Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary · SOC 25-9045
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary Salary in the Pennsylvania
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Pennsylvania
Figures describe the state of Pennsylvania as a whole.
BLS publishes only annual wages for this occupation (workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year).
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in the Pennsylvania earned a median of $34,740 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $23,380 at the 10th percentile to $45,980 at the 90th. BLS estimates 48,310 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in the Pennsylvania earn more than $34,740 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $29,090 and $37,500.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $23,380 | $29,090 | $34,740 | $37,500 | $45,980 |
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
- Pennsylvania$34,740 median for Pennsylvania; middle half earns $29,090 to $37,500
- 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 −6% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in Pennsylvania
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.
- Pennsylvaniathis page$34,740 median for Pennsylvania; middle half earns $29,090 to $37,500
- $36,080 median for Philadelphia metro area; middle half earns $32,220 to $40,010
- $35,540 median for York metro area; middle half earns $29,400 to $37,390
- $35,120 median for Allentown metro area; middle half earns $30,380 to $38,240
- $35,040 median for Chambersburg metro area; middle half earns $28,910 to $37,770
- $35,020 median for Lebanon metro area; middle half earns $29,450 to $38,510
- $34,900 median for Lancaster metro area; middle half earns $28,980 to $36,780
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 Pennsylvania
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.