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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2020
25-9045 Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary
This occupation includes the 2018 SOC occupations 25-9042 Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education; 25-9043 Teaching Assistants, Special Education; and 25-9049 Teaching Assistants, All Other; and the 2010 SOC occupation 25-9041 Teacher Assistants.
National estimates for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary
Industry profile for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary
Geographic profile for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary
National estimates for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Mean wage
RSE (3) |
| 1,272,840 |
0.7 % |
(4) |
$ 30,630 |
0.5 % |
Percentile wage estimates for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$ 19,610 |
$ 23,830 |
$ 28,900 |
$ 36,110 |
$ 44,290 |
(4)
Industry profile for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Elementary and Secondary Schools |
1,067,040 |
12.94 |
(4) |
$ 30,970 |
| Child Day Care Services |
111,110 |
14.03 |
(4) |
$ 26,600 |
| Individual and Family Services |
14,400 |
0.56 |
(4) |
$ 29,200 |
| Educational Support Services |
11,470 |
6.19 |
(4) |
$ 30,750 |
| Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation) |
10,700 |
0.20 |
(4) |
$ 30,580 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Child Day Care Services |
111,110 |
14.03 |
(4) |
$ 26,600 |
| Elementary and Secondary Schools |
1,067,040 |
12.94 |
(4) |
$ 30,970 |
| Educational Support Services |
11,470 |
6.19 |
(4) |
$ 30,750 |
| Other Schools and Instruction |
9,910 |
2.47 |
(4) |
$ 30,680 |
| Religious Organizations |
3,930 |
2.10 |
(4) |
$ 30,580 |
Top paying industries for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
Geographic profile for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
155,690 |
9.48 |
1.04 |
(4) |
$ 37,260 |
| New York |
118,060 |
13.58 |
1.48 |
(4) |
$ 34,400 |
| Texas |
87,350 |
7.22 |
0.79 |
(4) |
$ 23,490 |
| Illinois |
59,560 |
10.58 |
1.16 |
(4) |
$ 29,780 |
| New Jersey |
53,940 |
14.26 |
1.56 |
(4) |
$ 31,880 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New Hampshire |
9,480 |
15.31 |
1.67 |
(4) |
$ 32,730 |
| Kansas |
20,050 |
15.05 |
1.65 |
(4) |
$ 26,250 |
| Iowa |
21,520 |
14.64 |
1.60 |
(4) |
$ 26,590 |
| Vermont |
4,080 |
14.53 |
1.59 |
(4) |
$ 34,060 |
| New Jersey |
53,940 |
14.26 |
1.56 |
(4) |
$ 31,880 |
Top paying states for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Alaska |
3,790 |
12.79 |
1.40 |
(4) |
$ 39,720 |
| Washington |
36,950 |
11.57 |
1.26 |
(4) |
$ 38,650 |
| Massachusetts |
35,110 |
10.48 |
1.15 |
(4) |
$ 38,210 |
| Maryland |
17,360 |
6.88 |
0.75 |
(4) |
$ 37,460 |
| California |
155,690 |
9.48 |
1.04 |
(4) |
$ 37,260 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
115,780 |
13.11 |
1.43 |
(4) |
$ 35,500 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
49,430 |
8.49 |
0.93 |
(4) |
$ 37,970 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
45,130 |
10.35 |
1.13 |
(4) |
$ 30,930 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
28,780 |
10.67 |
1.17 |
(4) |
$ 29,630 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
25,940 |
9.97 |
1.09 |
(4) |
$ 37,800 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
22,160 |
7.33 |
0.80 |
(4) |
$ 36,450 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
20,750 |
11.22 |
1.23 |
(4) |
$ 34,710 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
20,030 |
5.58 |
0.61 |
(4) |
$ 23,920 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
19,930 |
6.71 |
0.73 |
(4) |
$ 22,710 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
18,260 |
12.26 |
1.34 |
(4) |
$ 37,360 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Logan, UT-ID |
1,310 |
22.50 |
2.46 |
(4) |
$ 26,500 |
| Hinesville, GA |
380 |
21.40 |
2.34 |
(4) |
$ 19,860 |
| Elmira, NY |
680 |
21.38 |
2.34 |
(4) |
$ 28,350 |
| Watertown-Fort Drum, NY |
760 |
21.02 |
2.30 |
(4) |
$ 27,640 |
| Yakima, WA |
1,890 |
20.96 |
2.29 |
(4) |
$ 37,680 |
| Yuba City, CA |
920 |
20.93 |
2.29 |
(4) |
$ 35,360 |
| Kingston, NY |
1,110 |
20.22 |
2.21 |
(4) |
$ 32,180 |
| Hanford-Corcoran, CA |
850 |
19.83 |
2.17 |
(4) |
$ 34,670 |
| Visalia-Porterville, CA |
2,920 |
19.67 |
2.15 |
(4) |
$ 36,370 |
| Binghamton, NY |
1,740 |
18.85 |
2.06 |
(4) |
$ 27,160 |
Top paying metropolitan areas for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA |
1,000 |
10.98 |
1.20 |
(4) |
$ 42,110 |
| New Bedford, MA |
990 |
16.59 |
1.81 |
(4) |
$ 41,780 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
17,620 |
9.01 |
0.98 |
(4) |
$ 41,160 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT |
5,770 |
15.31 |
1.67 |
(4) |
$ 41,130 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC |
1,800 |
11.65 |
1.27 |
(4) |
$ 41,070 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
6,680 |
6.05 |
0.66 |
(4) |
$ 41,070 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD |
7,210 |
5.60 |
0.61 |
(4) |
$ 40,680 |
| Anchorage, AK |
1,420 |
8.60 |
0.94 |
(4) |
$ 40,620 |
| Leominster-Gardner, MA |
730 |
15.21 |
1.66 |
(4) |
$ 40,230 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
16,820 |
7.22 |
0.79 |
(4) |
$ 40,120 |
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
| Nonmetropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Kansas nonmetropolitan area |
7,710 |
20.38 |
2.23 |
(4) |
$ 24,690 |
| Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area |
3,810 |
21.10 |
2.31 |
(4) |
$ 32,230 |
| Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area |
3,560 |
14.47 |
1.58 |
(4) |
$ 28,800 |
| Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area |
3,560 |
16.88 |
1.84 |
(4) |
$ 25,530 |
| North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area |
3,220 |
11.97 |
1.31 |
(4) |
$ 20,500 |
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary:
About May 2020 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia.
The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.
The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall.
The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median.
More about percentile wages.
(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.
(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours;
for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.
(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.
(4) Wages for some occupations that do not generally work year-round, full time, are reported either as hourly wages or annual salaries
depending on how they are typically paid.
(8) Estimate not released.
(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration.
A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.
Other OEWS estimates and related information:
May 2020 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2020 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2020 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2020 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2020 Occupation Profiles
Technical Notes
Last Modified Date: March 31, 2021
United States Department of Labor
