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Teaching Assistants

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

Across the US there are 1,312,000 teaching assistants. This occupation has an unemployment level that is low.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Employees may end up working less than full time; 38% of those in the career did so in 2008.

Training and Education

Finding jobs is easier for teaching assistants with short-term on-the-job training. Recent government surveys (2008) show that 18% of workers have received at least a 4 year degree. Employees who attended college, but do not have a degree make up 45% of the total. A high school diploma was all the education obtained by 37% of teaching assistants. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

The fewest jobs (per capita) are found in West Palm Beach (Florida), Reno (Nevada), and Las Vegas (Nevada), and the most jobs are found in Hinesville (Georgia), Hanford (California), and El Centro (California).

The earnings potential (not adjusted for cost of living) is highest in Dover (Delaware), Anchorage (Alaska), and Santa Ana (California). However, the potential is lowest in Victoria (Texas), Lubbock (Texas), and Alexandria (Louisiana).

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Teaching Assistants: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Teaching Assistants, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Teaching Assistants are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Teaching Assistants are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston360$16,1501
AlabamaAuburn270$17,0400.8
AlabamaBirmingham1,950$18,7100.4
AlabamaDecatur350$19,3300.8
AlabamaDothan260$17,8000.5
AlabamaFlorence340$17,0300.9
AlabamaGadsden180$17,1800.7
AlabamaHuntsville1,160$17,9600.6
AlabamaMobile1,190$18,3000.8
AlabamaMontgomery1,440$16,2801
AlabamaTuscaloosa540$15,5300.7
AlaskaAnchorage1,490$33,5301.1
ArizonaFlagstaff580$20,3601.3
ArizonaKingman420$21,6501.1
ArizonaPhoenix12,840$23,2500.8
ArizonaPrescott580$21,8801.2
ArizonaTucson3,850$22,9701.2
ArizonaYuma660$20,7801.4
ArkansasFayetteville1,570$20,8200.9
ArkansasFort Smith720$17,7400.7
ArkansasHot Springs240$16,8600.9
ArkansasJonesboro320$17,0500.8
ArkansasLittle Rock2,320$19,2400.8
ArkansasPine Bluff410$17,2001.6
CaliforniaBakersfield4,360$25,0801.9
CaliforniaChico980$25,5201.8
CaliforniaEl Centro1,320$27,100 3.3
CaliforniaFresno3,930$26,9301.3
CaliforniaHanford770$26,450 3.6
CaliforniaMerced1,350$30,150 3
CaliforniaModesto2,350$29,3601.7
CaliforniaNapa450$28,5900.9
CaliforniaOakland11,600$30,6901.3
CaliforniaOxnard3,030$28,9701.2
CaliforniaRedding1,230$24,870 2.3
CaliforniaRiverside13,420$27,4101.2
CaliforniaSacramento9,430$27,6001.2
CaliforniaSalinas1,270$25,5801
CaliforniaSan Diego13,470$28,3201.1
CaliforniaSan Francisco7,680$32,0900.9
CaliforniaSan Jose6,200$31,5900.8
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo1,380$24,7101.7
CaliforniaSanta Ana11,850$31,8300.9
CaliforniaSanta Barbara1,890$31,2601.3
CaliforniaSanta Cruz1,150$27,3101.6
CaliforniaSanta Rosa2,540$27,2001.6
CaliforniaStockton2,430$28,4901.3
CaliforniaVallejo1,070$28,3501
CaliforniaVisalia2,950$26,340 2.6
CaliforniaYuba City650$28,530 2.2
ColoradoBoulder1,400$25,9501
ColoradoColorado Springs2,330$21,3701.1
ColoradoDenver8,000$26,3300.7
ColoradoFort Collins960$22,1400.9
ColoradoGreeley760$21,0801.3
ColoradoPueblo350$27,5200.8
