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Highest-paying Cities for Postsecondary Teaching Assistants

The top 100 highest paying cities for postsecondary 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 postsecondary teaching assistants in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $80,730, Arecibo, Puerto Rico is the highest paying city for postsecondary teaching assistants. It is followed by Ponce, Puerto Rico (average annual salary $72,730). 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 postsecondary teaching assistants in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Arecibo, Puerto Rico	$80,730	$19,240	90
2	Ponce, Puerto Rico	$72,730	$35,170	230
3	Ithaca, New York	$65,970	$47,310	80
4	Springfield, Massachusetts	$64,500	$29,790	120
5	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$62,500	$43,400	120
6	New Haven, Connecticut	$61,160	$52,450	200
7	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$59,460	$46,090	2,960
8	Toledo, Ohio	$57,080	$18,740	60
9	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$52,440	$24,870	250
10	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$50,720	$28,460	880

11	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$50,680	$30,040	n/a
12	Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana	$50,380	$50,380	580
13	Worcester, Massachusetts	$50,320	$29,640	80
14	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$50,260	$30,700	300
15	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$50,220	$31,610	1,020
16	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$50,050	$23,610	40
17	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$50,010	$37,570	4,890
18	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$49,860	$41,790	30
19	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$49,670	$40,150	280
20	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$49,510	$31,090	2,620
21	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$49,260	$30,130	370
22	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$49,160	$22,860	80
23	Bangor, Maine	$49,120	$49,120	550
24	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$49,070	$29,950	510
25	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$49,010	$46,750	170
26	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$48,800	$29,130	180
27	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$48,780	$30,870	10,830
28	Auburn-Opelika, Alabama	$48,770	$31,500	130
29	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$48,440	$28,800	1,460
30	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$48,340	$29,200	240
31	Syracuse, New York	$48,270	$30,070	670
32	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$47,840	$30,150	130
33	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$47,780	$31,080	3,000
34	Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, Puerto Rico	$47,680	$26,760	110
35	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$47,640	$20,100	40
36	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$47,600	$21,410	410
37	Utica-Rome, New York	$47,590	$36,460	40
38	Janesville, Wisconsin	$47,410	$37,550	n/a
39	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$47,270	$23,750	70
40	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$47,050	$27,040	90
41	Binghamton, New York	$46,740	$46,740	270
42	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$46,700	$28,610	60
43	Provo-Orem, Utah	$46,700	$32,110	310
44	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$46,470	$30,900	170
45	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$46,400	$36,050	30
46	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$46,230	$28,040	240
47	Canton-Massillon, Ohio	$46,010	$31,160	50
48	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$46,000	$30,390	530
49	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$45,710	$24,640	60
50	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$44,900	$34,520	630
51	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$44,450	$23,930	290
52	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$43,940	$23,260	210
53	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$43,580	$35,870	2,730
54	College Station-Bryan, Texas	$43,220	$22,350	1,230
55	Odessa, Texas	$43,130	$28,140	60
56	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$42,550	$21,660	140
57	North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$42,380	$37,780	30
58	Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$41,040	$23,950	60
59	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$40,970	$33,820	490
60	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$40,000	$18,800	30
61	Madison, Wisconsin	$39,990	$39,990	2,160
62	Bellingham, Washington	$39,830	$31,340	80
63	Fargo, North Dakota	$39,700	$31,610	30
64	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$39,510	$24,910	11,840
65	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$39,010	$30,720	660
66	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$38,950	$29,590	50
67	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$38,940	$26,000	130
68	Manchester, New Hampshire	$38,910	$28,790	30
69	Richmond, Virginia	$38,750	$30,660	970
70	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$38,280	$31,090	1,600
71	Rochester, New York	$38,040	$30,620	370
72	Columbia, South Carolina	$37,900	$23,660	190
73	Sherman-Denison, Texas	$37,800	$24,080	n/a
74	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$37,740	$21,950	40
75	Laredo, Texas	$37,520	$18,110	100
76	North Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$37,430	$21,420	50
77	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$37,390	$29,940	550
78	Asheville, North Carolina	$37,310	$17,710	30
79	Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas	$37,290	$22,880	40
80	South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$37,280	$15,660	30
81	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$37,170	$29,120	560
82	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$37,160	$30,670	6,090
83	St Louis, Missouri	$37,070	$24,960	3,010
84	Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$36,960	$21,690	70
85	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$36,890	$27,300	600
86	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$36,850	$20,140	280
87	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$36,750	$19,900	80
88	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$36,710	$21,210	60
89	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$36,600	$21,550	80
90	San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	$36,570	$18,800	1,060
91	Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$36,470	$29,690	70
92	Tucson, Arizona	$36,470	$26,620	320
93	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$36,320	$23,150	2,670
94	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$36,130	$18,840	120
95	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$36,010	$22,150	350
96	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$35,900	$23,920	40
97	Knoxville, Tennessee	$35,360	$25,300	320
98	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$35,120	$20,430	2,220
99	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$34,680	$22,060	340
100	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$34,570	$22,400	300