Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary · SOC 25-9044
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary Salary in the College Station Metro Area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025College Station-Bryan, TX metro area
Figures describe the College Station-Bryan, TX metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not College Station city limits.
BLS publishes only annual wages for this occupation (workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year).
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary in the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area earned a median of $57,790 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $29,910 at the 10th percentile to $62,390 at the 90th. BLS estimates 4,370 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary in the College Station metro area earn more than $57,790 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $48,080 and $62,390.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $29,910 | $48,080 | $57,790 | $62,390 | $62,390 |
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
- College Station metro areathis metro area$57,790 median for College Station metro area; middle half earns $48,080 to $62,390
- Texasstate (TX)$55,670 median for Texas; middle half earns $36,270 to $62,390
- United Statesnational$42,910 median for United States; middle half earns $35,270 to $60,510
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +4% vs Texas overall and +35% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally
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 College Station metro area has the 14th-highest published median for this occupation among the 141 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 Texas
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for teaching assistants, postsecondary, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- College Station metro areathis page$57,790 median for College Station metro area; middle half earns $48,080 to $62,390
- $64,160 median for Lubbock metro area; middle half earns $64,160 to $64,160
- $48,710 median for Austin metro area; middle half earns $29,050 to $51,890
- $47,440 median for Texarkana metro area; middle half earns $28,230 to $56,900
- $47,030 median for Corpus Christi metro area; middle half earns $29,180 to $57,450
- $46,920 median for Dallas metro area; middle half earns $29,970 to $64,680
- $46,330 median for El Paso metro area; middle half earns $27,690 to $54,250
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, postsecondarys · Highest-paying occupations in College Station 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.