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Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education

Occupation · SOC 2018 25-9042 · United States

SOC 2018 code
25-9042
Share of U.S. applications
0.00%
Applications on record
88
FY2025
24
Median offered wage
$35,954
Certified (last three years)
82.9%
Main route
PERM labour certification
Median wage$35,954certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education (SOC 25-9042). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education

1224FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1224FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20222
FY202320
FY202424
FY202524
FY2026*18
Fiscal yearCW-1H-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*00117
FY202501617
FY202450712
FY20234574
FY20220020
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. Village Montessori School, Corp.5
  2. Tree House Academy Childcare4
  3. S3A Enterprises LLC3
  4. West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District2
  5. Language In Motion Inc1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
CA10
MA9
MP9
FL9
NJ7
OH5
NY4
TX4
VA3
MD3
MN3
IN3
WA2
IL2
NM2
DC2
ND1
AZ1
TN1
CO1
MO1
MI1
VT1
SC1
AK1
OK1
PA1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ9
  2. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV8
  3. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL8
  4. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH8
  5. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA7
  6. Columbus, OH5
  7. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI3
  8. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN2
  9. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX2
  10. Albuquerque, NM2
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $35,954; middle half $30,300 to $40,000 · median prevailing wage $34,568 (marker) · 10 applications.

$20k$30k$40k$50k$60k
$20k$30k$40k$50k$60k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I6
  2. Level II4
  3. Level III2
  4. Level IV2
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Montessori Elementary Assistant Guide (teacher)2
  2. Teacher Assistant2
  3. Instructional Assistant for Dual Language Immersion (dli)2
  4. Teacher Asssitant2
  5. Mandarin Speaking Assistant Teacher2
  6. Lead Mathematics Teacher1
  7. Assistant Preschool Teacher1
  8. Graduate Teaching Assistant1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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