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Graduate Teaching Assistant Salary in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California

The annual salary statistics of graduate teaching assistants in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of graduate teaching assistants in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City 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-San Mateo-Redwood City, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$25,490
25th Percentile Wage
$27,460
50th Percentile Wage
$30,730
75th Percentile Wage
$35,530
90th Percentile Wage
$38,570

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for graduate teaching assistants in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $38,570. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $30,730. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $25,490.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of graduate teaching assistants from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$30,730
1.95% 1.37%
2016
$30,130
10.12% -
2015
$27,080
-1.96% -
2014
$27,610
-6.92% -
2013
$29,520
-2.68% -
2012
$30,310
- -

Table 2. Compare Graduate Teaching Assistant Salary in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $30,730 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City 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-San Mateo-Redwood City is 31.0 percent (31.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville and 14.5 percent (14.5%) 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