Salary guide
Teaching Assistant salary
What teaching assistants are advertised at on live vacancies we hold — we name the nation whenever we publish a figure.
Advertised salary evidence
Insufficient verified salary data
Insufficient verified salary data — we only publish pay figures we can evidence from live public vacancy adverts or official pay scales.
Pay framework: Local-government support-staff pay structures (England and Wales)
Insufficient verified salary data
We do not yet hold enough verified salary evidence to publish a figure here.
Statistics are derived from live public vacancies at the time of the last refresh. They are a snapshot of advertised pay, not a historical earnings series.
How we calculate salary informationSupports the class teacher with learning, small groups and 1:1. Very often a term-time-only contract.
What you can do instead
We do not yet hold enough verified salary evidence to publish a teaching assistant pay figure, and there are no live teaching assistant vacancies advertised right now.
- Open the live teaching assistant vacancies below — many adverts state pay directly.
- Check the Local-government support-staff pay structures (England and Wales), which commonly applies to this role.
- Tell us if you spot a salary that looks wrong so we can review the advert.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does a teaching assistant earn?
We do not yet hold enough verified salary evidence to publish a teaching assistant figure. Rather than estimate, we show live vacancies so you can see what employers are actually advertising.
Does teaching assistant pay vary by area?
It can, but we only publish area differences where we have enough evidence for that area — we never apply a regional multiplier to invent a local figure.
What pay framework applies to a teaching assistant?
Many maintained schools in England and Wales use support-staff pay structures derived from the NJC national agreement, but grades, points and term-time arrangements are set locally by the employer. Academies, independent schools and private providers may use their own scales.
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