Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education

Education and Training
Assist a preschool, elementary, middle, or secondary school teacher with instructional duties. Serve in a position for which a teacher has primary responsibility for the design and implementation of educational programs and services.

What a teaching assistant, preschool, elementary, middle, and secondary school, except special education does

Become a teaching assistant, preschool, elementary, middle, and secondary school, except special education

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good teaching assistant, preschool, elementary, middle, and secondary school, except special education

  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
  • Reading work related information.
  • Understanding people's reactions.
  • Changing what is done based on other people's actions.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Typical hourly rate is $27 per hour with a typical salary of $31,800 per year.
  • Half of workers earn between $22 and $30 per hour.
  • Half of workers earn an annual salary between $8,100 and $32,300 per year.
  • 50% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.

Part-time

  • The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $27 per hour with a typical salary of $30,200 per year.
  • 97.6% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.

Teaching Assistant, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, And Secondary School, Except Special Education job outlook

Multiple Jobs

  • 1% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
  • 22% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.

Education needed

Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

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