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Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary · SOC 25-9044

Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary Salary in the San Jose Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Jose city limits.

Median annual wage$45,110

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

Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area earned a median of $45,110 per year as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $37,740 at the 10th percentile to $72,850 at the 90th. BLS estimates 930 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary in the San Jose metro area earn more than $45,110 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $38,420 and $49,060.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$37,740$38,420$45,110$49,060$72,850

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

  • San Jose metro areathis metro area
    $45,110
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $49,140
  • United Statesnational
    $42,910

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

The median here is −8% vs California overall and +5% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$19,550$39,203$58,857$78,510Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $19,550Montgomery, AL — $20,500Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $21,060Auburn-Opelika, AL — $22,600Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $22,910Jonesboro, AR — $23,080Manchester-Nashua, NH — $23,100Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $24,960Huntsville, AL — $25,930Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $26,680Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $26,930Chattanooga, TN-GA — $27,230Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $28,020Evansville, IN — $28,140McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $29,060Mobile, AL — $29,120Killeen-Temple, TX — $29,630Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $30,650Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $30,670Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $30,840Laredo, TX — $31,100Springfield, IL — $31,260Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $31,340Flint, MI — $31,540Tulsa, OK — $33,060Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $33,680Wichita, KS — $33,940Tallahassee, FL — $35,380Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $35,760Bloomington, IL — $36,040Terre Haute, IN — $36,050Amarillo, TX — $36,360Greenville, NC — $36,660Tyler, TX — $36,720San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $37,030Pittsburgh, PA — $37,300Fresno, CA — $37,440Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $37,450South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $37,540Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $37,570Columbia, SC — $37,710Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $37,780Jacksonville, FL — $37,890Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $37,930Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $38,260Birmingham, AL — $38,310North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $38,350Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $38,440Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $38,490Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $38,500Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $38,510Kansas City, MO-KS — $38,620Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $38,640Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $38,830Ann Arbor, MI — $38,990Raleigh-Cary, NC — $39,140Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $39,640Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $39,910Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $39,940Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $40,020Baton Rouge, LA — $40,020Napa, CA — $40,080Colorado Springs, CO — $40,390Arecibo, PR — $40,520Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $40,520New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $40,730Omaha, NE-IA — $43,190Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $43,430Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $43,490Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $43,590San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $44,330La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $45,030New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $45,100San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $45,110San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $45,120Eau Claire, WI — $45,400Ponce, PR — $45,670Tucson, AZ — $45,810Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $45,860Akron, OH — $46,150El Paso, TX — $46,330Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $46,430Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $46,640Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $46,760Fort Wayne, IN — $46,910Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $46,920Binghamton, NY — $46,950Corpus Christi, TX — $47,030Columbia, MO — $47,220Walla Walla, WA — $47,390Wilmington, NC — $47,430Texarkana, TX-AR — $47,440San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $47,860Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $47,940Madison, WI — $47,990Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $48,280Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $48,380Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $48,530Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $48,650Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $48,710Columbus, OH — $48,710Athens-Clarke County, GA — $48,800Mayaguez, PR — $49,020Savannah, GA — $49,160Cedar Rapids, IA — $49,340Cleveland, OH — $49,360Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $49,420Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $49,550Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $49,760Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $49,810Oklahoma City, OK — $49,920Grand Forks, ND-MN — $49,960Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $50,050Greensboro-High Point, NC — $50,050Champaign-Urbana, IL — $50,110Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $50,310Richmond, VA — $50,360Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $50,450Boise City, ID — $50,540Lexington-Fayette, KY — $50,640Albuquerque, NM — $50,820Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $50,820Springfield, MO — $50,920Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $51,230Appleton, WI — $51,500Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $52,660Toledo, OH — $54,390College Station-Bryan, TX — $57,790Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $57,930Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $58,330Bellingham, WA — $59,240Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $60,210Duluth, MN-WI — $60,470Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $61,540Flagstaff, AZ — $61,730Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $61,780Merced, CA — $63,220Lubbock, TX — $64,160Syracuse, NY — $65,670Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $68,230Canton-Massillon, OH — $78,510

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 San Jose metro area has the 68th-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 California

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for teaching assistants, postsecondary, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • San Jose metro areathis page
    $45,110
  • Merced metro area
    $63,220
  • Sacramento metro area
    $61,780
  • Santa Maria metro area
    $50,310
  • Bakersfield metro area
    $48,280
  • San Diego metro area
    $45,120
  • San Francisco metro area
    $44,330

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:

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$102,860Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$49,010Self-Enrichment Teachers$58,330Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$108,230Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$72,330Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$51,190

Highest-paying metro areas for teaching assistants, postsecondarys · Highest-paying occupations in San Jose 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.