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Graduate Teaching Assistant Salary in Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California

The annual salary statistics of graduate teaching assistants in Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of graduate teaching assistants in Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine 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 Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$20,320
25th Percentile Wage
$22,310
50th Percentile Wage
$26,280
75th Percentile Wage
$34,580
90th Percentile Wage
$45,830

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for graduate teaching assistants in Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $45,830. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $26,280. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $20,320.

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
$26,280
-9.70% 8.64%
2013
$28,830
16.72% -
2012
$24,010
- -

Table 2. Compare Graduate Teaching Assistant Salary in Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $26,280, Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine is the lowest paying city for graduate teaching assistants in state of California, following city of Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville (median annual salary of $44,530). Also we note that in comparison, the annual salary of graduate teaching assistants in Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine is about 41.0 percent (41.0%) lower than that of the highest paying city Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville.

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