The annual salary statistics of home health aides in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of home health aides 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 | $26,280 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $28,900 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $34,550 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $43,710 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $51,320 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for home health aides 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 $51,320. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $34,550. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $26,280.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of home health aides from 2012 to 2018.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 6-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $34,550 | 12.01% | 36.56% |
| 2017 | $30,400 | 15.07% | - |
| 2016 | $25,820 | 4.92% | - |
| 2015 | $24,550 | 3.46% | - |
| 2014 | $23,700 | 3.29% | - |
| 2013 | $22,920 | 4.36% | - |
| 2012 | $21,920 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $34,550 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is in the middle of salary range for home health aides in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of home health aides in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 15.2 percent (15.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura and 45.9 percent (45.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Merced.