The annual salary statistics of teacher assistants in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of teacher assistants in Watertown-Fort Drum 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 | $22,070 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $22,870 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $24,210 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $31,010 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $41,370 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for teacher assistants in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $41,370. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $24,210. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,070.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of teacher assistants from 2012 to 2018.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 6-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $24,210 | 3.39% | 8.67% |
| 2017 | $23,390 | 5.47% | - |
| 2016 | $22,110 | 5.34% | - |
| 2015 | $20,930 | -5.64% | - |
| 2012 | $22,110 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $24,210 in Watertown-Fort Drum is in the middle of salary range for teacher assistants in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of teacher assistants in Watertown-Fort Drum is 19.5 percent (19.5%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 2.9 percent (2.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown.