The annual salary statistics of nursing assistants in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of nursing assistants in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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 | $24,760 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $27,320 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $31,580 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $38,400 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $46,960 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for nursing assistants in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $46,960. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $31,580. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $24,760.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of nursing assistants from 2012 to 2018.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 6-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $31,580 | 6.90% | 7.03% |
| 2017 | $29,400 | 0.14% | - |
| 2016 | $29,360 | 2.52% | - |
| 2015 | $28,620 | -2.59% | - |
| 2012 | $29,360 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $31,580 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is in the middle of salary range for nursing assistants in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of nursing assistants in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 31.7 percent (31.7%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City and 18.9 percent (18.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Sierra Region of California nonmetropolitan area.