How much do Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary make in Arecibo, PR?

Percentile spread

For Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $22,450 and the 90th percentile is $29,700. The difference is $7,250, which is 32.3% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $22,450 to the 75th at $23,160, covers $710.

The mean annual wage is $24,230, which sits above the median of $22,450. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

Hourly wages are not published because BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly and annual wages.

National and state comparison

The Arecibo, PR median is 39% lower than the national median of $36,780 for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary.

It is 3.1% lower than the Puerto Rico median of $23,180.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Arecibo, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary. Arecibo, PR ranks 6th of 6 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Aguadilla, PR is 22 miles away, with a median of $23,450 and employment of 460. That median is 4.5% higher than the median here.
• Ponce, PR is 30 miles away, with a median of $22,530 and employment of 860. That median is 0.4% higher than the median here.
• Mayaguez, PR is 39 miles away, with a median of $23,140 and employment of 730. That median is 3.1% higher than the median here.

Employment share

Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary accounts for 1.9% of wage-and-salary employment in Arecibo, PR (650 of 34,720). Nationally the occupation is 0.91% of employment (1,420,350 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.05 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.