Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary
SOC 25-9045 · 2024-2034
Shrinking -0.4%
California projects this job will shrink over the next ten years. Fewer openings may mean a harder search.
What California expects of this job
- Typical pay in California
- $47,791per year
- Projected openings
- 208,890
- Projected change
- -0.4%
- Usually needs
- Some college, no degree
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $49,050 | 13,430 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $48,759 | 1,450 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $48,729 | 2,250 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $48,675 | 6,840 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $48,195 | 4,000 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $47,671 | 2,390 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $47,640 | 8,770 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $47,538 | 540 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $47,322 | 25,580 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $47,065 | 1,260 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $46,690 | 49,750 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $46,452 | 15,110 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $46,172 | 1,810 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $46,151 | 2,540 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $45,576 | 3,800 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $45,535 | 13,960 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $45,216 | 990 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $44,795 | 1,030 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $44,734 | 2,000 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $44,713 | 2,870 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $44,179 | 14,800 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $42,422 | 1,900 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $42,381 | 950 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $41,477 | 720 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $40,358 | 5,740 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $40,132 | 1,400 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $39,587 | 910 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $39,392 | 1,220 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $38,961 | 2,020 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $38,961 | 3,570 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $37,790 | 5,670 |
What the pay actually ranges across
- The lowest-paid tenth earn under
- $38,282
- A quarter earn under
- $40,698
- Half earn under
- $47,791
- Three quarters earn under
- $50,937
- The highest-paid tenth earn over
- $61,186
A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.
Related work
Occupations in the same family as this one, ordered by projected openings. Related by how the job classification groups them, not by a claim that the skills transfer.
| Occupation | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $61,988 | 141,370 | +2.2% |
| Self-Enrichment Teachers | $50,958 | 97,020 | +10.2% |
| Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | $102,439 | 96,800 | -1.7% |
| Tutors | $46,362 | 91,790 | +6.8% |
| Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education | $48,727 | 80,570 | +13.1% |
| Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | $104,208 | 57,820 | -1.5% |