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Highest-paying Cities for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary

The top 100 highest paying cities for teaching assistants, except postsecondary (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 teaching assistants, except postsecondary in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $48,440, Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington is the highest paying city for teaching assistants, except postsecondary. It is followed by Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington (average annual salary $47,470). 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 teaching assistants, except postsecondary in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$48,440	$30,810	1,230
2	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$47,470	$36,510	17,630
3	Decatur, Illinois	$47,320	$27,010	480
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$46,920	$36,110	14,870
5	Olympia, Washington	$46,040	$35,050	1,540
6	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$45,390	$33,900	790
7	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$44,390	$35,890	6,310
8	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$41,190	$35,270	1,800
9	Bellingham, Washington	$40,340	$31,650	1,100
10	Walla Walla, Washington	$39,810	$33,030	370

11	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$39,760	$31,040	2,180
12	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$39,690	$35,470	1,590
13	Salinas, California	$39,620	$35,990	1,600
14	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$39,590	$33,750	44,310
15	Modesto, California	$39,360	$31,550	2,780
16	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$39,080	$36,690	2,020
17	Napa, California	$38,970	$34,840	420
18	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$38,960	$30,160	11,530
19	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$38,870	$31,500	730
20	Waterbury, Connecticut	$38,630	$28,180	1,020
21	Yakima, Washington	$38,590	$30,820	1,990
22	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$38,590	$30,070	580
23	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$38,540	$35,010	1,420
24	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$38,500	$31,150	16,520
25	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$38,490	$30,760	720
26	Salem, Oregon	$38,440	$29,830	2,230
27	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$38,280	$29,180	7,080
28	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$38,250	$28,790	4,670
29	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$38,140	$30,200	2,020
30	Longview, Washington	$38,130	$34,130	650
31	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$38,120	$30,410	24,450
32	Stockton, California	$38,100	$31,200	3,040
33	Chico, California	$38,100	$31,060	1,110
34	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$38,080	$34,130	980
35	Bismarck, North Dakota	$38,010	$30,580	840
36	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$37,690	$30,290	960
37	Bend, Oregon	$37,690	$29,600	790
38	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$37,660	$30,790	1,060
39	Yuba City, California	$37,570	$32,620	940
40	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$37,550	$28,560	20,570
41	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$37,530	$31,470	10,370
42	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$37,520	$31,190	1,980
43	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$37,510	$24,020	780
44	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$37,460	$28,200	23,670
45	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$37,450	$29,330	1,590
46	New Haven, Connecticut	$37,450	$27,830	3,590
47	Danbury, Connecticut	$37,440	$28,580	880
48	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$37,410	$31,570	8,100
49	Worcester, Massachusetts	$37,380	$30,170	3,690
50	Springfield, Massachusetts	$37,370	$29,940	3,940
51	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$37,340	$30,710	1,640
52	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$37,310	$30,440	730
53	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$37,300	$31,310	1,400
54	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$37,270	$29,640	580
55	Grants Pass, Oregon	$37,260	$29,650	400
56	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$37,210	$31,580	720
57	Bangor, Maine	$37,180	$29,600	600
58	El Centro, California	$37,170	$30,720	910
59	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine	$37,160	$30,400	640
60	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$37,150	$31,400	2,770
61	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$37,120	$31,020	680
62	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$37,080	$31,880	1,010
63	Duluth, Wisconsin	$36,960	$27,740	1,580
64	Rochester, Minnesota	$36,930	$29,000	1,450
65	Spokane, Washington	$36,870	$30,140	2,780
66	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$36,830	$28,590	980
67	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$36,820	$28,200	3,020
68	Fresno, California	$36,770	$30,980	4,010
69	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$36,690	$28,920	1,910
70	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$36,680	$30,870	480
71	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$36,540	$28,490	1,490
72	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$36,520	$24,020	6,280
73	St Cloud, Minnesota	$36,510	$28,800	1,300
74	Redding, California	$36,510	$30,930	800
75	Corvallis, Oregon	$36,510	$29,610	500
76	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$36,460	$28,930	2,180
77	Visalia-Porterville, California	$36,460	$30,610	2,460
78	Medford, Oregon	$36,340	$28,760	1,060
79	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$36,330	$28,970	1,390
80	Fargo, North Dakota	$36,280	$28,330	1,400
81	Albany, Oregon	$36,250	$29,110	670
82	Merced, California	$36,240	$31,100	1,420
83	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$36,190	$29,780	1,700
84	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$36,190	$27,570	670
85	Pueblo, Colorado	$36,160	$26,120	400
86	Boulder, Colorado	$36,160	$28,520	1,370
87	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$36,150	$28,330	2,310
88	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$36,120	$25,480	4,620
89	Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$36,080	$25,830	840
90	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$36,020	$27,810	8,270
91	Madison, Wisconsin	$35,940	$22,820	2,900
92	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$35,910	$28,980	1,780
93	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$35,820	$28,410	1,080
94	Dover, Delaware	$35,790	$27,090	760
95	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$35,770	$28,430	2,390
96	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$35,770	$28,900	10,360
97	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$35,760	$30,500	4,850
98	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$35,740	$28,550	117,810
99	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$35,620	$23,020	8,890
100	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$35,600	$24,090	790