Teacher Aides Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

There are about 1,312,000 jobs for teacher aides in the US. The unemployment ranking for this career was low, compared to other occupations. About 4% of employees were without employment in 2008.

Area Job Conditions

Employees are most common in Hinesville (Georgia), Hanford (California), and El Centro (California), and least common in West Palm Beach (Florida), Reno (Nevada), and Las Vegas (Nevada).

Teacher aides are paid the most in Dover (Delaware), Anchorage (Alaska), and Santa Ana (California), and the least in Victoria (Texas), Lubbock (Texas), and Alexandria (Louisiana).

Training and Education

Most workers have short-term on-the-job training. Approximately 18% of employees have a bachelor's degree. About 45% of teacher aides have been to college without getting a degree. About 37% of workers obtain jobs with only a high-school diploma or GED. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which if any could help you with this career.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Among teacher aides, 38% work less than full-time.

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Teacher Aides Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of teacher aides compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for teacher aides.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Birmingham	$19,000	1,950
Montgomery	$16,000	1,440
Mobile	$18,000	1,190
Huntsville	$18,000	1,160
Tuscaloosa	$16,000	540
Anniston	$16,000	360
Decatur	$19,000	350
Florence	$17,000	340
Auburn	$17,000	270
Dothan	$18,000	260
Gadsden	$17,000	180

Alaska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Anchorage	$34,000	1,490

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Phoenix	$23,000	12,840
Tucson	$23,000	3,850
Yuma	$21,000	660
Flagstaff	$20,000	580
Prescott	$22,000	580
Kingman	$22,000	420

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Little Rock	$19,000	2,320
Fayetteville	$21,000	1,570
Fort Smith	$18,000	720
Pine Bluff	$17,000	410
Jonesboro	$17,000	320
Hot Springs	$17,000	240

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers
San Diego	$28,000	13,470
Riverside	$27,000	13,420
Santa Ana	$32,000	11,850
Oakland	$31,000	11,600
Sacramento	$28,000	9,430
San Francisco	$32,000	7,680
San Jose	$32,000	6,200
Bakersfield	$25,000	4,360
Fresno	$27,000	3,930
Oxnard	$29,000	3,030
Visalia	$26,000	2,950
Santa Rosa	$27,000	2,540
Stockton	$28,000	2,430
Modesto	$29,000	2,350
Santa Barbara	$31,000	1,890
San Luis Obispo	$25,000	1,380
Merced	$30,000	1,350
El Centro	$27,000	1,320
Salinas	$26,000	1,270
Redding	$25,000	1,230
Santa Cruz	$27,000	1,150
Vallejo	$28,000	1,070
Chico	$26,000	980
Hanford	$26,000	770
Yuba City	$29,000	650
Napa	$29,000	450

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Denver	$26,000	8,000
Colorado Springs	$21,000	2,330
Boulder	$26,000	1,400
Fort Collins	$22,000	960
Greeley	$21,000	760
Pueblo	$28,000	350

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Hartford	$28,000	9,180
Bridgeport	$29,000	6,690
New Haven	$29,000	5,010
Norwich	$26,000	2,360
Waterbury	$29,000	1,320
Danbury	$26,000	850

Delaware

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wilmington	$26,000	2,270
Dover	$34,000	350

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$28,000	18,770

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Tampa	$23,000	6,770
Orlando	$23,000	6,300
Miami	$22,000	4,980
Fort Lauderdale	$22,000	4,250
Jacksonville	$22,000	3,030
West Palm Beach	$20,000	1,920
Sarasota	$20,000	1,430
Tallahassee	$25,000	1,280
Port St Lucie	$21,000	910
Palm Bay	$23,000	900
Naples	$22,000	490
Sebastian	$27,000	260

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Atlanta	$20,000	22,950
Augusta	$17,000	3,330
Savannah	$19,000	2,000
Macon	$16,000	1,490
Athens	$18,000	1,090
Columbus	$16,000	1,010
Dalton	$17,000	910
Albany		760
Valdosta	$16,000	640
Brunswick	$17,000	610
Gainesville	$19,000	580
Warner Robins	$17,000	510
Hinesville	$18,000	500
Rome	$17,000	350

Hawaii

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Honolulu	$24,000	4,170

Idaho

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Boise	$21,000	1,240
Idaho Falls	$21,000	620
Coeur Dalene	$22,000	550
Pocatello	$23,000	350
Lewiston	$26,000	320

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Chicago	$23,000	22,150
Peoria	$21,000	1,040
Springfield	$21,000	1,030
Rockford	$20,000	910
Champaign	$22,000	690
Bloomington	$21,000	640
Kankakee	$19,000	280
Danville	$22,000	250
Decatur	$18,000	210

