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Teaching Assistants/Aides

Education

Teaching Assistants/Aides graduates with a associate's typically earned about $37,783, measured a few years after finishing (median across US programs, College Scorecard).
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Median earnings by degree level

Earnings range across schools, by degree levelEach row is a degree level: the bar is the middle half of schools' program medians (25th to 75th percentile) and the dot is the overall median. Certificate median $21,976, $18,016 to $29,731; Associate's median $37,783, $35,869 to $40,289.$18k$29k$40kCertificate$21,976Associate's$37,783
Earnings range across schools, by degree levelEach row is a degree level: the bar is the middle half of schools' program medians (25th to 75th percentile) and the dot is the overall median. Certificate median $21,976, $18,016 to $29,731; Associate's median $37,783, $35,869 to $40,289.$18k$29k$40kCertificate$21,976Associate's$37,783
DegreeMedian earningsTypical rangeSchoolsClear the bar
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$21,976$18,016 to $29,7311040%
Associate's Degree$37,783$35,869 to $40,2891164%

"Clear the bar" is the share of programs whose graduates out-earn a typical high-school graduate (the federal earnings-premium test). Typical range is the 25th to 75th percentile of program medians.

Job outlook

Projected employment growth +2% (2025 to 2035), about 42,200 openings a year across the occupations this field commonly leads to.

OccupationMedian payGrowthOpenings/yr
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary$42,910+2.7%25,700
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other$50,890+1.8%12,700
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors$61,540-13.9%3,800

Occupation pay and outlook: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS wages, Employment Projections). A field maps to several occupations, and the same occupations serve many majors, so these are the jobs this major commonly leads to, not positions reserved for its graduates; the openings should not be added up across majors.

Where this is studied

The 8 colleges where the most students complete a teaching assistants/aides program, of 138 that report one. Ordered by number of completions only: this is where people study it, not a judgement about where to.

Earnings source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (release 2026-06-10), median earnings of graduates measured up to four years after completing. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise. Method: methodology. Report an error.