The annual salary statistics of community health workers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of community health workers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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 | $45,980 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $59,460 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $67,020 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $79,170 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $84,830 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for community health workers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $84,830. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $67,020. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $45,980.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of community health workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $67,020 | 8.71% | 34.77% |
| 2021 | $61,180 | 0.57% | - |
| 2020 | $60,830 | 6.81% | - |
| 2019 | $56,690 | 5.64% | - |
| 2018 | $53,490 | 15.03% | - |
| 2017 | $45,450 | -20.81% | - |
| 2016 | $54,910 | 14.70% | - |
| 2015 | $46,840 | 2.18% | - |
| 2014 | $45,820 | 10.67% | - |
| 2013 | $40,930 | -6.82% | - |
| 2012 | $43,720 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $67,020 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is in the middle of salary range for community health workers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of community health workers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 18.9 percent (18.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Napa and 46.8 percent (46.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.