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Postsecondary Teaching Assistants

SOC 25-9044

Teach sections and grade for university courses while you study.

The job
Median pay
$43k
$35k to $61k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+2.7% projected
Openings a year
26k
BLS projection
Typical education
Bachelor's
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
6/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
48th pct
More exposed than 48% of occupations · modeled estimate · 72nd pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
48/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
California19,1201.01.0×$49k
Michigan18,4404.24.0×$40k
New York17,3901.81.7×$44k
Texas13,5401.00.9×$56k
Illinois12,3402.01.9×$36k
Florida9,1300.90.9×$38k
Arizona7,2002.22.1×$50k
Maryland5,0301.81.7×$58k
Connecticut4,7002.82.6×$47k~
Wisconsin4,2101.41.4×$48k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
New Jersey3,3900.80.8×$54k
Massachusetts3,0400.80.8×$56k
Missouri3,0381.01.0×$35k~
North Carolina2,9000.60.6×$50k
South Carolina2,7301.21.1×$47k
Arkansas2,6002.01.9×$23k
Pennsylvania2,4800.40.4×$38k
Georgia2,4700.50.5×$49k
Ohio2,2100.40.4×$49k
Alabama2,0491.00.9×$23k~
Utah2,0201.21.1×$52k
Indiana1,9400.60.6×$35k
Oklahoma1,6801.00.9×$50k
Virginia1,6600.40.4×$50k
Washington1,4800.40.4×$50k
Kentucky9900.50.5×$50k
Oregon8800.40.4×$50k
Hawaii7381.21.1×$42k~
Nebraska7300.70.7×$40k
Kansas6400.40.4×$42k
Minnesota6000.20.2×$53k
Iowa5600.40.3×$39k
Nevada5400.30.3×$25k
Colorado5300.20.2×$37k
Delaware5131.11.0×$44k~
New Hampshire4800.70.7×$27k
South Dakota4601.00.9×$40k
Louisiana4400.20.2×$38k
Mississippi3900.30.3×$35k~
Montana3800.70.7×$30k
New Mexico3700.40.4×$48k
Wyoming3651.31.2×$37k~
Tennessee3000.10.1×$37k
Idaho2200.30.2×$37k
Washington DC1300.20.2×$43k
Maine900.10.1×$47k
North Dakota900.20.2×$50k
Alaska700.20.2×$36k
Vermont600.20.2×$49k
Rhode Island500.10.1×$49k
West Virginia400.10.1×$36k

Top metro areas

  1. Ann Arbor, MI12,860 jobs · $39k median
  2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ12,430 jobs · $45k median
  3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN8,860 jobs · $36k median
  4. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA5,990 jobs · $40k median
  5. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA4,800 jobs · $62k median
  6. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ4,450 jobs · $50k median
  7. College Station-Bryan, TX4,370 jobs · $58k median
  8. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV4,290 jobs · $58k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.