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Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary pay in Alabama and Maryland
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary is $22,600 per year in Alabama. It is $58,330 per year in Maryland. Alabama is 61.3% below Maryland on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-9044 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 Not published wage and salary jobs in Alabama and 5,030 in Maryland. 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