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Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary pay in Louisiana and Maryland
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary is $37,950 per year in Louisiana. It is $58,330 per year in Maryland. Louisiana is 34.9% 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 440 wage and salary jobs in Louisiana 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