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Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary pay in Georgia and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary is $28,770 per year in Georgia. It is $49,120 per year in Washington. Georgia is 41.4% below Washington on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-9045 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 33,410 wage and salary jobs in Georgia and 43,420 in Washington. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings