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Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary in United States
$42,910median, a year
$47,670mean (average), a year
164,090people employed in this job here
$28,600
median $42,910
$76,420
The bar runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the darker part is the middle half of earners.
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The spread
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How pay for this job is spread here: higher means more people earn around that amount, and the darker middle is the middle half of earners. The dots are BLS's published 10th, 25th, median, 75th and 90th percentiles; the curve between them is our smooth estimate. Hover or tap a dot for its figure.
Where this job pays most
Median a year by state, from lower to higher pay as in the key below. Hover or tap a state for its figure. Living costs differ too, so a higher wage is not always more to spend.
- AL, Alabama, median $22,600
- AK, Alaska, median $35,790
- AZ, Arizona, median $49,810
- AR, Arkansas, median $23,140
- CA, California, median $49,140
- CO, Colorado, median $37,450
- CT, Connecticut, not published
- DE, Delaware, not published
- DC, District of Columbia, median $43,160
- FL, Florida, median $37,770
- GA, Georgia, median $48,800
- HI, Hawaii, not published
- ID, Idaho, median $37,310
- IL, Illinois, median $36,040
- IN, Indiana, median $34,910
- IA, Iowa, median $38,960
- KS, Kansas, median $41,580
- KY, Kentucky, median $49,680
- LA, Louisiana, median $37,950
- ME, Maine, median $47,210
- MD, Maryland, median $58,330
- MA, Massachusetts, median $56,370
- MI, Michigan, median $39,830
- MN, Minnesota, median $53,380
- MS, Mississippi, not published
- MO, Missouri, not published
- MT, Montana, median $30,070
- NE, Nebraska, median $39,650
- NV, Nevada, median $24,960
- NH, New Hampshire, median $26,810
- NJ, New Jersey, median $54,260
- NM, New Mexico, median $48,270
- NY, New York, median $43,610
- NC, North Carolina, median $50,050
- ND, North Dakota, median $49,960
- OH, Ohio, median $48,710
- OK, Oklahoma, median $49,920
- OR, Oregon, median $49,550
- PA, Pennsylvania, median $38,020
- RI, Rhode Island, median $49,420
- SC, South Carolina, median $46,760
- SD, South Dakota, median $39,840
- TN, Tennessee, median $36,950
- TX, Texas, median $55,670
- UT, Utah, median $52,300
- VT, Vermont, median $48,620
- VA, Virginia, median $49,890
- WA, Washington, median $50,460
- WV, West Virginia, median $35,960
- WI, Wisconsin, median $47,990
- WY, Wyoming, not published
- PR, Puerto Rico, median $47,440
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