ConnecticutBridgeport6,690$29,1901.7
ConnecticutDanbury850$25,7501.5
ConnecticutHartford9,180$27,9001.8
ConnecticutNew Haven5,010$29,110 2
ConnecticutNorwich2,360$25,850 2.3
ConnecticutWaterbury1,320$28,730 2.4
DelawareDover350$34,3700.8
DelawareWilmington2,270$26,0900.8
District of ColumbiaWashington18,770$28,0900.9
FloridaFort Lauderdale4,250$21,6000.6
FloridaJacksonville3,030$22,1000.6
FloridaMiami4,980$22,0700.6
FloridaNaples490$21,9000.5
FloridaOrlando6,300$22,5500.7
FloridaPalm Bay900$22,9500.5
FloridaPort St Lucie910$20,9500.9
FloridaSarasota1,430$19,7600.6
FloridaSebastian260$26,9700.7
FloridaTallahassee1,280$25,2800.9
FloridaTampa6,770$22,7400.6
FloridaWest Palm Beach1,920$19,7000.4
GeorgiaAlbany760 1.6
GeorgiaAthens1,090$18,4201.8
GeorgiaAtlanta22,950$19,9101.1
GeorgiaAugusta3,330$16,8101.9
GeorgiaBrunswick610$16,9201.9
GeorgiaColumbus1,010$15,7601.1
GeorgiaDalton910$16,6101.5
GeorgiaGainesville580$18,9501
GeorgiaHinesville500$17,740 5.7
GeorgiaMacon1,490$16,4801.8
GeorgiaRome350$17,2201.3
GeorgiaSavannah2,000$19,3301.6
GeorgiaValdosta640$16,0901.5
GeorgiaWarner Robins510$16,9701.3
HawaiiHonolulu4,170$24,3201.1
IdahoBoise1,240$20,9500.5
IdahoCoeur Dalene550$22,1901.3
IdahoIdaho Falls620$21,3201.7
IdahoLewiston320$25,5302
IdahoPocatello350$23,3801.6
IllinoisBloomington640$20,9301.1
IllinoisChampaign690$21,7500.9
IllinoisChicago22,150$23,0500.6
IllinoisDanville250$21,7301.3
IllinoisDecatur210$17,9800.6
IllinoisKankakee280$19,2501
IllinoisPeoria1,040$21,3600.7
IllinoisRockford910$20,3700.7
IllinoisSpringfield1,030$20,6701.2
IndianaAnderson410$20,6601.4
IndianaBloomington580$20,2201.1
IndianaColumbus420$20,1901.3
IndianaElkhart970$24,0700.9
IndianaEvansville750$21,0200.5
IndianaFort Wayne1,680$23,0600.9
IndianaGary3,270$19,6501.3
IndianaIndianapolis5,830$22,7100.7
IndianaKokomo590$19,890 2.2
IndianaLafayette750$20,6501.2
IndianaMichigan City350$23,0501.1
IndianaMuncie260$22,4200.7
IndianaSouth Bend1,440$19,0901.3
IndianaTerre Haute640$20,3501.1
IowaAmes290$21,3101
IowaCedar Rapids1,190$24,2501
IowaDavenport1,390$21,5100.9
IowaDes Moines2,780$20,6501
IowaDubuque660$21,8601.7
IowaIowa City430$20,1800.7
IowaSioux City610$20,2001.1
IowaWaterloo1,280$16,5801.8
KansasLawrence770$22,140 2.2
KansasTopeka1,620$19,3501.8
KansasWichita3,690$23,5501.4
KentuckyBowling Green640$19,9101.4
KentuckyElizabethtown530$23,4201.6
KentuckyLexington1,820$25,4900.9
KentuckyLouisville5,320$27,2201
KentuckyOwensboro520$23,1301.4
LouisianaAlexandria700$14,9801.5
LouisianaBaton Rouge2,640$17,1700.8
LouisianaHouma690$15,8600.9
LouisianaLafayette860$16,8700.7
LouisianaLake Charles900$15,4501.3
LouisianaMonroe710$15,7001.1
LouisianaNew Orleans3,230$18,5400.7
LouisianaShreveport1,760$17,1601.2
MaineBangor720$26,8701.4
MaineLewiston760$26,8502
MainePortland2,300$29,1001.3
MarylandBaltimore11,320$23,9101
MarylandBethesda4,430$25,9700.9
MarylandCumberland170$27,0300.6
MarylandHagerstown890$22,9901.1
MarylandSalisbury660$18,9701.6
MassachusettsBarnstable Town1,330$26,1601.6
MassachusettsBoston15,540$26,0601
MassachusettsBrockton1,050$23,2201.4
MassachusettsFramingham1,480$29,4601.1
MassachusettsHaverhill1,130$26,8401.8
MassachusettsLawrence840$27,3301.9
MassachusettsLeominster760$25,1502
MassachusettsLowell1,260$22,5601.2
MassachusettsNew Bedford550$22,5701.1
MassachusettsPittsfield510$23,030 2.1
MassachusettsSpringfield4,290$23,1701.6
MassachusettsTaunton580$26,7301.6
MassachusettsWorcester3,080$25,3501.4
