The annual salary statistics of graduate teaching assistants in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of graduate teaching assistants in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $26,080 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $28,060 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $31,710 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $37,940 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $45,900 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for graduate teaching assistants in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $45,900. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $31,710. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $26,080.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of graduate teaching assistants from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $31,710 | 0.19% | -19.39% |
| 2016 | $31,650 | 3.85% | - |
| 2015 | $30,430 | 6.41% | - |
| 2013 | $28,480 | -32.94% | - |
| 2012 | $37,860 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $31,710 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale is in the middle of salary range for graduate teaching assistants in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of graduate teaching assistants in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale is 28.8 percent (28.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville and 17.1 percent (17.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine.