Assistant Teacher Salary & Pay Data
BLS OEWS May 2025 · Broader BLS occupation: SOC 25-9045 Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary
BLS publishes no separate wage for assistant teachers at childcare centers; this is all teaching assistants (SOC 25-9045), preschool through high school.
BLS reports this occupation as annual pay only.
BLS publishes this occupation as annual pay only, because most of these workers are paid on a school-year basis, so no hourly figure is shown. OEWS covers wage-and-salary workers only, so it leaves out the self-employed, workers in private households, overtime pay and most bonuses.
What the BLS figure covers
These are BLS figures for every worker in SOC 25-9045 Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary.
BLS publishes no separate series or percentiles for assistant teachers, so this page does not show a percentile table for the role.