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Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary · SOC 25-9045

Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary Salary in the Scranton Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metro area

Figures describe the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Scranton city limits.

Median annual wage$29,930

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

Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metro area earned a median of $29,930 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $21,880 at the 10th percentile to $43,990 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,960 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in the Scranton metro area earn more than $29,930 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $27,810 and $36,940.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$21,880$27,810$29,930$36,940$43,990

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

  • Scranton metro areathis metro area
    $29,930
  • Pennsylvaniastate (PA)
    $34,740
  • United Statesnational
    $36,780

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

The median here is −14% vs Pennsylvania overall and −19% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

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Where this metro sits nationally

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

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 Scranton metro area has the 280th-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 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.

  • Scranton metro areathis page
    $29,930
  • Philadelphia metro area
    $36,080
  • York metro area
    $35,540
  • Allentown metro area
    $35,120
  • Chambersburg metro area
    $35,040
  • Lebanon metro area
    $35,020
  • Lancaster metro area
    $34,900

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$75,050Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$76,590Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$80,030Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$34,490Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$37,260Self-Enrichment Teachers$38,030

Highest-paying metro areas for teaching assistants, except postsecondarys · Highest-paying occupations in Scranton 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.

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.