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Indianapolis	$23,000	5,830
Gary	$20,000	3,270
Fort Wayne	$23,000	1,680
South Bend	$19,000	1,440
Elkhart	$24,000	970
Evansville	$21,000	750
Lafayette	$21,000	750
Terre Haute	$20,000	640
Kokomo	$20,000	590
Bloomington	$20,000	580
Columbus	$20,000	420
Anderson	$21,000	410
Michigan City	$23,000	350
Muncie	$22,000	260

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Des Moines	$21,000	2,780
Davenport	$22,000	1,390
Waterloo	$17,000	1,280
Cedar Rapids	$24,000	1,190
Dubuque	$22,000	660
Sioux City	$20,000	610
Iowa City	$20,000	430
Ames	$21,000	290

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Wichita	$24,000	3,690
Topeka	$19,000	1,620
Lawrence	$22,000	770

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Louisville	$27,000	5,320
Lexington	$25,000	1,820
Bowling Green	$20,000	640
Elizabethtown	$23,000	530
Owensboro	$23,000	520

Louisiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers
New Orleans	$19,000	3,230
Baton Rouge	$17,000	2,640
Shreveport	$17,000	1,760
Lake Charles	$15,000	900
Lafayette	$17,000	860
Monroe	$16,000	710
Alexandria	$15,000	700
Houma	$16,000	690

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Portland	$29,000	2,300
Lewiston	$27,000	760
Bangor	$27,000	720

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Baltimore	$24,000	11,320
Bethesda	$26,000	4,430
Hagerstown	$23,000	890
Salisbury	$19,000	660
Cumberland	$27,000	170

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Boston	$26,000	15,540
Springfield	$23,000	4,290
Worcester	$25,000	3,080
Framingham	$29,000	1,480
Barnstable Town	$26,000	1,330
Lowell	$23,000	1,260
Haverhill	$27,000	1,130
Brockton	$23,000	1,050
Lawrence	$27,000	840
Leominster	$25,000	760
Taunton	$27,000	580
New Bedford	$23,000	550
Pittsfield	$23,000	510

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Warren	$26,000	7,240
Detroit	$25,000	6,790
Grand Rapids	$24,000	3,220
Ann Arbor	$25,000	2,050
Lansing	$22,000	2,030
Kalamazoo	$21,000	1,820
Flint	$26,000	1,660
Saginaw	$20,000	890
Holland	$25,000	790
Monroe	$20,000	600
Muskegon	$27,000	590
Jackson	$22,000	570
Battle Creek	$22,000	470
Niles	$25,000	460
Bay City	$23,000	270

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Minneapolis	$27,000	18,910
Duluth	$26,000	1,510
St Cloud	$26,000	1,160
Rochester	$25,000	1,070

Mississippi

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Jackson	$16,000	2,200
Pascagoula	$16,000	770
Gulfport	$17,000	730
Hattiesburg	$16,000	520

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers
St Louis	$23,000	8,860
Kansas City	$21,000	8,450
Springfield	$20,000	920
Columbia	$19,000	770
Joplin	$19,000	690
Jefferson City	$20,000	370
St Joseph	$20,000	350

Montana

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Billings	$19,000	600
Missoula	$18,000	470
Great Falls	$18,000	180

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$20,000	4,730
Lincoln	$23,000	940

Nevada

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Las Vegas	$28,000	3,210
Reno	$26,000	700

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Nashua	$26,000	2,250
Manchester	$25,000	1,150
Rochester	$26,000	840
Portsmouth	$28,000	520

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Newark	$25,000	11,660
Edison	$26,000	10,140
Camden	$23,000	6,450
Trenton	$28,000	2,120
Atlantic City	$26,000	1,410
Vineland	$23,000	990
Ocean City	$23,000	330

New Mexico

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Albuquerque	$17,000	4,210
Las Cruces	$22,000	1,140
Santa Fe	$20,000	910
Farmington	$18,000	580

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers
New York	$27,000	59,500
Nassau	$27,000	23,080
Rochester	$22,000	8,120
Buffalo	$25,000	7,060
Albany	$25,000	6,370
Syracuse	$22,000	5,440
Poughkeepsie	$24,000	5,000
Utica	$21,000	2,120
Binghamton	$20,000	1,740
Kingston	$23,000	1,220
Glens Falls	$20,000	880
Ithaca	$23,000	640
Elmira	$20,000	590

