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Graduate Teaching Assistant Salary in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California

The annual salary statistics of graduate teaching assistants in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of graduate teaching assistants in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont 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 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$28,020
25th Percentile Wage
$32,770
50th Percentile Wage
$35,650
75th Percentile Wage
$38,530
90th Percentile Wage
$40,410

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for graduate teaching assistants in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $40,410. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $35,650. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $28,020.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of graduate teaching assistants from 2012 to 2018.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth6-Year Growth
2018
$35,650
2.89% 8.13%
2017
$34,620
0.84% -
2016
$34,330
15.53% -
2015
$29,000
-0.93% -
2014
$29,270
0.61% -
2013
$29,090
-12.58% -
2012
$32,750
- -

Table 2. Compare Graduate Teaching Assistant Salary in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $35,650 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont 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 Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 19.9 percent (19.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville and 26.3 percent (26.3%) 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

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