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Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary pay in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA and Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary is $57,950 per year in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA. It is $36,340 per year in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT. Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA is 59.5% above Salt Lake City-Murray, UT 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 5,660 in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT. 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