Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary · SOC 25-9045
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary Salary in the East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
BLS publishes only annual wages for this occupation (workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year).
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in the East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $25,290 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $21,720 at the 10th percentile to $29,830 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,540 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in the East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area earn more than $25,290 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $23,010 and $28,930.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $21,720 | $23,010 | $25,290 | $28,930 | $29,830 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$25,290 median for East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $23,010 to $28,930
- Kentuckystate$30,160 median for Kentucky; middle half earns $27,810 to $37,100
- United Statesnational$36,780 median for United States; middle half earns $31,060 to $45,360
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −16% vs Kentucky overall and −31% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Kentucky
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for teaching assistants, except postsecondary, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- East Kentucky nonmetropolitan areathis page$25,290 median for East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $23,010 to $28,930
- $39,960 median for Lexington metro area; middle half earns $35,130 to $44,330
- $36,250 median for Louisville/Jefferson County metro area; middle half earns $30,010 to $46,370
- $35,890 median for Owensboro metro area; middle half earns $32,600 to $35,890
- $31,530 median for Bowling Green metro area; middle half earns $31,350 to $36,190
- $29,970 median for Paducah metro area; middle half earns $29,970 to $31,200
- $29,100 median for Elizabethtown metro area; middle half earns $29,100 to $29,100
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for teaching assistants, except postsecondarys · Highest-paying occupations in East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.