Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary Salary in Colorado

Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in Colorado have a median of $35,760 a year, below the national $36,780 (−3%); the state ranks 28th of 51 states by median. That is 40% less than the median across all occupations in Colorado ($59,800). Among neighbouring states, Utah, Wyoming, Arizona and New Mexico pay more (up to $37,050 in Utah) and Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma pay less (down to $27,920 in Oklahoma). Colorado employs 21,910 teaching assistants, except postsecondary, 7.63 per 1,000 jobs, the 23rd largest count of any state. A location quotient of 0.83 is close to the national share.

Colorado vs the United States, May 2025

Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary: wage percentiles, mean, employment, jobs per 1,000 and location quotient in Colorado and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Colorado	Hourly	*	*	*	*	*	*	21,910	7.63	0.83
Colorado	Annual	$30,800	$30,800	$35,760	$43,900	$48,470	$38,100	21,910	7.63	0.83
United States	Hourly	*	*	*	*	*	*	1,420,350	–	–
United States	Annual	$27,150	$31,060	$36,780	$45,360	$50,040	$38,290	1,420,350	–	–

Colorado annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

Rank by median: 28th of 51 states
Rank by employment: 23rd of 51 states
Location quotient: 0.83
Jobs per 1,000: 7.63

Ranks count the 50 states and DC with a published value. The location quotient is the occupation's share of Colorado's employment divided by its national share; 1.00 means the same share as the nation. Take-home pay at these wages: FastCalc's take-home pay calculator.

Metropolitan areas in Colorado

7 metropolitan areas and 3 nonmetropolitan areas touching Colorado publish a row for teaching assistants, except postsecondary, sorted by median. Areas crossing a state line are listed under every state they touch; a linked metro has its own profile.

Area	Median hourly	Median annual	10th pct (annual)	90th pct (annual)	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Pueblo, CO	*	$46,280	$30,800	$58,700	530	8.65	0.95
Greeley, CO	*	$42,460	$30,800	$58,030	1,040	8.69	0.95
Grand Junction, CO	*	$39,070	$33,130	$48,260	700	10.43	1.14
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	*	$36,910	$30,800	$50,760	10,870	6.75	0.74
Colorado Springs, CO	*	$34,840	$30,800	$45,240	3,110	9.83	1.08
Boulder, CO	*	$30,800	$30,800	$44,180	1,340	6.95	0.76
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	*	$30,800	$30,800	$37,470	1,170	6.93	0.76
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	*	$35,770	$30,800	$50,850	1,270	18.12	1.98
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	*	$34,530	$30,800	$48,830	1,060	9.77	1.07
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	*	$30,800	$30,800	$58,110	810	6.16	0.67

Neighbouring states

State	Median hourly	Median annual	Employment	Location quotient
Colorado	*	$35,760	21,910	0.83
Arizona	*	$35,900	25,280	0.85
Kansas	*	$29,490	20,000	1.52
Nebraska	*	$35,160	11,190	1.20
New Mexico	*	$35,900	8,970	1.13
Oklahoma	*	$27,920	13,860	0.89
Utah	*	$37,050	18,170	1.15
Wyoming	*	$36,100	3,680	1.44

See the national page for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (every state ranked) and the Colorado wage profile (every occupation in the state).

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Colorado estimates.

*: Wage estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.