420 10% below national
70 Bend, OR $39,920 11% below national
71 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $39,600 12% below national
72 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $39,490 12% below national
73 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $39,190 13% below national
74 Boise City, ID $39,160 13% below national
75 Ogden, UT $38,880 13% below national
76 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $38,790 14% below national
77 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $38,770 14% below national
78 Oklahoma City, OK $38,650 14% below national
79 St. Louis, MO-IL $38,630 14% below national
80 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $38,600 14% below national
81 Manchester-Nashua, NH $38,540 14% below national
82 Akron, OH $38,490 14% below national
83 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $38,450 14% below national
84 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $38,440 14% below national
85 Athens-Clarke County, GA $38,210 15% below national
86 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $38,080 15% below national
87 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $38,030 15% below national
88 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $37,890 16% below national
89 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $37,730 16% below national
90 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $37,680 16% below national
91 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $37,650 16% below national
92 Arecibo, PR $37,630 16% below national
93 Raleigh-Cary, NC $37,560 16% below national
94 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $37,460 17% below national
95 Ann Arbor, MI $37,410 17% below national
96 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $37,330 17% below national
97 Modesto, CA $37,270 17% below national
98 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $37,250 17% below national
99 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $37,170 17% below national
100 Kansas City, MO-KS $37,170 17% below national
101 Fresno, CA $37,020 18% below national
102 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $37,010 18% below national
103 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $36,480 19% below national
104 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $36,400 19% below national
105 Pittsburgh, PA $36,400 19% below national
106 Urban Honolulu, HI $36,360 19% below national
107 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $36,300 19% below national
108 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $36,290 19% below national
109 Bloomington, IL $36,220 19% below national
110 Springfield, IL $36,050 20% below national
111 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $35,940 20% below national
112 Aguadilla, PR $35,740 20% below national
113 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $35,360 21% below national
114 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $35,300 21% below national
115 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $34,770 23% below national
116 Columbia, SC $34,730 23% below national
117 Killeen-Temple, TX $34,600 23% below national
118 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $34,460 23% below national
119 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $34,430 23% below national
120 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $34,300 24% below national
121 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $34,270 24% below national
122 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $33,860 25% below national
123 Springfield, MA $32,420 28% below national
124 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $32,320 28% below national
125 Flint, MI $32,210 28% below national
126 Warner Robins, GA $32,070 29% below national
127 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $31,810 29% below national
128 Tulsa, OK $31,730 29% below national
129 Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $31,180 31% below national
130 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $31,160 31% below national
131 Columbia, MO $30,820 31% below national
132 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $30,770 32% below national
133 Terre Haute, IN $30,710 32% below national
134 Mayaguez, PR $30,690 32% below national
135 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $30,650 32% below national
136 Flagstaff, AZ $30,640 32% below national
137 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $30,630 32% below national
138 Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area $30,580 32% below national
139 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $30,530 32% below national
140 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $30,450 32% below national
141 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $30,370 32% below national
142 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $30,300 33% below national
143 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX $30,190 33% below national
144 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $30,160 33% below national
145 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $30,010 33% below national
146 Tuscaloosa, AL $29,960 33% below national
147 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $29,910 33% below national
148 Jacksonville, FL $29,900 33% below national
149 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $29,720 34% below national
150 Lincoln, NE $29,680 34% below national
151 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $29,680 34% below national
152 Tyler, TX $29,620 34% below national
153 El Paso, TX $29,480 34% below national
154 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $28,720 36% below national
155 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $28,460 37% below national
156 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $28,430 37% below national
157 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $27,650 38% below national
158 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $27,120 40% below national
159 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $25,380 44% below national
160 Baton Rouge, LA $25,170 44% below national
161 West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $23,270 48% below national
162 North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $22,880 49% below national
163 East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $22,880 49% below national
164 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $22,880 49% below national
165 Jackson, MS $22,270 50% below national
166 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $22,060 51% below national
167 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $21,980 51% below national
168 Montgomery, AL $21,960 51% below national
169 Auburn-Opelika, AL $21,750 52% below national
170 Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $20,770 54% below national
171 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $19,250 57% below national
172 Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $18,930 58% below national
173 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL $18,760 58% below national
174 Huntsville, AL $17,790 60% below national
175 Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area $17,400 61% below national

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024. Data reflects cross-industry estimates for all ownership types.