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Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary is $46,240 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. It is $57,950 per year in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 20.2% below Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 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 53,010 wage and salary jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and 870 in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA. 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