The annual salary statistics of home health aides in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of home health aides in Santa Cruz-Watsonville 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 | $25,880 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $27,220 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $29,470 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $31,730 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $41,420 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for home health aides in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $41,420. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $29,470. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $25,880.
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 | $29,470 | 3.63% | 13.17% |
| 2017 | $28,400 | -17.50% | - |
| 2016 | $33,370 | 30.03% | - |
| 2015 | $23,350 | 5.48% | - |
| 2014 | $22,070 | -13.41% | - |
| 2013 | $25,030 | -2.24% | - |
| 2012 | $25,590 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $29,470 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville 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 Santa Cruz-Watsonville is 27.7 percent (27.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura and 36.6 percent (36.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Merced.