SOC 25-9044 · Area 4800002 · May 2025

Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary

North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area

Published pay and employment

BLS May 2025, North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area. Published annual and hourly estimates.
Measure	Annual pay	Hourly pay
10th percentile	$20,800	Not released
25th percentile	$29,580	Not released
Median	$59,040	Not released
75th percentile	$59,040	Not released
90th percentile	$59,040	Not released
Average	$46,670	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: 250. 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 $29,580 to $59,040 in 2025, a span of $29,460.

The area median is $3,370 (6.1%) above Texas's $55,670 median for this occupation in 2025.

Compare with 20 other published areas

This area's median is $37,470 (173.7%) above the $21,570 median in Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $29,980 (103.2%) above the $29,060 median in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
This area's median is $29,410 (99.3%) above the $29,630 median in Killeen-Temple, TX.
This area's median is $28,390 (92.6%) above the $30,650 median in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX.
This area's median is $27,940 (89.8%) above the $31,100 median in Laredo, TX.
This area's median is $22,680 (62.4%) above the $36,360 median in Amarillo, TX.
This area's median is $22,460 (61.4%) above the $36,580 median in Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $22,320 (60.8%) above the $36,720 median in Tyler, TX.
This area's median is $22,010 (59.4%) above the $37,030 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
This area's median is $21,840 (58.7%) above the $37,200 median in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $20,550 (53.4%) above the $38,490 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
This area's median is $18,520 (45.7%) above the $40,520 median in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.
This area's median is $16,770 (39.7%) above the $42,270 median in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $12,710 (27.4%) above the $46,330 median in El Paso, TX.
This area's median is $12,120 (25.8%) above the $46,920 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
This area's median is $12,010 (25.5%) above the $47,030 median in Corpus Christi, TX.
This area's median is $11,600 (24.5%) above the $47,440 median in Texarkana, TX-AR.
This area's median is $10,330 (21.2%) above the $48,710 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
This area's median is $1,250 (2.2%) above the $57,790 median in College Station-Bryan, TX.
This area's median is $5,120 (8.0%) 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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