SOC 25-9044 · Educational Instruction and Library Occupations · May 2025
How much do Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary make in Albuquerque, NM?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary in Albuquerque, NM is $50,820. The 10th percentile is $36,680 and the 90th percentile is $65,100. Employment is 260.
Median annual wage
$50,820
- 10th percentile
- $36,680
- 25th percentile
- $38,700
- Median
- $50,820
- 75th percentile
- $65,100
- 90th percentile
- $65,100
- Mean
- $54,190
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates. BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly wages are not published.

Percentile spread
For Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $36,680 and the 90th percentile is $65,100. The difference is $28,420, which is 55.9% 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 $38,700 to the 75th at $65,100, covers $26,400.
The mean annual wage is $54,190, which sits above the median of $50,820. 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 Albuquerque, NM median is 18.4% higher than the national median of $42,910 for Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary. In 2024 national prices the local median is $53,189, which is 24% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 5.3% higher than the New Mexico median of $48,270.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Albuquerque, NM is 95.546, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $50,820 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary at $53,189 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.
Employment share
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Albuquerque, NM (260 of 404,700). Nationally the occupation is 0.11% of employment (164,090 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.61 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.
Highest-paying jobs in Albuquerque, NM · Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary make in Albuquerque, NM?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary in Albuquerque, NM is $50,820. The 10th percentile is $36,680 and the 90th percentile is $65,100. Employment is 260.
How does that compare with the national median for Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary?
The local median is 18.4% higher than the national median of $42,910.
What is Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary pay in Albuquerque, NM after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Albuquerque, NM is 95.546, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $50,820 is $53,189. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.