SOC 25-9044 · Area 19100 · May 2025
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Published pay and employment
| Measure | Annual pay | Hourly pay |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $20,940 | Not released |
| 25th percentile | $29,970 | Not released |
| Median | $46,920 | Not released |
| 75th percentile | $64,680 | Not released |
| 90th percentile | $64,680 | Not released |
| Average | $46,120 | Not released |
A plus sign marks a lower bound. “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate; “Not available” means no estimate was provided. Hourly figures come from BLS, without dividing annual pay by assumed work hours.
Estimated employment: 1,570. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.
What these figures tell you
The middle half of annual wages runs from $29,970 to $64,680 in 2025, a span of $34,710.
The area median is $8,750 (15.7%) below Texas's $55,670 median for this occupation in 2025.
Compare with 20 other published areas
- This area's median is $25,350 (117.5%) above the $21,570 median in Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $17,860 (61.5%) above the $29,060 median in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
- This area's median is $17,290 (58.4%) above the $29,630 median in Killeen-Temple, TX.
- This area's median is $16,270 (53.1%) above the $30,650 median in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX.
- This area's median is $15,820 (50.9%) above the $31,100 median in Laredo, TX.
- This area's median is $10,560 (29.0%) above the $36,360 median in Amarillo, TX.
- This area's median is $10,340 (28.3%) above the $36,580 median in Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $10,200 (27.8%) above the $36,720 median in Tyler, TX.
- This area's median is $9,890 (26.7%) above the $37,030 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
- This area's median is $9,720 (26.1%) above the $37,200 median in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $8,430 (21.9%) above the $38,490 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
- This area's median is $6,400 (15.8%) above the $40,520 median in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.
- This area's median is $4,650 (11.0%) above the $42,270 median in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $590 (1.3%) above the $46,330 median in El Paso, TX.
- This area's median is $110 (0.2%) below the $47,030 median in Corpus Christi, TX.
- This area's median is $520 (1.1%) below the $47,440 median in Texarkana, TX-AR.
- This area's median is $1,790 (3.7%) below the $48,710 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
- This area's median is $10,870 (18.8%) below the $57,790 median in College Station-Bryan, TX.
- This area's median is $12,120 (20.5%) below the $59,040 median in North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
- This area's median is $17,240 (26.9%) below the $64,160 median in Lubbock, TX.
An occupation's pay percentiles describe different jobs in the survey. They do not map directly to starting, mid-career or senior pay.
Which counties share this estimate?
The BLS area covers the counties listed below. Every county listed uses this same area estimate. These are not separate county wage measurements.
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