Start with the answer
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary pay in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA and Canton-Massillon, OH
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary is $60,210 per year in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA. It is $78,510 per year in Canton-Massillon, OH. Amherst Town-Northampton, MA is 23.3% below Canton-Massillon, OH 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 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA and 310 in Canton-Massillon, OH. 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