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Teaching Assistants
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Job Numbers and Growth
The number of jobs for teaching assistants in the US is about 1,312,000. Recent data shows that this occupation has a low level of unemployment.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
Of those working as employees, 38% work fewer than 40 hours per week.
Training and Education
Short-term on-the-job training is often required to work in this field. Survey data provided by the government shows that 18% of workers have a bachelor's degree or higher. 45% of employees attended college, but do not have a degree. 37% of teaching assistants were able to find a job with only a high school education. 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
On a per capita basis, there are more jobs for workers in Hinesville (Georgia), Hanford (California), and El Centro (California), and fewer jobs in West Palm Beach (Florida), Reno (Nevada), and Las Vegas (Nevada).
Compensation for employees is the most in Dover (Delaware), Anchorage (Alaska), and Santa Ana (California), and the 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 .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 360 $16,150 1 Alabama Auburn 270 $17,040 0.8 Alabama Birmingham 1,950 $18,710 0.4 Alabama Decatur 350 $19,330 0.8 Alabama Dothan 260 $17,800 0.5 Alabama Florence 340 $17,030 0.9 Alabama Gadsden 180 $17,180 0.7 Alabama Huntsville 1,160 $17,960 0.6 Alabama Mobile 1,190 $18,300 0.8 Alabama Montgomery 1,440 $16,280 1 Alabama Tuscaloosa 540 $15,530 0.7 Alaska Anchorage 1,490 $33,530 1.1 Arizona Flagstaff 580 $20,360 1.3 Arizona Kingman 420 $21,650 1.1 Arizona Phoenix 12,840 $23,250 0.8 Arizona Prescott 580 $21,880 1.2 Arizona Tucson 3,850 $22,970 1.2 Arizona Yuma 660 $20,780 1.4 Arkansas Fayetteville 1,570 $20,820 0.9 Arkansas Fort Smith 720 $17,740 0.7 Arkansas Hot Springs 240 $16,860 0.9 Arkansas Jonesboro 320 $17,050 0.8 Arkansas Little Rock 2,320 $19,240 0.8 Arkansas Pine Bluff 410 $17,200 1.6 California Bakersfield 4,360 $25,080 1.9 California Chico 980 $25,520 1.8 California El Centro 1,320 $27,100 3.3California Fresno 3,930 $26,930 1.3 California Hanford 770 $26,450 3.6California Merced 1,350 $30,150 3California Modesto 2,350 $29,360 1.7 California Napa 450 $28,590 0.9 California Oakland 11,600 $30,690 1.3 California Oxnard 3,030 $28,970 1.2 California Redding 1,230 $24,870 2.3California Riverside 13,420 $27,410 1.2 California Sacramento 9,430 $27,600 1.2 California Salinas 1,270 $25,580 1 California San Diego 13,470 $28,320 1.1 California San Francisco 7,680 $32,090 0.9 California San Jose 6,200 $31,590 0.8 California San Luis Obispo 1,380 $24,710 1.7 California Santa Ana 11,850 $31,830 0.9 California Santa Barbara 1,890 $31,260 1.3 California Santa Cruz 1,150 $27,310 1.6 California Santa Rosa 2,540 $27,200 1.6 California Stockton 2,430 $28,490 1.3 California