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From playground attendant to instructional aide, teacher assistants often wear multiple hats. Female teacher assistants had median earnings of $474 a week last year, compared with male teacher assistants’ median earnings of $453 a week, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Keep in mind that women far outrank men in this field, by a ratio of more than 10 to 1. Nearly 40 percent of TAs work part time.
