Highest-paying Cities for Teacher Assistants

The top 100 highest paying cities for teacher 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 teacher assistants in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $40,140, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for teacher assistants. It is followed by Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska (average annual salary $39,830). 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 teacher assistants in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$40,140	$26,080	6,770
2	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$39,830	$27,810	580
3	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$39,700	$28,190	2,580
4	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$39,270	$28,050	2,010
5	Anchorage, Alaska	$38,820	$25,960	1,510
6	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$37,920	$24,330	950
7	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$37,700	$27,060	5,570
8	El Centro, California	$37,550	$27,950	770
9	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$37,510	$25,410	19,760
10	Bend, Oregon	$37,230	$26,140	580
11	Fairbanks, Alaska	$36,840	$28,590	350
12	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$36,610	$27,160	17,530
13	Yuba City, California	$36,390	$25,610	690
14	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$36,330	$24,910	12,110
15	Waterbury, Connecticut	$36,250	$26,850	1,020
16	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$36,160	$27,190	1,150
17	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$36,070	$25,080	52,700
18	Eastern Sierra Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$35,980	$26,440	190
19	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$35,790	$27,100	2,010
20	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$35,610	$26,310	13,110
21	Bellingham, Washington	$35,430	$28,200	1,240
22	Bismarck, North Dakota	$35,310	$27,090	860
23	Modesto, California	$35,290	$25,200	2,980
24	Visalia-Porterville, California	$35,150	$24,700	2,370
25	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$35,090	$27,110	780
26	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$35,030	$24,300	20,060
27	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$34,810	$23,900	990
28	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$34,790	$25,090	1,710
29	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$34,670	$23,050	5,000
30	Olympia, Washington	$34,560	$25,920	1,540
31	Springfield, Massachusetts	$34,430	$24,530	4,710
32	Nashua, New Hampshire	$34,400	$26,030	1,950
33	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$34,390	$23,390	2,290
34	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$34,390	$24,020	540
35	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$34,300	$23,570	39,330
36	Tacoma, Washington	$34,280	$25,800	3,680
37	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$34,270	$23,670	1,760
38	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$34,270	$24,430	2,920
39	Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire	$34,250	$24,320	910
40	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$34,240	$24,780	10,620
41	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$34,120	$23,630	11,330
42	Stockton, California	$33,840	$23,530	3,100
43	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$33,730	$24,210	810
44	Salem, Oregon	$33,670	$22,770	2,630
45	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$33,490	$24,530	3,090
46	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$33,480	$21,320	1,390
47	Casper, Wyoming	$33,450	$26,510	360
48	Salinas, California	$33,440	$21,850	2,130
49	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$33,410	$25,480	14,170
50	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$33,320	$25,240	1,490
51	Worcester, Massachusetts	$33,280	$24,060	3,970
52	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$33,250	$23,180	1,160
53	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$33,150	$23,600	480
54	Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$33,090	$26,040	1,000
55	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$33,060	$23,160	7,860
56	Napa, California	$33,010	$24,410	620
57	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$32,950	$20,200	1,490
58	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine	$32,920	$25,040	900
59	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$32,880	$24,730	1,970
60	Fargo, North Dakota	$32,850	$22,050	1,350
61	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$32,820	$22,880	580
62	Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$32,770	$24,150	180
63	Northwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$32,770	$24,880	780
64	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$32,750	$23,670	28,460
65	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$32,750	$24,580	730
66	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$32,740	$25,730	2,060
67	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$32,720	$21,130	1,990
68	Yakima, Washington	$32,570	$26,360	1,850
69	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$32,470	$22,900	1,110
70	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$32,460	$26,400	780
71	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$32,320	$21,490	21,340
72	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$32,270	$21,250	6,400
73	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$32,260	$21,580	1,720
74	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$32,130	$19,900	9,570
75	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$31,990	$25,060	2,380
76	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$31,720	$23,550	670
77	Peabody, Massachusetts	$31,700	$22,900	780
78	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$31,600	$25,170	1,870
79	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$31,530	$21,760	900
80	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$31,430	$22,900	14,620
81	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$31,420	$19,240	18,700
82	Southeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$31,420	$20,680	690
83	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$31,400	$20,540	2,440
84	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$31,330	$20,710	830
85	Rochester, Minnesota	$31,300	$24,400	1,200
86	Danbury, Connecticut	$31,250	$23,910	1,400
87	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$31,240	$23,800	830
88	Merced, California	$31,230	$23,340	1,330
89	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$31,140	$25,260	1,570
90	Longview, Washington	$31,130	$25,040	660
91	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$31,120	$25,050	2,060
92	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$31,120	$20,390	820
93	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$31,120	$23,950	570
94	Akron, Ohio	$31,060	$20,650	1,770
95	St Cloud, Minnesota	$30,990	$22,400	1,100
96	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$30,960	$25,290	9,930
97	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$30,890	$21,530	660
98	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$30,870	$24,890	720
99	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$30,870	$17,830	670
100	Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$30,840	$25,670	560

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for teacher assistants.