The annual salary statistics of home health aides in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of home health aides in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara 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 | $25,590 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $29,190 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $35,070 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $40,870 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $48,720 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for home health aides in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $48,720. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $35,070. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $25,590.
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 | $35,070 | 21.30% | 40.63% |
| 2017 | $27,600 | 24.57% | - |
| 2016 | $20,820 | -19.98% | - |
| 2015 | $24,980 | 16.65% | - |
| 2012 | $20,820 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $35,070 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara 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 Maria-Santa Barbara is 13.9 percent (13.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura and 46.7 percent (46.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Merced.