Vallejo 1,070 $28,350 1 California Visalia 2,950 $26,340 2.6California Yuba City 650 $28,530 2.2Colorado Boulder 1,400 $25,950 1 Colorado Colorado Springs 2,330 $21,370 1.1 Colorado Denver 8,000 $26,330 0.7 Colorado Fort Collins 960 $22,140 0.9 Colorado Greeley 760 $21,080 1.3 Colorado Pueblo 350 $27,520 0.8 Connecticut Bridgeport 6,690 $29,190 1.7 Connecticut Danbury 850 $25,750 1.5 Connecticut Hartford 9,180 $27,900 1.8 Connecticut New Haven 5,010 $29,110 2Connecticut Norwich 2,360 $25,850 2.3Connecticut Waterbury 1,320 $28,730 2.4Delaware Dover 350 $34,370 0.8 Delaware Wilmington 2,270 $26,090 0.8 District of Columbia Washington 18,770 $28,090 0.9 Florida Fort Lauderdale 4,250 $21,600 0.6 Florida Jacksonville 3,030 $22,100 0.6 Florida Miami 4,980 $22,070 0.6 Florida Naples 490 $21,900 0.5 Florida Orlando 6,300 $22,550 0.7 Florida Palm Bay 900 $22,950 0.5 Florida Port St Lucie 910 $20,950 0.9 Florida Sarasota 1,430 $19,760 0.6 Florida Sebastian 260 $26,970 0.7 Florida Tallahassee 1,280 $25,280 0.9 Florida Tampa 6,770 $22,740 0.6 Florida West Palm Beach 1,920 $19,700 0.4 Georgia Albany 760 1.6 Georgia Athens 1,090 $18,420 1.8 Georgia Atlanta 22,950 $19,910 1.1 Georgia Augusta 3,330 $16,810 1.9 Georgia Brunswick 610 $16,920 1.9 Georgia Columbus 1,010 $15,760 1.1 Georgia Dalton 910 $16,610 1.5 Georgia Gainesville 580 $18,950 1 Georgia Hinesville 500 $17,740 5.7Georgia Macon 1,490 $16,480 1.8 Georgia Rome 350 $17,220 1.3 Georgia Savannah 2,000 $19,330 1.6 Georgia Valdosta 640 $16,090 1.5 Georgia Warner Robins 510 $16,970 1.3 Hawaii Honolulu 4,170 $24,320 1.1 Idaho Boise 1,240 $20,950 0.5 Idaho Coeur Dalene 550 $22,190 1.3 Idaho Idaho Falls 620 $21,320 1.7 Idaho Lewiston 320 $25,530 2 Idaho Pocatello 350 $23,380 1.6 Illinois Bloomington 640 $20,930 1.1 Illinois Champaign 690 $21,750 0.9 Illinois Chicago 22,150 $23,050 0.6 Illinois Danville 250 $21,730 1.3 Illinois Decatur 210 $17,980 0.6 Illinois Kankakee 280 $19,250 1 Illinois Peoria 1,040 $21,360 0.7 Illinois Rockford 910 $20,370 0.7 Illinois Springfield 1,030 $20,670 1.2 Indiana Anderson 410 $20,660 1.4 Indiana Bloomington 580 $20,220 1.1 Indiana Columbus 420 $20,190 1.3 Indiana Elkhart 970 $24,070 0.9 Indiana Evansville 750 $21,020 0.5 Indiana Fort Wayne 1,680 $23,060 0.9 Indiana Gary 3,270 $19,650 1.3 Indiana Indianapolis 5,830 $22,710 0.7 Indiana Kokomo 590 $19,890 2.2Indiana Lafayette 750 $20,650 1.2 Indiana Michigan City 350 $23,050 1.1 Indiana Muncie 260 $22,420 0.7 Indiana South Bend 1,440 $19,090 1.3 Indiana Terre Haute 640 $20,350 1.1 Iowa Ames 290 $21,310 1 Iowa Cedar Rapids 1,190 $24,250 1 Iowa Davenport 1,390 $21,510 0.9 Iowa Des Moines 2,780 $20,650 1 Iowa Dubuque 660 $21,860 1.7 Iowa Iowa City 430 $20,180 0.7 Iowa Sioux City 610 $20,200 1.1 Iowa Waterloo 1,280 $16,580 1.8 Kansas Lawrence 770 $22,140 2.2Kansas Topeka 1,620 $19,350 1.8 Kansas Wichita 3,690 $23,550 1.4 Kentucky Bowling Green 640 $19,910 1.4 Kentucky Elizabethtown 530 $23,420 1.6 Kentucky Lexington 1,820 $25,490 0.9 Kentucky Louisville 5,320 $27,220 1 Kentucky Owensboro 520 $23,130 1.4 Louisiana Alexandria 700 $14,980 1.5 Louisiana Baton Rouge 2,640 $17,170 0.8 Louisiana Houma 690 $15,860 0.9 Louisiana Lafayette 860 $16,870 0.7 Louisiana Lake Charles 900 $15,450 1.3 Louisiana Monroe 710 $15,700 1.1 Louisiana New Orleans 3,230 $18,540 0.7 Louisiana Shreveport 1,760 $17,160 1.2 Maine Bangor 720 $26,870 1.4 Maine Lewiston 760 $26,850 2 Maine Portland 2,300 $29,100 1.3 Maryland Baltimore 11,320 $23,910 1 Maryland Bethesda 4,430 $25,970 0.9 Maryland Cumberland 170 $27,030 0.6 Maryland Hagerstown 890 $22,990 1.1 Maryland Salisbury 660 $18,970 1.6 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 1,330 $26,160 1.6 Massachusetts Boston 15,540 $26,060 1 Massachusetts Brockton 1,050 $23,220 1.4 Massachusetts Framingham 1,480 $29,460 1.1 Massachusetts Haverhill 1,130 $26,840 1.8 Massachusetts Lawrence 840 $27,330 1.9 Massachusetts Leominster 760 $25,150 2 Massachusetts Lowell 1,260 $22,560 1.2 Massachusetts New Bedford 550 $22,570 1.1 Massachusetts Pittsfield 510 $23,030 2.1Massachusetts Springfield 4,290 $23,170 1.6 Massachusetts Taunton 580 $26,730 1.6 Massachusetts Worcester 3,080 $25,350 1.4 Michigan Ann Arbor 2,050 $25,020 1.4 Michigan Battle Creek 470 $22,030 1.2 Michigan Bay City 270 $22,530 1 Michigan Detroit 6,790 $24,680 1.1 Michigan Flint 1,660 $26,300 1.4 Michigan Grand Rapids 3,220 $23,820 1 Michigan Holland 790 $25,170 0.9 Michigan Jackson 570 $22,220 1.4 Michigan Kalamazoo 1,820 $21,100 1.6 Michigan Lansing 2,030 $22,420 1.2 Michigan Monroe 600 $20,040 2Michigan Muskegon 590 $26,740 1.2 Michigan Niles 460 $24,850 0.9 Michigan Saginaw 890 $19,740 1.4 Michigan Warren 7,240 $26,120 0.7 Minnesota Duluth 1,510 $25,710 1.4 Minnesota Minneapolis 18,910 $27,030 1.2 Minnesota Rochester 1,070 $25,340 1.4 Minnesota St Cloud 1,160 $26,130 1.4 Mississippi Gulfport 730 $17,090 0.8 Mississippi Hattiesburg 520 $16,070 1.2 Mississippi Jackson 2,200 $16,330 1 Mississippi Pascagoula 770 $16,230 2.1Missouri Columbia 770 $18,600 1.2 Missouri Jefferson City 370 $19,580 0.7 Missouri Joplin 690 $18,820 1.1 Missouri Kansas City 8,450 $20,820 0.9 Missouri Springfield 920 $20,430 0.5 Missouri St Joseph 350 $19,730 0.9 Missouri St Louis 8,860 $23,130 0.7 Montana Billings 600 $19,350 0.9 Montana Great Falls 180 $18,160 0.7 Montana Missoula 470 $18,000 1.2 Nebraska Lincoln 940 $22,710 0.7 Nebraska Omaha 4,730 $20,160 1.2 Nevada Las Vegas 3,210 $27,970 0.4 Nevada Reno 700 $26,210 0.4 New Hampshire Manchester 1,150 $24,640 1.3 New Hampshire Nashua 2,250 $26,300 1.9 New Hampshire Portsmouth 520 $27,790 1.2 New Hampshire Rochester 840 $26,170 1.9 New Jersey Atlantic City 1,410 $25,660 1.1 New Jersey Camden 6,450 $23,150 1.4 New Jersey Edison 10,140 $26,000 1.1 New Jersey Newark 11,660 $24,520 1.3 New Jersey Ocean City 330 $23,220 1 New Jersey Trenton 2,120 $27,630 1.1 New Jersey Vineland 