Teaching assistant: salary in the UK
ONS occupation: Teaching assistants (SOC 6112)
About £19,373 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +3.6% on last year
£1,835 a month About £1,614 a month after tax 101 thousand full-time jobs
Gross pay before tax, including bonuses, commission and overtime. Not included: benefits in kind such as a company car. About the data
Pay range
The dark part is the middle half of full-time employees (25% to 75%); the light bar runs from 10% to 90%. ONS doesn't publish the highest or lowest salary, and x means a figure wasn't published.
Pay by year
The median went from £17,146 in 2021 to £22,018 in 2026 (+28%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £13,527 | £14,973 | £17,146 | £20,286 | x |
| 2022 | £13,355 | £15,008 | £17,287 | £20,042 | x |
| 2023 | £14,925 | £16,628 | £19,037 | £21,666 | x |
| 2024 | £16,440 | £18,119 | £20,540 | £23,767 | £26,466 |
| 2025 | £17,099 | £18,796 | £21,262 | £24,197 | £27,340 |
| 2026 | £17,869 | £19,592 | £22,018 | £25,721 | £29,289 |
ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.
Half of full-time employees in this occupation earn less than £22,018 a year and half earn more. That is 46% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £19,592 and £25,721; the middle 80% between £17,869 and £29,289.
Ranked by median, it is number 361 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £1,614 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £1,618 in Scotland.
The median for men is £22,914 and for women £21,996, a gap of 4% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £17,869 | £1,489 |
| 20th | £19,186 | £1,599 |
| 25th (P25) | £19,592 | £1,633 |
| 30th | £20,057 | £1,671 |
| 40th | £21,003 | £1,750 |
| Median (50th) | £22,018 | £1,835 |
| 60th | £23,341 | £1,945 |
| 70th | £24,750 | £2,063 |
| 75th (P75) | £25,721 | £2,143 |
| 80th | £26,528 | £2,211 |
| 90th (P90) | £29,289 | £2,441 |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £22,914 | £23,216 | 11 |
| Women | £21,996 | £22,792 | 90 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £19,373 | £1,614 |
| Scotland | £19,412 | £1,618 |
After Income Tax and National Insurance for 2026 to 2027, with the standard tax code and no pension or student loan. Work out your own take-home pay · Take-home pay on £22,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 42 job titles to SOC 6112 Teaching assistants. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Ancillary
- Ancillary assistant
- Ancillary helper
- Auxiliary
- Auxiliary assistant
- Care assistant
- Class attendant
- Class room assistant
- Classroom ancillary
- Classroom assistant
- Classroom helper
- Classroom support assistant
- Cover supervisor
- Curriculum support assistant
- Education assistant
- Education cover supervisor
- Educational assistant
- Food technician
- Forest school assistant
- General assistant
- Home economics technician
- Nursery class assistant
- Nursery school assistant
- Nursery schools assistant
- Primary helper
- School assistant
- School auxiliary
- School help
- School helper
- Schools assistant
- TA
- Teacher assistant
- Teacher's aid
- Teacher's aide
- Teacher's assistant
- Teacher's help
- Teacher's support worker
- Teaching aid
- Teaching aide
- Teaching ancillary
- Teaching assistant
- Teaching auxiliary
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Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.