MichiganAnn Arbor2,050$25,0201.4
MichiganBattle Creek470$22,0301.2
MichiganBay City270$22,5301
MichiganDetroit6,790$24,6801.1
MichiganFlint1,660$26,3001.4
MichiganGrand Rapids3,220$23,8201
MichiganHolland790$25,1700.9
MichiganJackson570$22,2201.4
MichiganKalamazoo1,820$21,1001.6
MichiganLansing2,030$22,4201.2
MichiganMonroe600$20,040 2
MichiganMuskegon590$26,7401.2
MichiganNiles460$24,8500.9
MichiganSaginaw890$19,7401.4
MichiganWarren7,240$26,1200.7
MinnesotaDuluth1,510$25,7101.4
MinnesotaMinneapolis18,910$27,0301.2
MinnesotaRochester1,070$25,3401.4
MinnesotaSt Cloud1,160$26,1301.4
MississippiGulfport730$17,0900.8
MississippiHattiesburg520$16,0701.2
MississippiJackson2,200$16,3301
MississippiPascagoula770$16,230 2.1
MissouriColumbia770$18,6001.2
MissouriJefferson City370$19,5800.7
MissouriJoplin690$18,8201.1
MissouriKansas City8,450$20,8200.9
MissouriSpringfield920$20,4300.5
MissouriSt Joseph350$19,7300.9
MissouriSt Louis8,860$23,1300.7
MontanaBillings600$19,3500.9
MontanaGreat Falls180$18,1600.7
MontanaMissoula470$18,0001.2
NebraskaLincoln940$22,7100.7
NebraskaOmaha4,730$20,1601.2
NevadaLas Vegas3,210$27,9700.4
NevadaReno700$26,2100.4
New HampshireManchester1,150$24,6401.3
New HampshireNashua2,250$26,3001.9
New HampshirePortsmouth520$27,7901.2
New HampshireRochester840$26,1701.9
New JerseyAtlantic City1,410$25,6601.1
New JerseyCamden6,450$23,1501.4
New JerseyEdison10,140$26,0001.1
New JerseyNewark11,660$24,5201.3
New JerseyOcean City330$23,2201
New JerseyTrenton2,120$27,6301.1
New JerseyVineland990$23,190 2.2
New MexicoAlbuquerque4,210$16,8301.2
New MexicoFarmington580$17,8001.4
New MexicoLas Cruces1,140$21,650 2.3
New MexicoSanta Fe910$19,6001.8
New YorkAlbany6,370$25,2501.6
New YorkBinghamton1,740$19,6502
New YorkBuffalo7,060$25,0401.5
New YorkElmira590$19,840 2.2
New YorkGlens Falls880$19,980 2.1
New YorkIthaca640$22,6702
New YorkKingston1,220$23,080 2.6
New YorkNassau23,080$26,660 2.1
New YorkNew York59,500$26,6201.3
New YorkPoughkeepsie5,000$24,430 2.4
New YorkRochester8,120$21,9901.8
New YorkSyracuse5,440$21,880 2
New YorkUtica2,120$21,4602
North CarolinaAsheville1,880$20,0201.2
North CarolinaBurlington440$18,3300.9
North CarolinaCharlotte6,560$20,7400.8
North CarolinaDurham2,120$21,4100.9
North CarolinaFayetteville1,830$17,9701.8
North CarolinaGoldsboro750$18,760 2.6
North CarolinaGreensboro2,790$19,6500.9
North CarolinaGreenville810$20,9901.4
North CarolinaHickory1,770$20,0901.3
North CarolinaJacksonville720  2.3
North CarolinaRaleigh4,330$19,2801
North CarolinaRocky Mount730$19,5101.6
North CarolinaWilmington1,470$19,9701.2
North CarolinaWinston Salem2,180$19,9501.2
North DakotaBismarck560$27,9501.3
North DakotaFargo1,110$26,2901.1
North DakotaGrand Forks590$25,4401.6
OhioAkron1,900$27,2900.6
OhioCanton850$23,6300.6
OhioCincinnati6,610$26,1400.7
OhioCleveland5,420$28,9100.6
OhioColumbus5,470$28,1500.7
OhioDayton2,340$27,3900.7
OhioMansfield280$23,3000.7
OhioSandusky260$22,6901
OhioSpringfield150$22,1000.4
OhioToledo1,540$25,4200.6
OhioYoungstown1,370$21,3000.7
OklahomaLawton440$17,7301.6
OklahomaOklahoma City3,600$19,5600.7
OklahomaTulsa3,210$20,4100.8
OregonBend690$25,2701.3
OregonCorvallis360$26,7701.6
OregonEugene1,670$26,1301.3
OregonMedford890$24,3801.3
OregonPortland10,840$27,8601.2
OregonSalem2,440$27,4101.9
PennsylvaniaAllentown3,300$21,8401.1
PennsylvaniaAltoona740$17,9401.6
PennsylvaniaErie1,460$20,4901.4
