The annual salary statistics of graduate teaching assistants in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of graduate teaching assistants in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 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 | $21,640 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $25,120 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $35,560 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $42,490 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $61,380 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for graduate teaching assistants in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $61,380. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $35,560. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $21,640.
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 | $35,560 | -4.61% | 8.52% |
| 2017 | $37,200 | -1.34% | - |
| 2016 | $37,700 | -15.86% | - |
| 2015 | $43,680 | 19.18% | - |
| 2014 | $35,300 | 13.34% | - |
| 2013 | $30,590 | -6.34% | - |
| 2012 | $32,530 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $35,560 in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is in the middle of salary range for graduate teaching assistants in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of graduate teaching assistants in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 27.0 percent (27.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Rochester and 8.3 percent (8.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Albany-Schenectady-Troy.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Rochester | |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | |
| Nassau-Suffolk | |
| Syracuse | |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne | |
| Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy |