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Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary pay in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA and Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary is $57,950 per year in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA. It is $32,620 per year in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN. Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA is 77.7% above Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 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 870 wage and salary jobs in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA and 6,060 in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN. 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