The annual salary statistics of home health aides in Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama is shown in Table 1. The wage information of home health aides in Florence-Muscle Shoals is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $16,220 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $17,090 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $18,550 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $20,730 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $24,680 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for home health aides in Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $24,680. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $18,550. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $16,220.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of home health aides from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $18,550 | 1.94% | -30.94% |
| 2016 | $18,190 | -27.10% | - |
| 2015 | $23,120 | -8.17% | - |
| 2014 | $25,010 | 21.99% | - |
| 2013 | $19,510 | -24.50% | - |
| 2012 | $24,290 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $18,550 in Florence-Muscle Shoals is in the middle of salary range for home health aides in state of Alabama. In comparison, the annual salary of home health aides in Florence-Muscle Shoals is 28.8 percent (28.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area and .7 percent (.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Decatur | |
| Gadsden | |
| Mobile | |
| Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Auburn-Opelika | |
| Dothan | |
| Birmingham-Hoover | |
| Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area | |
| Tuscaloosa | |
| Anniston-Oxford | |
| Florence-Muscle Shoals | |
| Montgomery | |
| Huntsville | |
| Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area |