The annual salary statistics of graduate teaching assistants in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of graduate teaching assistants in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos 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 | $26,120 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $28,440 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $38,880 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $46,260 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $49,850 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for graduate teaching assistants in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $49,850. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $38,880. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $26,120.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of graduate teaching assistants from 2012 to 2018.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 6-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $38,880 | 4.76% | 35.19% |
| 2017 | $37,030 | 10.69% | - |
| 2016 | $33,070 | -0.30% | - |
| 2015 | $33,170 | 2.83% | - |
| 2014 | $32,230 | 0.12% | - |
| 2013 | $32,190 | 21.71% | - |
| 2012 | $25,200 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $38,880 in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos 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 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is 12.7 percent (12.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville and 32.4 percent (32.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine.