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Graduate Teaching Assistant Salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California

The annual salary statistics of graduate teaching assistants in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of graduate teaching assistants in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Graduate Teaching Assistants in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$20,760
25th Percentile Wage
$22,980
50th Percentile Wage
$26,730
75th Percentile Wage
$30,600
90th Percentile Wage
$38,300

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for graduate teaching assistants in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $38,300. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $26,730. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $20,760.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of graduate teaching assistants from 2012 to 2014. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth2-Year Growth
2014
$26,730
-6.73% -39.06%
2013
$28,530
-30.28% -
2012
$37,170
- -

Table 2. Compare Graduate Teaching Assistant Salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $26,730 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana 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-Santa Ana is 40.0 percent (40.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville and 1.7 percent (1.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$44,530
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$43,210
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$38,880
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$35,830
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$35,710
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$35,650
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$34,140
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$31,710
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$30,730
Fresno
$29,760
Salinas
$28,210
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$26,730
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$26,280