Highest-paying Cities for Graduate Teaching Assistants

The top 100 highest paying cities for graduate teaching assistants (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of graduate teaching assistants in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $79,000, Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio is the highest paying city for graduate teaching assistants. It is followed by Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, Puerto Rico (average annual salary $68,110). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of graduate teaching assistants in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Graduate Teaching Assistants

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$79,000	$18,880	n/a
2	Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, Puerto Rico	$68,110	$40,830	100
3	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$56,780	$39,010	2,930
4	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$56,500	$38,200	1,530
5	Springfield, Massachusetts	$54,550	$23,390	70
6	Worcester, Massachusetts	$53,520	$26,490	90
7	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$53,110	$40,620	610
8	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$52,370	$40,260	650
9	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$51,730	$33,880	190
10	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$50,350	$19,990	40
11	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$49,460	$18,260	n/a
12	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$49,110	$35,400	290
13	Rochester, New York	$48,710	$31,060	290
14	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$48,570	$33,850	240
15	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$47,980	$23,420	260
16	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$47,420	$21,760	90
17	Salt Lake City, Utah	$47,400	$32,450	2,050
18	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$46,890	$35,420	3,470
19	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$46,860	$23,250	1,270
20	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$46,740	$36,390	4,650
21	North Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$46,710	$33,330	70
22	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$46,580	$19,690	1,070
23	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$46,550	$33,480	60
24	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$45,480	$18,510	370
25	North Central Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$45,340	$25,980	250
26	Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$45,100	$33,560	100
27	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$45,010	$27,090	130
28	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$44,970	$19,170	360
29	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$44,570	$19,640	210
30	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$44,530	$28,410	2,060
31	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$44,160	$20,690	410
32	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$43,740	$21,020	380
33	Columbus, Ohio	$43,590	$18,780	560
34	College Station-Bryan, Texas	$43,310	$25,270	3,180
35	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$43,280	$19,120	130
36	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$43,210	$26,940	620
37	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$43,040	$20,590	300
38	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$42,790	$26,160	370
39	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$42,730	$23,960	110
40	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$41,850	$32,610	n/a
41	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$41,310	$20,810	1,100
42	Honolulu, Hawaii	$41,130	$32,960	1,650
43	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$40,990	$33,970	150
44	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$40,180	$28,540	740
45	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$40,100	$20,630	1,250
46	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$40,070	$22,200	8,350
47	New Haven, Connecticut	$39,690	$27,310	720
48	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$38,880	$26,120	3,060
49	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$38,830	$31,900	460
50	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$38,530	$22,770	290
51	Columbia, Missouri	$38,450	$25,180	510
52	Lafayette, Indiana	$38,340	$19,830	210
53	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$38,250	$18,680	n/a
54	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$37,970	$26,210	70
55	Camden, New Jersey	$37,890	$18,150	70
56	Gainesville, Georgia	$37,790	$18,770	50
57	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$37,570	$25,860	730
58	Syracuse, New York	$37,030	$21,640	740
59	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$36,730	$18,720	2,080
60	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$35,850	$21,850	360
61	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$35,840	$18,200	880
62	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$35,830	$27,660	960
63	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$35,800	$24,830	40
64	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$35,710	$31,810	1,340
65	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$35,650	$28,020	2,430
66	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$35,610	$18,250	2,690
67	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$35,560	$21,640	8,170
68	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$35,370	$22,030	4,720
69	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$34,840	$21,230	60
70	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$34,750	$19,410	400
71	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$34,630	$18,120	410
72	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$34,560	$19,640	2,400
73	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$34,140	$25,460	6,770
74	Jackson, Mississippi	$33,980	$19,750	40
75	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$33,380	$17,900	80
76	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$32,600	$21,640	1,190
77	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$32,150	$19,360	30
78	San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	$32,120	$17,530	570
79	St Louis, Missouri	$32,010	$17,790	790
80	Springfield, Missouri	$31,770	$18,430	40
81	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$31,710	$26,080	4,790
82	Richmond, Virginia	$31,510	$17,400	1,020
83	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$30,730	$25,490	720
84	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$30,520	$18,570	1,250
85	Fresno, California	$29,760	$25,690	630
86	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida	$29,350	$17,700	50
87	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$29,150	$25,400	150
88	Western Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$29,130	$25,610	50
89	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$28,970	$25,160	590
90	Salinas, California	$28,210	$20,820	160
91	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$28,080	$23,520	140
92	Gary, Indiana	$27,940	$25,090	50
93	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$27,360	$16,910	690
94	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$26,730	$20,760	3,050
95	Mayaguez, Puerto Rico	$26,560	$16,510	120
96	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$26,390	$20,010	330
97	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$26,280	$20,320	790
98	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$25,660	$17,020	900
99	Columbia, South Carolina	$25,210	$18,340	100
100	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$25,090	$17,580	60

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for graduate teaching assistants.