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg2,310$21,0200.8
PennsylvaniaJohnstown430$20,9601
PennsylvaniaLancaster1,950$21,1501
PennsylvaniaLebanon390$20,6601.1
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia16,690$23,7001
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh7,060$21,1000.7
PennsylvaniaReading1,950$21,0501.4
PennsylvaniaScranton1,860$22,1400.8
PennsylvaniaState College1,250$35,680 2.8
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport410$18,8801
PennsylvaniaYork1,550$21,7001
Rhode IslandProvidence6,200$26,7701.2
South CarolinaAnderson410$17,0900.9
South CarolinaCharleston2,090$21,0700.8
South CarolinaColumbia2,570$18,0700.8
South CarolinaFlorence900$17,5501.3
South CarolinaGreenville1,640$16,4000.6
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach830$20,1600.8
South CarolinaSpartanburg1,110$17,6301.1
South CarolinaSumter350$17,2001.3
South DakotaRapid City660$23,1001.3
South DakotaSioux Falls900$22,7000.8
TennesseeChattanooga1,380$16,1600.7
TennesseeClarksville690$22,9301.1
TennesseeCleveland440$17,3301.7
TennesseeJackson550$15,5201.2
TennesseeJohnson City920$15,9501.5
TennesseeKingsport1,160$16,3301.2
TennesseeKnoxville2,940$16,7901
TennesseeMemphis4,780$20,2300.9
TennesseeMorristown740$16,470 2.1
TennesseeNashville6,630$19,8101
TexasAbilene630$18,5701.3
TexasAmarillo1,090$17,3101.3
TexasAustin4,680$22,0800.7
TexasBeaumont1,210$17,7100.9
TexasBrownsville1,920$19,1201.9
TexasCollege Station650$18,2401
TexasCorpus Christi1,530$18,5101
TexasDallas14,070$20,5700.7
TexasEl Paso2,250$22,1001
TexasFort Worth6,000$17,4000.8
TexasHouston15,700$18,2900.7
TexasKilleen1,820$15,8201.8
TexasLaredo1,460$16,590 2.2
TexasLongview960$17,1901.3
TexasLubbock980$15,4901
TexasMcallen4,060$17,850 2.1
TexasMidland240$16,4600.5
TexasSan Angelo340$17,5501.1
TexasSan Antonio8,020$18,7601.1
TexasSherman430$16,0801.4
TexasTexarkana600$17,2701.4
TexasTyler630$16,7600.9
TexasVictoria510$15,6101.4
TexasWaco950$18,7201.2
TexasWichita Falls560$16,1201.2
UtahLogan970$22,850 2.8
UtahOgden2,700$23,4901.6
UtahProvo2,230$20,6401.6
UtahSalt Lake City4,170$21,6300.7
UtahSt George410$20,7401.1
VermontBurlington1,800$24,0602
VirginiaBlacksburg440$23,2600.9
VirginiaCharlottesville1,050$22,7201.4
VirginiaDanville630$19,000 2.4
VirginiaLynchburg830$16,7201
VirginiaRichmond4,440$21,3200.8
VirginiaRoanoke1,380$19,8301
VirginiaVirginia Beach7,600$20,9001.1
VirginiaWinchester590$20,6801.4
WashingtonBellingham890$27,6401.4
WashingtonBremerton1,100$28,0001.6
WashingtonKennewick1,220$27,5901.7
WashingtonLongview510$27,530 2.1
WashingtonMount Vernon780$28,060 2.3
WashingtonOlympia1,320$26,5701.7
WashingtonSeattle9,710$30,1600.8
WashingtonSpokane1,790$26,3401
WashingtonTacoma3,320$28,7001.4
WashingtonWenatchee610$26,690 2
WashingtonYakima1,540$26,980 2.4
West VirginiaCharleston770$23,3800.6
West VirginiaHuntington890$21,1400.9
West VirginiaMorgantown200$21,5300.6
West VirginiaParkersburg310$19,8600.6
West VirginiaWeirton290$19,2600.9
West VirginiaWheeling300$21,4600.6
WisconsinAppleton440$24,8800.5
WisconsinEau Claire570$24,1200.9
WisconsinGreen Bay960$25,9100.7
WisconsinJanesville680$22,5501.3
WisconsinLa Crosse460$24,1500.8
WisconsinMadison2,350$26,1100.8
WisconsinMilwaukee4,690$26,7700.6
WisconsinOshkosh580$22,8400.8
WisconsinRacine660$22,5701.1
WisconsinSheboygan510$25,2901.1
WisconsinWausau370$23,9700.7
WyomingCheyenne410$23,5701.2
 

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