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Graduate Teaching Assistants in The United States
(Asistentes de docencia graduados)
Graduate Teaching Assistants -- Assist department chairperson, faculty members, or other professional staff members in college or university by performing teaching or teaching-related duties, such as teaching lower level courses, developing teaching materials, preparing and giving examinations, and grading examinations or papers. Graduate assistants must be enrolled in a graduate school program. Graduate assistants who primarily perform non-teaching duties, such as laboratory research, should be reported in the occupational category related to the work performed.
| SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) | 25-1191.00 |
| Career Interests | SC |
| Minimum education required | (Bachelor) Bachelor's degree |
| Minimum work experience required | (None) None |
| Job training required | (None) None |
| Growth Outlook (projected percentage growth in jobs per year from 2018-2028) | 0.55 (low growth) |
| Current number of workers in USA (2018) | 164,300 |
| Projected number of workers in USA (2028) | 173,400 |
| Average Annual Openings in USA (2018-2028) | 14,900 |
| Average entry-level annual salary in USA (2019) | * |
| Average annual salary for all workers in USA (2019) | * |
| Average experienced-worker annual salary for all workers in USA (2019) | * |
| Career Cluster | Education & Training (Educación y entrenamiento) |
| Major Occupational Group | Education, Training, and Library |
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Salaries over $208,000 are sometimes shown as >$208,000 rather than the actual salary.
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