The annual salary statistics of graduate teaching assistants in Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan is shown in Table 1. The wage information of graduate teaching assistants in Grand Rapids-Wyoming is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $19,360 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $19,560 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $32,150 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $40,260 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $60,310 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for graduate teaching assistants in Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $60,310. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $32,150. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $19,360.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of graduate teaching assistants from 2012 to 2018.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 6-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $32,150 | 38.91% | 40.93% |
| 2017 | $19,640 | 3.31% | - |
| 2016 | $18,990 | 2.90% | - |
| 2015 | $18,440 | -2.98% | - |
| 2012 | $18,990 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $32,150 in Grand Rapids-Wyoming is in the middle of salary range for graduate teaching assistants in state of Michigan. In comparison, the annual salary of graduate teaching assistants in Grand Rapids-Wyoming is 28.7 percent (28.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area and 17.9 percent (17.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Detroit-Warren-Livonia.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area | |
| Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn | |
| Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills | |
| Ann Arbor | |
| Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area | |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming | |
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia |