Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary Salary — Laredo, Texas

The average Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary in Laredo, Texas earns $30,590 a year.

$30,590 / year, mean
↓ 38.1% below national average 6th percentile in Texas

Laredo is among the lowest-paying cities in Texas for this specific role. That's well below the national average for teaching assistants, postsecondary — one of the largest gaps in this dataset. Cost of living here runs below the national average, which can offset a lower headline salary. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Texas

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
60
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.1%
Cost of living 87 #181 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2109 #114 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $218,391 #159 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $62,506 #154 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Laredo ranks #181 for cost of living and #159 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Sacramento $67,480 Lubbock $62,780 Merced $62,340 Syracuse $61,350 Buffalo $60,320 Bellingham $57,730 Portland $54,820 College Station $54,710 Fort Wayne $54,340 Champaign $53,970 Santa Maria $53,750 Napa $52,240 San Francisco $51,850 Binghamton $51,650 Baltimore $51,570 New York $51,420 Lansing $51,390 Richmond $50,900 Lexington $50,860 San Diego $50,850 Virginia Beach $50,640 Ann Arbor $50,510 Allentown $49,880 Detroit $49,180 Chicago $49,140 Los Angeles $48,880 San Jose $48,780 Albany $47,960 Seattle $47,700 Spokane $47,630 Riverside $47,320 Bakersfield $47,070 Scranton $46,650 Dallas $46,120 Walla Walla $46,070 Corpus Christi $45,510 Austin $45,330 Philadelphia $44,920 Houston $44,570 Texarkana $44,440 Brownsville $43,520 Louisville $42,200 Flint $41,820 San Antonio $41,520 Grand Rapids $41,330 El Paso $40,490 Deltona $39,900 Bloomington $39,840 Miami $39,750 Indianapolis $39,590 Tampa $39,310 Orlando $39,120 Sarasota $39,110 Terre Haute $39,100 Fresno $38,750 Pittsburgh $38,560 Jacksonville $38,130 Tyler $38,030 Beaumont $37,930 Fort Myers $37,620 Amarillo $36,770 South Bend $36,300 McAllen $35,950 Harrisburg $35,650 Tallahassee $35,410 Killeen $34,490 Springfield $33,850 Laredo $30,590 Evansville $28,790
CityMean salaryvs. Laredo
Albany, New York$47,960+56.8%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$49,880+63.1%
Amarillo, Texas$36,770+20.2%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$50,510+65.1%
Austin, Texas$45,330+48.2%
Bakersfield, California$47,070+53.9%
Baltimore, Maryland$51,570+68.6%
Beaumont, Texas$37,930+24.0%
Bellingham, Washington$57,730+88.7%
Binghamton, New York$51,650+68.8%
Bloomington, Illinois$39,840+30.2%
Brownsville, Texas$43,520+42.3%
Buffalo, New York$60,320+97.2%
Fort Myers, Florida$37,620+23.0%
Champaign, Illinois$53,970+76.4%
Chicago, Illinois$49,140+60.6%
College Station, Texas$54,710+78.8%
Corpus Christi, Texas$45,510+48.8%
Dallas, Texas$46,120+50.8%
Deltona, Florida$39,900+30.4%
Detroit, Michigan$49,180+60.8%
El Paso, Texas$40,490+32.4%
Evansville, Indiana$28,790-5.9%
Flint, Michigan$41,820+36.7%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$54,340+77.6%
Fresno, California$38,750+26.7%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$41,330+35.1%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$35,650+16.5%
Houston, Texas$44,570+45.7%
Indianapolis, Indiana$39,590+29.4%
Jacksonville, Florida$38,130+24.6%
Killeen, Texas$34,490+12.7%
Lansing, Michigan$51,390+68.0%
Lexington, Kentucky$50,860+66.3%
Los Angeles, California$48,880+59.8%
Louisville, Kentucky$42,200+38.0%
Lubbock, Texas$62,780+105.2%
McAllen, Texas$35,950+17.5%
Merced, California$62,340+103.8%
Miami, Florida$39,750+29.9%
Napa, California$52,240+70.8%
New York, New York$51,420+68.1%
Sarasota, Florida$39,110+27.9%
Orlando, Florida$39,120+27.9%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$44,920+46.8%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$38,560+26.1%
Portland, Oregon$54,820+79.2%
Richmond, Virginia$50,900+66.4%
Riverside, California$47,320+54.7%
Sacramento, California$67,480+120.6%
San Antonio, Texas$41,520+35.7%
San Diego, California$50,850+66.2%
San Francisco, California$51,850+69.5%
San Jose, California$48,780+59.5%
Santa Maria, California$53,750+75.7%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$46,650+52.5%
Seattle, Washington$47,700+55.9%
South Bend, Indiana$36,300+18.7%
Spokane, Washington$47,630+55.7%
Springfield, Illinois$33,850+10.7%
Syracuse, New York$61,350+100.6%
Tallahassee, Florida$35,410+15.8%
Tampa, Florida$39,310+28.5%
Terre Haute, Indiana$39,100+27.8%
Texarkana, Texas$44,440+45.3%
Tyler, Texas$38,030+24.3%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$50,640+65.5%
Walla Walla, Washington$46,070+50.6%
Gross salary
30,590/yr
Estimated take-home
26,759/yr
Est. total withheld
12.5%

Single filer, federal income tax + FICA only, 2025 rates — Texas has no state income tax on wages. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 25-9044 SOC code
Official area Laredo, TX BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 29700 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: tx_constitucion_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Highlighted: Texas

Population (metro area)
267,731