City of Boston / Up Academy Holland / Paraprofessional
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
11 employees hold this title in Up Academy Holland. Median total compensation for the role is $68,511, below the department median of $98,271.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 11 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area, the median wage for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary — about 26,350 people — is $40,930. Up Academy Holland pays a median base salary of $56,479 for this role, 38% above that figure — about the 84th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary across every employer in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Up Academy Holland’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary — about 1,420,350 people — is $36,780. Up Academy Holland’s median base salary is 54% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 9 of 11 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Up Academy Holland is $68,511, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Paraprofessional is held in 98 City of Boston departments. In Up Academy Holland, the median of $68,511 ranks #5 of 98.
Median total compensation for the Paraprofessional role in other City of Bostondepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 2 jurisdictions. In City of Boston, the median of $54,696 ranks #1 of 2. See Paraprofessional across all of City of Boston →
Median total compensation for comparable Paraprofessionalroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Paraprofessional/Up Academy Holland
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At Up Academy Holland, Saintania Marcellus serves as a Paraprofessional. Their 2024 pay totaled $82,405.
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Chanell Fletcher is a Paraprofessional at Up Academy Holland. 2024 total compensation came to $76,136.
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Jaelyn Batts is a Paraprofessional at Up Academy Holland. 2024 total compensation came to $72,083.
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Shariece Bullock is a Paraprofessional at Up Academy Holland. 2024 total compensation came to $70,564.
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Jeremy Lassiter works as a Paraprofessional for Up Academy Holland. Jeremy earned $69,920 in 2024.
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Ashley Boyd is a Paraprofessional at Up Academy Holland. 2024 total compensation came to $68,511.
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At Up Academy Holland, Gina Bazzinotti serves as a Paraprofessional. Their 2024 pay totaled $67,380.
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Porche Viarruel is a Paraprofessional at Up Academy Holland. 2024 total compensation came to $65,714.
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Arline Furtado Debrito holds the role of Paraprofessional at Up Academy Holland. In 2024, their total compensation was $49,067.
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Madeline Murray is a Paraprofessional at Up Academy Holland. 2024 total compensation came to $24,757.
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Monica Somers works as a Paraprofessional for Up Academy Holland. Monica earned $20,775 in 2024.