Classroom Assistants


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Classroom Assistants

Classroom Assistants - Wages & Trends

Wages depend on duties performed. Those with teaching responsibilities earn higher wages.

Benefits may include health insurance and sick pay. Some school districts pay tuition and provide time away from the job to get more training. Some teacher aides are covered by a union contract. They may have a retirement plan and other benefits.

Because teacher aides usually work a ten-month year, their wages are reported annually.

Teaching assistants, except postsecondary (SOC 25-9045)
Location
Pay Period
25%
Median
75%
Illinois Hourly (1) (1) (1)
Yearly $30,535 $36,374 $42,242
    Champaign Area Hourly (1) (1) (1)
Yearly $30,230 $32,347 $38,795
    Charleston-Effingham-Centralia Area Hourly (1) (1) (1)
Yearly $29,707 $32,863 $38,015
    Cook County Hourly (1) (1) (1)
Yearly $31,785 $39,415 $47,215
    Decatur Area Hourly (1) (1) (1)
Yearly $31,746 $43,931 $50,380
    Dekalb-Elgin-Aurora Area Hourly (1) (1) (1)
Yearly $31,783 $38,857 $41,974
    Du Page County Hourly (1) (1) (1)
Yearly $30,825 $32,809 $40,077
    Edwardsville Area Hourly (1) (1) (1)
Yearly $27,527 $29,572 $36,298
    Jacksonville-Carlinville-Litchfield Area Hourly (1) (1) (1)
Yearly $29,572 $32,085 $36,879
    Kankakee-Morris-Pontiac Area Hourly (1) (1) (1)
Yearly $27,527 $31,392 $37,176
    Lake County Hourly (1) (1) (1)
Yearly $30,760 $36,245 $41,692
    McHenry County Hourly (1) (1) (1)
Yearly $30,393 $32,338 $38,574
    Northwest Illinois Area Hourly (1) (1) (1)
Yearly $29,440 $31,363 $37,203
    Peoria-Bloomington Area Hourly (1) (1) (1)
Yearly $29,484 $31,145 $37,659
    Quincy-Macomb-Galesburg Area Hourly (1) (1) (1)
Yearly $29,496 $31,525 $39,375
    Rock Island-Moline Area Hourly (1) (1) (1)
Yearly $29,586 $32,568 $38,945
    Rockford Area Hourly (1) (1) (1)
Yearly $27,941 $31,036 $36,385
    Shawnee National Forest Area Hourly (1) (1) (1)
Yearly $29,156 $30,902 $37,927
    Springfield Area Hourly (1) (1) (1)
Yearly $30,100 $31,920 $37,440
    Vermilion County Hourly (1) (1) (1)
Yearly $29,394 $30,319 $38,589
    Will County Hourly (1) (1) (1)
Yearly $30,364 $32,258 $39,525
United States Hourly (1) (1) (1)
Yearly $29,500 $35,550 $40,720
(1) Wage estimate isn't available.

Source: Illinois Career Information System (CIS) brought to you by Illinois Department of Employment Security.