Pay distribution $31,200 10th $33,660 25th $48,230 75th $48,550 90th
Half of Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in the Pittsfield metro area earn more than $40,110 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $33,660 and $48,230.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $31,200 $33,660 $40,110 $48,230 $48,550
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 Pittsfield metro areathis metro area
$40,110 median for Pittsfield metro area; middle half earns $33,660 to $48,230
$39,380 median for Massachusetts; middle half earns $32,870 to $48,870
$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 +2% vs Massachusetts overall and +9% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $20,730 $33,137 $45,543 $57,950 Alexandria, LA — $20,730 Hammond, LA — $20,930 Tuscaloosa, AL — $21,690 San Angelo, TX — $21,820 Gadsden, AL — $21,940 Lafayette, LA — $22,000 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $22,230 Lawrence, KS — $22,360 Arecibo, PR — $22,450 Ponce, PR — $22,530 Jackson, MS — $22,640 Florence, SC — $22,830 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $22,980 Mayaguez, PR — $23,140 Decatur, AL — $23,210 Corpus Christi, TX — $23,270 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $23,300 Dothan, AL — $23,300 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $23,330 Mobile, AL — $23,400 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $23,400 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $23,420 Aguadilla, PR — $23,450 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $23,630 Cleveland, TN — $23,940 Montgomery, AL — $24,030 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $24,470 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $24,950 Hattiesburg, MS — $25,590 Huntsville, AL — $26,110 Sumter, SC — $26,180 Morristown, TN — $26,200 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $26,310 Columbus, GA-AL — $26,340 Enid, OK — $26,410 Clarksville, TN-KY — $26,520 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $26,620 Amarillo, TX — $26,670 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $26,760 Albany, GA — $26,820 Baton Rouge, LA — $26,880 Knoxville, TN — $26,960 Guayama, PR — $27,090 Lubbock, TX — $27,290 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $27,310 Valdosta, GA — $27,440 Birmingham, AL — $27,480 Spartanburg, SC — $27,500 Rocky Mount, NC — $27,590 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $27,630 Warner Robins, GA — $27,640 Rapid City, SD — $27,740 Columbia, SC — $27,860 Tyler, TX — $27,930 Dalton, GA — $27,970 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $28,040 Texarkana, TX-AR — $28,040 Grand Island, NE — $28,080 Victoria, TX — $28,100 Monroe, LA — $28,210 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $28,230 Jonesboro, AR — $28,300 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $28,330 Gainesville, GA — $28,360 Johnson City, TN — $28,370 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $28,500 College Station-Bryan, TX — $28,510 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $28,560 Fayetteville, NC — $28,690 Abilene, TX — $28,700 Lawton, OK — $28,700 Longview, TX — $28,740 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $28,850 Laredo, TX — $28,920 Beckley, WV — $28,980 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $28,980 Wichita Falls, TX — $29,000 Hot Springs, AR — $29,010 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $29,050 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $29,070 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $29,090 Elizabethtown, KY — $29,100 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $29,100 Jacksonville, NC — $29,110 Sebring, FL — $29,110 Rome, GA — $29,120 Eagle Pass, TX — $29,170 Jackson, TN — $29,190 Hinesville, GA — $29,230 Killeen-Temple, TX — $29,250 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $29,260 Sherman-Denison, TX — $29,260 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $29,300 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $29,330 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $29,370 Evansville, IN — $29,400 Morgantown, WV — $29,430 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $29,430 Savannah, GA — $29,490 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $29,500 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $29,500 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $29,520 Altoona, PA — $29,550 Asheville, NC — $29,600 Greenville, NC — $29,700 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $29,730 El Paso, TX — $29,740 Charleston, WV — $29,760 Burlington, NC — $29,780 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $29,840 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $29,900 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $29,930 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $29,940 Paducah, KY-IL — $29,970 Goldsboro, NC — $29,980 Midland, TX — $30,000 Winston-Salem, NC — $30,100 Terre Haute, IN — $30,150 Tulsa, OK — $30,320 Iowa City, IA — $30,340 Waco, TX — $30,400 Dubuque, IA — $30,410 Ames, IA — $30,420 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $30,440 Kokomo, IN — $30,440 Oklahoma City, OK — $30,460 Johnstown, PA — $30,480 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $30,480 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $30,500 Wheeling, WV-OH — $30,630 Anchorage, AK — $30,690 Boulder, CO — $30,800 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $30,800 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $30,810 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $30,840 Wichita, KS — $30,870 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $30,880 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $30,970 Casper, WY — $31,000 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $31,020 Manhattan, KS — $31,020 Cheyenne, WY — $31,070 Fairbanks-College, AK — $31,090 Columbus, IN — $31,110 Pocatello, ID — $31,130 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $31,170 Springfield, MA — $31,200 Tallahassee, FL — $31,200 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $31,470 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $31,480 Bay City, MI — $31,510 Bowling Green, KY — $31,530 Midland, MI — $31,540 Lynchburg, VA — $31,570 Bloomington, IN — $31,600 Lake Charles, LA — $31,610 Bloomington, IL — $31,710 Rockford, IL — $32,020 Billings, MT — $32,140 Muncie, IN — $32,200 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $32,220 Albuquerque, NM — $32,380 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $32,400 State College, PA — $32,470 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $32,520 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $32,610 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $32,620 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $32,680 Williamsport, PA — $32,780 Cedar Rapids, IA — $32,890 Wilmington, NC — $33,030 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $33,190 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $33,500 Flint, MI — $33,570 Yuma, AZ — $33,590 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $33,610 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $33,700 Pittsburgh, PA — $33,700 Springfield, IL — $33,740 Erie, PA — $33,770 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $33,770 Port St. Lucie, FL — $33,850 Saginaw, MI — $34,020 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $34,040 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $34,070 Lima, OH — $34,130 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $34,190 Reno, NV — $34,210 Topeka, KS — $34,280 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $34,320 Reading, PA — $34,450 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $34,530 Fort Wayne, IN — $34,530 Punta Gorda, FL — $34,540 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $34,550 Ocala, FL — $34,550 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $34,620 Monroe, MI — $34,630 Twin Falls, ID — $34,650 Gettysburg, PA — $34,720 Odessa, TX — $34,800 Great Falls, MT — $34,830 Colorado Springs, CO — $34,840 Lancaster, PA — $34,900 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $34,960 Tucson, AZ — $34,980 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $34,990 Lebanon, PA — $35,020 Chambersburg, PA — $35,040 Joplin, MO-KS — $35,050 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $35,120 Binghamton, NY — $35,190 Helena, MT — $35,210 Columbia, MO — $35,270 Santa Fe, NM — $35,290 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $35,300 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $35,410 Kankakee, IL — $35,430 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $35,450 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $35,450 Jacksonville, FL — $35,470 Mansfield, OH — $35,470 Niles, MI — $35,490 Battle Creek, MI — $35,500 Jefferson City, MO — $35,500 York-Hanover, PA — $35,540 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $35,670 Idaho Falls, ID — $35,670 Missoula, MT — $35,710 Canton-Massillon, OH — $35,790 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $35,810 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $35,810 Charlottesville, VA — $35,890 Owensboro, KY — $35,890 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $35,890 Columbus, OH — $35,900 Vineland, NJ — $35,900 Gainesville, FL — $35,910 Omaha, NE-IA — $35,910 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $35,920 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $35,930 Springfield, MO — $35,950 Akron, OH — $35,960 Peoria, IL — $35,970 Logan, UT-ID — $35,980 Boise City, ID — $35,990 St. George, UT — $36,020 Utica-Rome, NY — $36,020 Ann Arbor, MI — $36,030 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $36,060 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $36,080 Urban Honolulu, HI — $36,100 Toledo, OH — $36,120 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $36,200 Rochester, NY — $36,240 Elmira, NY — $36,250 Glens Falls, NY — $36,250 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $36,250 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $36,290 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $36,310 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $36,340 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $36,360 St. Louis, MO-IL — $36,410 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $36,450 Sandusky, OH — $36,450 Springfield, OH — $36,480 Kansas City, MO-KS — $36,520 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $36,580 Jackson, MI — $36,620 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $36,700 Barnstable Town, MA — $36,710 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $36,710 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $36,710 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $36,740 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $36,770 Fond du Lac, WI — $36,830 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $36,860 Traverse City, MI — $36,860 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $36,910 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $36,910 Kenosha, WI — $36,940 Wausau, WI — $36,970 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $36,980 Richmond, VA — $37,050 Lexington Park, MD — $37,060 Dover, DE — $37,170 Kingston, NY — $37,180 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $37,220 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $37,220 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $37,280 Syracuse, NY — $37,330 Roanoke, VA — $37,360 Cleveland, OH — $37,380 Ithaca, NY — $37,420 Winchester, VA-WV — $37,590 Harrisonburg, VA — $37,600 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $37,640 Bozeman, MT — $37,670 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $37,670 Lincoln, NE — $37,690 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $37,760 Appleton, WI — $37,800 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $37,840 Mankato, MN — $37,850 Sheboygan, WI — $37,850 Albany, OR — $37,930 Green Bay, WI — $37,980 New Haven, CT — $38,020 Minot, ND — $38,040 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $38,050 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $38,060 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $38,060 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $38,110 Grants Pass, OR — $38,140 Ogden, UT — $38,170 Lewiston, ID-WA — $38,230 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $38,240 Eau Claire, WI — $38,370 Corvallis, OR — $38,470 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $38,710 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $38,720 St. Cloud, MN — $38,730 Medford, OR — $38,750 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $38,890 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $38,930 Salem, OR — $38,950 Salisbury, MD — $38,980 Grand Junction, CO — $39,070 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $39,210 Worcester, MA — $39,240 Fargo, ND-MN — $39,270 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $39,430 Duluth, MN-WI — $39,510 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $39,630 Madison, WI — $39,640 Flagstaff, AZ — $39,870 Farmington, NM — $39,960 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $39,960 Pittsfield, MA — $40,110 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $40,160 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $40,180 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $40,280 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $40,930 Las Cruces, NM — $40,930 Rochester, MN — $41,250 Greeley, CO — $42,460 Bend, OR — $43,550 El Centro, CA — $43,970 Bismarck, ND — $44,110 Redding, CA — $44,430 Merced, CA — $44,680 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $44,730 Bangor, ME — $45,120 Walla Walla, WA — $45,140 Visalia, CA — $45,230 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $45,280 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $45,310 Fresno, CA — $45,340 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $45,370 Longview-Kelso, WA — $45,400 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $45,510 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $45,550 Chico, CA — $45,660 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $45,780 Yuba City, CA — $45,880 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $45,990 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $46,200 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $46,240 Pueblo, CO — $46,280 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $46,330 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $46,410 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $46,440 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $46,540 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $47,120 Yakima, WA — $47,380 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $47,430 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $47,860 Modesto, CA — $47,990 Salinas, CA — $48,030 Vallejo, CA — $48,200 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $48,270 Napa, CA — $48,450 Decatur, IL — $48,480 Portland-South Portland, ME — $48,770 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $49,010 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $49,360 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $50,530 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $51,350 Bellingham, WA — $51,670 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $53,950 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $57,950 Pittsfield metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Pittsfield metro area has the 53rd-highest published median for this occupation among the 391 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Massachusetts 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.
Pittsfield metro areathis page
$40,110 median for Pittsfield metro area; middle half earns $33,660 to $48,230
$40,930 median for Boston metro area; middle half earns $34,470 to $49,750
$39,630 median for Amherst Town metro area; middle half earns $35,410 to $49,150
$39,240 median for Worcester metro area; middle half earns $35,930 to $47,940
$36,710 median for Barnstable Town metro area; middle half earns $31,200 to $48,840
$31,200 median for Springfield metro area; middle half earns $31,200 to $38,170
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:
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education $78,980 Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education $78,910 Self-Enrichment Teachers $51,080 Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education $44,540 Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education $77,780 Substitute Teachers, Short-Term $43,900 Highest-paying metro areas for teaching assistants, except postsecondarys · Highest-paying occupations in Pittsfield Metro
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 .