Teacher assistants

Detailed Occupation

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2017 Workforce
1.03M
Average Age
43
Average Salary
$20,358
Average Male Salary
$25,925
Average Female Salary
$19,651

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Teacher assistants are most often employed by the Elementary & secondary schools industry. The average yearly wage for Teacher assistants was $20,358 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Teacher assistants by wage are Personal care & service workers, all other , Models, demonstrators, & product promoters, and Parking lot attendants.

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Information on the businesses and industries that employ Teacher assistants and on wages and locations for those in the field. Elementary & secondary schools is the industry that employs the most Teacher assistants, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Teacher assistants, by average wage, is Libraries & archives. Teacher assistants are paid most in Between Loop I-610 & Beltway TX-8 PUMA, TX (79500US4804615) but are relatively concentrated in Borough Park, Kensington & Ocean Parkway PUMA, NY.

Yearly Wage

$20,358
AVERAGE SALARY
± $453

In 2017, Teacher assistants earned an average of $20,358, $35,596 less than than the average national salary of $55,954.

Personal care & service workers, all other make somewhat more than Teacher assistants while Parking lot attendants make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Teacher assistants as measured by average annual salary in the US.

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Wage Distribution

0.355
WAGE GINI

In 2015, Teacher assistants had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.355, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Teacher assistants (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Wage by Location

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Teacher assistants.

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Spatial Concentration

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Teacher assistants.

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Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Teacher assistants, by average wage, are Libraries & archives, Pulp, paper, & paperboard mills , and Motion pictures & video industries.

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Industries by Share

1.03M
2017 Workforce
± 24,828
2.84%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 3.34%

The number of people employed as Teacher assistants has been growing at a rate of 2.84%, from 1,001,645 people in 2016 to 1,030,058 people in 2017.

This graphic shows the share of Teacher assistants employed by various industries. Elementary & secondary schools employs the largest share of Teacher assistants at  86%, followed by Child day care services with 9.6% and Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges with 1.38%.

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Demographic information on Teacher assistants in the US. The average age of male Teacher assistants in the workforce is 37.4 and of female Teacher assistants is 43.7, and the most common race/ethnicity for Teacher assistants is White (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

116k
MALE WORKFORCE
± 8,362
914k
FEMALE WORKFORCE
± 23,396

88.7% of Teacher assistants are Female, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Teacher assistants.

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Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Teacher assistants
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
  2. Black (Non-Hispanic)
  3. White (Hispanic)

62.6% of Teacher assistants are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 13.7% of Teacher assistants, Black (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Teacher assistants.

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Age by Sex

37.4
AVERAGE MALE AGE
± 1.09
43.7
AVERAGE FEMALE AGE
± 0.365

The median age of Teacher assistants is 43, and Male employees are generally 6.29 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

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Data on higher education choices for Teacher assistants from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Teacher assistants is Education but a relatively high number of Teacher assistants hold a major in Human Sciences.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.
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