Industries with Fastest Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary Salary Growth

These industries raised Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary salaries the most from 2019 to 2024. Useful for deciding which industry to work in or switch to for better pay growth.

40
Industries with Growth
+63.5%
Highest Growth
+29.7%
Average Growth
3
Industries with Decline

Top 15 Industries for Salary Growth

Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary salary increase from 2019 to 2024

All 40 Industries with Salary Growth

Rank Industry 2019 Salary 2024 Salary $ Increase % Growth
1 Hospitals $30,100 $49,210 +$19,110 +63.5%
2 Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) $22,680 $34,300 +$11,620 +51.2%
3 Technical and Trade Schools $28,620 $42,520 +$13,900 +48.6%
4 Management of Companies and Enterprises $29,310 $43,540 +$14,230 +48.5%
5 Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists $26,760 $38,480 +$11,720 +43.8%
6 Offices of Other Health Practitioners $27,000 $38,080 +$11,080 +41.0%
7 Social Advocacy Organizations $24,650 $34,400 +$9,750 +39.6%
8 Vocational Rehabilitation Services $25,340 $34,880 +$9,540 +37.6%
9 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $26,740 $36,740 +$10,000 +37.4%
10 Ambulatory Health Care Services $27,480 $37,530 +$10,050 +36.6%
11 Religious Organizations $26,160 $35,550 +$9,390 +35.9%
12 Social Assistance $24,840 $33,690 +$8,850 +35.6%
13 Other Residential Care Facilities $29,600 $39,500 +$9,900 +33.4%
14 Individual and Family Services $26,480 $35,050 +$8,570 +32.4%
15 General Medical and Surgical Hospitals $29,470 $38,870 +$9,400 +31.9%
16 Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations $27,160 $35,540 +$8,380 +30.9%
17 Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities $29,030 $37,960 +$8,930 +30.8%
18 Temporary Help Services $27,550 $35,960 +$8,410 +30.5%
19 Nursing and Residential Care Facilities $29,050 $37,910 +$8,860 +30.5%
20 Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals $35,470 $45,630 +$10,160 +28.6%
21 Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services $28,580 $36,660 +$8,080 +28.3%
22 Employment Services $28,270 $35,960 +$7,690 +27.2%
23 Administrative and Support Services $28,280 $35,960 +$7,680 +27.2%
24 Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions $27,240 $34,400 +$7,160 +26.3%
25 Other Schools and Instruction $26,730 $33,590 +$6,860 +25.7%
26 Civic and Social Organizations $27,630 $34,460 +$6,830 +24.7%
27 Educational Services $28,470 $35,430 +$6,960 +24.4%
28 Elementary and Secondary Schools $28,480 $35,440 +$6,960 +24.4%
29 Grantmaking and Giving Services $29,950 $36,890 +$6,940 +23.2%
30 Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations $24,710 $30,330 +$5,620 +22.7%
31 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences $28,680 $35,120 +$6,440 +22.5%
32 Business Schools and Computer and Management Training $29,230 $35,670 +$6,440 +22.0%
33 Educational Support Services $29,190 $35,400 +$6,210 +21.3%
34 Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities $36,200 $43,650 +$7,450 +20.6%
35 Outpatient Care Centers $28,950 $34,220 +$5,270 +18.2%
36 Junior Colleges $30,500 $35,740 +$5,240 +17.2%
37 Scientific Research and Development Services $31,850 $36,870 +$5,020 +15.8%
38 Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries $29,110 $31,940 +$2,830 +9.7%
39 Other Amusement and Recreation Industries $29,110 $31,940 +$2,830 +9.7%
40 Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries $30,990 $33,280 +$2,290 +7.4%

3 Industries with Salary Decline

Rank Industry 2019 Salary 2024 Salary $ Decrease % Decline
1 Performing Arts Companies $33,830 $31,200 -$2,630 -7.8%
2 Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) $29,510 $28,830 -$680 -2.3%
3 Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services $33,940 $33,810 -$130 -0.4%

About This Data

Salary growth is calculated by comparing the median annual wage for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in each industry between 2019 and 2024, using Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Growth percentage = (2024 median - 2019 median) / 2019 median × 100.