Industries with Fastest Teaching Assistants Salary Growth

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

41
Industries with Growth
+51.2%
Highest Growth
+27.8%
Average Growth
2
Industries with Decline

Top 15 Industries for Salary Growth

Teaching Assistants salary increase from 2019 to 2024

All 41 Industries with Salary Growth

Rank Industry 2019 Salary 2024 Salary $ Increase % Growth
1 Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) $22,680 $34,300 +$11,620 +51.2%
2 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $31,410 $46,050 +$14,640 +46.6%
3 Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists $26,760 $38,480 +$11,720 +43.8%
4 Hospitals $32,490 $46,700 +$14,210 +43.7%
5 Management of Companies and Enterprises $29,310 $42,100 +$12,790 +43.6%
6 Vocational Rehabilitation Services $25,340 $35,980 +$10,640 +42.0%
7 Offices of Other Health Practitioners $27,000 $38,080 +$11,080 +41.0%
8 Social Advocacy Organizations $24,650 $34,400 +$9,750 +39.6%
9 Ambulatory Health Care Services $27,520 $37,530 +$10,010 +36.4%
10 Religious Organizations $26,160 $35,550 +$9,390 +35.9%
11 Social Assistance $24,840 $33,690 +$8,850 +35.6%
12 Other Residential Care Facilities $29,600 $39,500 +$9,900 +33.4%
13 Individual and Family Services $26,500 $35,050 +$8,550 +32.3%
14 Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals $34,660 $45,630 +$10,970 +31.7%
15 Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities $29,030 $37,960 +$8,930 +30.8%
16 Temporary Help Services $27,550 $35,960 +$8,410 +30.5%
17 Nursing and Residential Care Facilities $29,050 $37,910 +$8,860 +30.5%
18 Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations $27,370 $35,550 +$8,180 +29.9%
19 Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services $28,580 $36,660 +$8,080 +28.3%
20 Employment Services $28,270 $35,960 +$7,690 +27.2%
21 Administrative and Support Services $28,300 $35,960 +$7,660 +27.1%
22 Grantmaking and Giving Services $29,130 $36,870 +$7,740 +26.6%
23 Technical and Trade Schools $30,580 $38,550 +$7,970 +26.1%
24 Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions $27,350 $34,400 +$7,050 +25.8%
25 Other Schools and Instruction $26,780 $33,640 +$6,860 +25.6%
26 Civic and Social Organizations $27,630 $34,580 +$6,950 +25.2%
27 Junior Colleges $30,380 $37,990 +$7,610 +25.0%
28 Elementary and Secondary Schools $28,480 $35,440 +$6,960 +24.4%
29 Educational Services $28,750 $35,770 +$7,020 +24.4%
30 Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations $24,710 $30,330 +$5,620 +22.7%
31 Educational Support Services $29,210 $35,570 +$6,360 +21.8%
32 General Medical and Surgical Hospitals $32,870 $39,780 +$6,910 +21.0%
33 Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities $36,200 $43,650 +$7,450 +20.6%
34 Outpatient Care Centers $28,950 $34,220 +$5,270 +18.2%
35 Business Schools and Computer and Management Training $30,750 $36,160 +$5,410 +17.6%
36 Scientific Research and Development Services $33,340 $38,080 +$4,740 +14.2%
37 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences $32,220 $35,980 +$3,760 +11.7%
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%
41 Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services $34,170 $34,840 +$670 +2.0%

2 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%

About This Data

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