990 $23,190 2.2New Mexico Albuquerque 4,210 $16,830 1.2 New Mexico Farmington 580 $17,800 1.4 New Mexico Las Cruces 1,140 $21,650 2.3New Mexico Santa Fe 910 $19,600 1.8 New York Albany 6,370 $25,250 1.6 New York Binghamton 1,740 $19,650 2 New York Buffalo 7,060 $25,040 1.5 New York Elmira 590 $19,840 2.2New York Glens Falls 880 $19,980 2.1New York Ithaca 640 $22,670 2 New York Kingston 1,220 $23,080 2.6New York Nassau 23,080 $26,660 2.1New York New York 59,500 $26,620 1.3 New York Poughkeepsie 5,000 $24,430 2.4New York Rochester 8,120 $21,990 1.8 New York Syracuse 5,440 $21,880 2New York Utica 2,120 $21,460 2 North Carolina Asheville 1,880 $20,020 1.2 North Carolina Burlington 440 $18,330 0.9 North Carolina Charlotte 6,560 $20,740 0.8 North Carolina Durham 2,120 $21,410 0.9 North Carolina Fayetteville 1,830 $17,970 1.8 North Carolina Goldsboro 750 $18,760 2.6North Carolina Greensboro 2,790 $19,650 0.9 North Carolina Greenville 810 $20,990 1.4 North Carolina Hickory 1,770 $20,090 1.3 North Carolina Jacksonville 720 2.3North Carolina Raleigh 4,330 $19,280 1 North Carolina Rocky Mount 730 $19,510 1.6 North Carolina Wilmington 1,470 $19,970 1.2 North Carolina Winston Salem 2,180 $19,950 1.2 North Dakota Bismarck 560 $27,950 1.3 North Dakota Fargo 1,110 $26,290 1.1 North Dakota Grand Forks 590 $25,440 1.6 Ohio Akron 1,900 $27,290 0.6 Ohio Canton 850 $23,630 0.6 Ohio Cincinnati 6,610 $26,140 0.7 Ohio Cleveland 5,420 $28,910 0.6 Ohio Columbus 5,470 $28,150 0.7 Ohio Dayton 2,340 $27,390 0.7 Ohio Mansfield 280 $23,300 0.7 Ohio Sandusky 260 $22,690 1 Ohio Springfield 150 $22,100 0.4 Ohio Toledo 1,540 $25,420 0.6 Ohio Youngstown 1,370 $21,300 0.7 Oklahoma Lawton 440 $17,730 1.6 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 3,600 $19,560 0.7 Oklahoma Tulsa 3,210 $20,410 0.8 Oregon Bend 690 $25,270 1.3 Oregon Corvallis 360 $26,770 1.6 Oregon Eugene 1,670 $26,130 1.3 Oregon Medford 890 $24,380 1.3 Oregon Portland 10,840 $27,860 1.2 Oregon Salem 2,440 $27,410 1.9 Pennsylvania Allentown 3,300 $21,840 1.1 Pennsylvania Altoona 740 $17,940 1.6 Pennsylvania Erie 1,460 $20,490 1.4 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 2,310 $21,020 0.8 Pennsylvania Johnstown 430 $20,960 1 Pennsylvania Lancaster 1,950 $21,150 1 Pennsylvania Lebanon 390 $20,660 1.1 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 16,690 $23,700 1 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 7,060 $21,100 0.7 Pennsylvania Reading 1,950 $21,050 1.4 Pennsylvania Scranton 1,860 $22,140 0.8 Pennsylvania State College 1,250 $35,680 2.8Pennsylvania Williamsport 410 $18,880 1 Pennsylvania York 1,550 $21,700 1 Rhode Island Providence 6,200 $26,770 1.2 South Carolina Anderson 410 $17,090 0.9 South Carolina Charleston 2,090 $21,070 0.8 South Carolina Columbia 2,570 $18,070 0.8 South Carolina Florence 900 $17,550 1.3 South Carolina Greenville 1,640 $16,400 0.6 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 830 $20,160 0.8 South Carolina Spartanburg 1,110 $17,630 1.1 South Carolina Sumter 350 $17,200 1.3 South Dakota Rapid City 660 $23,100 1.3 South Dakota Sioux Falls 900 $22,700 0.8 Tennessee Chattanooga 1,380 $16,160 0.7 Tennessee Clarksville 690 $22,930 1.1 Tennessee Cleveland 440 $17,330 1.7 Tennessee Jackson 550 $15,520 1.2 Tennessee Johnson City 920 $15,950 1.5 Tennessee Kingsport 1,160 $16,330 1.2 Tennessee Knoxville 2,940 $16,790 1 Tennessee Memphis 4,780 $20,230 0.9 Tennessee Morristown 740 $16,470 2.1Tennessee Nashville 6,630 $19,810 1 Texas Abilene 630 $18,570 1.3 Texas Amarillo 1,090 $17,310 1.3 Texas Austin 4,680 $22,080 0.7 Texas Beaumont 1,210 $17,710 0.9 Texas Brownsville 1,920 $19,120 1.9 Texas College Station 650 $18,240 1 Texas Corpus Christi 1,530 $18,510 1 Texas Dallas 14,070 $20,570 0.7 Texas El Paso 2,250 $22,100 1 Texas Fort Worth 6,000 $17,400 0.8 Texas Houston 15,700 $18,290 0.7 Texas Killeen 1,820 $15,820 1.8 Texas Laredo 1,460 $16,590 2.2Texas Longview 960 $17,190 1.3 Texas Lubbock 980 $15,490 1 Texas Mcallen 4,060 $17,850 2.1Texas Midland 240 $16,460 0.5 Texas San Angelo 340 $17,550 1.1 Texas San Antonio 8,020 $18,760 1.1 Texas Sherman 430 $16,080 1.4 Texas Texarkana 600 $17,270 1.4 Texas Tyler 630 $16,760 0.9 Texas Victoria 510 $15,610 1.4 Texas Waco 950 $18,720 1.2 Texas Wichita Falls 560 $16,120 1.2 Utah Logan 970 $22,850 2.8Utah Ogden 2,700 $23,490 1.6 Utah Provo 2,230 $20,640 1.6 Utah Salt Lake City 4,170 $21,630 0.7 Utah St George 410 $20,740 1.1 Vermont Burlington 1,800 $24,060 2 Virginia Blacksburg 440 $23,260 0.9 Virginia Charlottesville 1,050 $22,720 1.4 Virginia Danville 630 $19,000 2.4Virginia Lynchburg 830 $16,720 1 Virginia Richmond 4,440 $21,320 0.8 Virginia Roanoke 1,380 $19,830 1 Virginia Virginia Beach 7,600 $20,900 1.1 Virginia Winchester 590 $20,680 1.4 Washington Bellingham 890 $27,640 1.4 Washington Bremerton 1,100 $28,000 1.6 Washington Kennewick 1,220 $27,590 1.7 Washington Longview 510 $27,530 2.1Washington Mount Vernon 780 $28,060 2.3Washington Olympia 1,320 $26,570 1.7 Washington Seattle 9,710 $30,160 0.8 Washington Spokane 1,790 $26,340 1 Washington Tacoma 3,320 $28,700 1.4 Washington Wenatchee 610 $26,690 2Washington Yakima 1,540 $26,980 2.4West Virginia Charleston 770 $23,380 0.6 West Virginia Huntington 890 $21,140 0.9 West Virginia Morgantown 200 $21,530 0.6 West Virginia Parkersburg 310 $19,860 0.6 West Virginia Weirton 290 $19,260 0.9 West Virginia Wheeling 300 $21,460 0.6 Wisconsin Appleton 440 $24,880 0.5 Wisconsin Eau Claire 570 $24,120 0.9 Wisconsin Green Bay 960 $25,910 0.7 Wisconsin Janesville 680 $22,550 1.3 Wisconsin La Crosse 460 $24,150 0.8 Wisconsin Madison 2,350 $26,110 0.8 Wisconsin Milwaukee 4,690 $26,770 0.6 Wisconsin Oshkosh 580 $22,840 0.8 Wisconsin Racine 660 $22,570 1.1 Wisconsin Sheboygan 510 $25,290 1.1 Wisconsin Wausau 370 $23,970 0.7 Wyoming Cheyenne 410 $23,570 1.2
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