Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary · SOC 25-9045

Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary Salary in the Louisiana

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Louisiana

Figures describe the state of Louisiana as a whole.

Median annual wage$27,400

BLS publishes only annual wages for this occupation (workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year).

Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in the Louisiana earned a median of $27,400 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $20,680 at the 10th percentile to $38,620 at the 90th. BLS estimates 14,530 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in the Louisiana earn more than $27,400 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $22,070 and $33,410.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$20,680$22,070$27,400$33,410$38,620

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.

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How this area compares

  • Louisiana
    $27,400 median for Louisiana; middle half earns $22,070 to $33,410
  • $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 −26% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Metro areas in Louisiana

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.

  • Louisianathis page
    $27,400 median for Louisiana; middle half earns $22,070 to $33,410
  • $31,610 median for Lake Charles metro area; middle half earns $26,430 to $40,030
  • $30,500 median for Shreveport metro area; middle half earns $24,180 to $37,960
  • $28,560 median for New Orleans metro area; middle half earns $26,340 to $36,390
  • $28,330 median for Slidell metro area; middle half earns $28,330 to $28,400
  • $28,210 median for Monroe metro area; middle half earns $21,620 to $33,410
  • $26,880 median for Baton Rouge metro area; middle half earns $22,410 to $34,970

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

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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 Louisiana

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.