How much do Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary make in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL?

Percentile spread

For Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary, the published 10th percentile is $19,550 and the 90th percentile is $27,190. The difference is $7,640, which is 39.1% 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 $19,550 to the 75th at $19,550, covers $0.

The mean annual wage is $21,300, which sits above the median of $19,550. 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 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL median is 54.4% lower than the national median of $42,910 for Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary. In 2024 national prices the local median is $23,050, which is 46.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 13.5% lower than the Alabama median of $22,600.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL is 84.817, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $19,550 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary at $23,050 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary. Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 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).).

• Huntsville, AL is 56 miles away, with a median of $25,930 and employment of 720. That median is 32.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $27,860, against $23,050 here.
• Birmingham, AL is 106 miles away, with a median of $38,310 and employment of 290. That median is 96% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,803, against $23,050 here.
• Chattanooga, TN-GA is 135 miles away, with a median of $27,230 and employment of 70. That median is 39.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $29,771, against $23,050 here.

Employment share

Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary accounts for 0.96% of wage-and-salary employment in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL (540 of 56,100). Nationally the occupation is 0.11% of employment (164,090 of 155,495,730). The local share is 9.12 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.