What Does a Teacher Assistant Do?

In this section, we compare the average teacher assistant annual salary with that of a substitute school teacher. Typically, substitute school teachers earn a $4,256 higher salary than teacher assistants earn annually.

While the salaries between these two careers can be different, they do share some of the same responsibilities. Employees in both teacher assistants and substitute school teachers positions are skilled in class activities, classroom management, and special education.

There are some key differences in responsibilities as well. For example, a teacher assistant responsibilities require skills like "cpr," "child care," "recreational activities," and "communication." Meanwhile a typical substitute school teacher has skills in areas such as "substitute teaching," "after-school program," "regular basis," and "public schools." This difference in skills reveals how truly different these two careers really are.

Substitute school teachers tend to make the most money in the education industry by averaging a salary of $42,658. In contrast, teacher assistants make the biggest average salary of $25,063 in the education industry.

Substitute school teachers tend to reach higher levels of education than teacher assistants. In fact, substitute school teachers are 15.0% more likely to graduate with a Master's Degree and 0.9% more likely to have a Doctoral Degree.

Now we're going to look at the substitute teacher profession. On average, substitute teachers earn a $8,216 higher salary than teacher assistants a year.

A similarity between the two careers of teacher assistants and substitute teachers are a few of the skills associated with both roles. We used resumes from both professions to find that both use skills like "classroom management," "special education," and "small groups. "

While some skills are similar in these professions, other skills aren't so similar. For example, several resumes showed us that teacher assistant responsibilities requires skills like "class activities," "cpr," "child care," and "recreational activities." But a substitute teacher might use skills, such as, "language arts," "esl," "substitute teaching," and "public schools."

Substitute teachers may earn a higher salary than teacher assistants, but substitute teachers earn the most pay in the education industry with an average salary of $39,804. On the other side of things, teacher assistants receive higher paychecks in the education industry where they earn an average of $25,063.

When it comes to the differences in education between the two professions, substitute teachers tend to reach higher levels of education than teacher assistants. In fact, they're 14.7% more likely to graduate with a Master's Degree and 0.9% more likely to earn a Doctoral Degree.

The third profession we take a look at is head start teacher. On an average scale, these workers bring in higher salaries than teacher assistants. In fact, they make a $3,411 higher salary per year.

Using teacher assistants and head start teachers resumes, we found that both professions have similar skills such as "classroom management," "cpr," and "child care," but the other skills required are very different.

There are many key differences between these two careers as shown by resumes from each profession. Some of those differences include the skills required to complete responsibilities within each role. As an example of this, a teacher assistant is likely to be skilled in "class activities," "mathematics," "art projects," and "learning activities," while a typical head start teacher is skilled in "performance standards," "professional development," "mental health," and "old children."

Interestingly enough, head start teachers earn the most pay in the education industry, where they command an average salary of $31,320. As mentioned previously, teacher assistants highest annual salary comes from the education industry with an average salary of $25,063.

When it comes to education, head start teachers tend to earn higher education levels than teacher assistants. In fact, they're 10.5% more likely to earn a Master's Degree, and 0.6% more likely to graduate with a Doctoral Degree.

Now, we'll look at assistant language teachers, who generally average a higher pay when compared to teacher assistants annual salary. In fact, the difference is about $4,106 per year.

While both teacher assistants and assistant language teachers complete day-to-day tasks using similar skills like class activities, classroom management, and cpr, the two careers also vary in other skills.

Even though a few skill sets overlap, there are some differences that are important to note. For one, a teacher assistant might have more use for skills like "child care," "student learning," "instructional materials," and "subject areas." Meanwhile, some assistant language teachers might include skills like "curiosity," "patience," "english-language," and "language arts" on their resume.

In general, assistant language teachers make a higher salary in the automotive industry with an average of $33,260. The highest teacher assistant annual salary stems from the education industry.

In general, assistant language teachers reach higher levels of education when compared to teacher assistants resumes. Assistant language teachers are 8.7% more likely to earn their Master's Degree and 0.5% more likely to graduate with a Doctoral Degree.