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Charlotte	$21,000	6,560
Raleigh	$19,000	4,330
Greensboro	$20,000	2,790
Winston Salem	$20,000	2,180
Durham	$21,000	2,120
Asheville	$20,000	1,880
Fayetteville	$18,000	1,830
Hickory	$20,000	1,770
Wilmington	$20,000	1,470
Greenville	$21,000	810
Goldsboro	$19,000	750
Rocky Mount	$20,000	730
Jacksonville		720
Burlington	$18,000	440

North Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Fargo	$26,000	1,110
Grand Forks	$25,000	590
Bismarck	$28,000	560

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Cincinnati	$26,000	6,610
Columbus	$28,000	5,470
Cleveland	$29,000	5,420
Dayton	$27,000	2,340
Akron	$27,000	1,900
Toledo	$25,000	1,540
Youngstown	$21,000	1,370
Canton	$24,000	850
Mansfield	$23,000	280
Sandusky	$23,000	260
Springfield	$22,000	150

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Oklahoma City	$20,000	3,600
Tulsa	$20,000	3,210
Lawton	$18,000	440

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Portland	$28,000	10,840
Salem	$27,000	2,440
Eugene	$26,000	1,670
Medford	$24,000	890
Bend	$25,000	690
Corvallis	$27,000	360

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Philadelphia	$24,000	16,690
Pittsburgh	$21,000	7,060
Allentown	$22,000	3,300
Harrisburg	$21,000	2,310
Reading	$21,000	1,950
Lancaster	$21,000	1,950
Scranton	$22,000	1,860
York	$22,000	1,550
Erie	$20,000	1,460
State College	$36,000	1,250
Altoona	$18,000	740
Johnstown	$21,000	430
Williamsport	$19,000	410
Lebanon	$21,000	390

Rhode Island

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Providence	$27,000	6,200

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Columbia	$18,000	2,570
Charleston	$21,000	2,090
Greenville	$16,000	1,640
Spartanburg	$18,000	1,110
Florence	$18,000	900
Myrtle Beach	$20,000	830
Anderson	$17,000	410
Sumter	$17,000	350

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Sioux Falls	$23,000	900
Rapid City	$23,000	660

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Nashville	$20,000	6,630
Memphis	$20,000	4,780
Knoxville	$17,000	2,940
Chattanooga	$16,000	1,380
Kingsport	$16,000	1,160
Johnson City	$16,000	920
Morristown	$16,000	740
Clarksville	$23,000	690
Jackson	$16,000	550
Cleveland	$17,000	440

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Houston	$18,000	15,700
Dallas	$21,000	14,070
San Antonio	$19,000	8,020
Fort Worth	$17,000	6,000
Austin	$22,000	4,680
Mcallen	$18,000	4,060
El Paso	$22,000	2,250
Brownsville	$19,000	1,920
Killeen	$16,000	1,820
Corpus Christi	$19,000	1,530
Laredo	$17,000	1,460
Beaumont	$18,000	1,210
Amarillo	$17,000	1,090
Lubbock	$15,000	980
Longview	$17,000	960
Waco	$19,000	950
College Station	$18,000	650
Tyler	$17,000	630
Abilene	$19,000	630
Texarkana	$17,000	600
Wichita Falls	$16,000	560
Victoria	$16,000	510
Sherman	$16,000	430
San Angelo	$18,000	340
Midland	$16,000	240

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Salt Lake City	$22,000	4,170
Ogden	$23,000	2,700
Provo	$21,000	2,230
Logan	$23,000	970
St George	$21,000	410

Vermont

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Burlington	$24,000	1,800

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Virginia Beach	$21,000	7,600
Richmond	$21,000	4,440
Roanoke	$20,000	1,380
Charlottesville	$23,000	1,050
Lynchburg	$17,000	830
Danville	$19,000	630
Winchester	$21,000	590
Blacksburg	$23,000	440

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Seattle	$30,000	9,710
Tacoma	$29,000	3,320
Spokane	$26,000	1,790
Yakima	$27,000	1,540
Olympia	$27,000	1,320
Kennewick	$28,000	1,220
Bremerton	$28,000	1,100
Bellingham	$28,000	890
Mount Vernon	$28,000	780
Wenatchee	$27,000	610
Longview	$28,000	510

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Huntington	$21,000	890
Charleston	$23,000	770
Parkersburg	$20,000	310
Wheeling	$21,000	300
Weirton	$19,000	290
Morgantown	$22,000	200

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Milwaukee	$27,000	4,690
Madison	$26,000	2,350
Green Bay	$26,000	960
Janesville	$23,000	680
Racine	$23,000	660
Oshkosh	$23,000	580
Eau Claire	$24,000	570
Sheboygan	$25,000	510
La Crosse	$24,000	460
Appleton	$25,000	440
Wausau	$24,000	370

Wyoming

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cheyenne	$24,000	410

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