The annual salary statistics of nursing assistants in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of nursing assistants in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos 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 | $25,860 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $28,410 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $32,560 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $39,260 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $48,250 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for nursing assistants in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $48,250. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $32,560. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $25,860.
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 | $32,560 | 5.96% | 15.91% |
| 2017 | $30,620 | 1.93% | - |
| 2016 | $30,030 | 3.50% | - |
| 2015 | $28,980 | 4.66% | - |
| 2014 | $27,630 | -0.14% | - |
| 2013 | $27,670 | 1.05% | - |
| 2012 | $27,380 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $32,560 in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is in the middle of salary range for nursing assistants in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of nursing assistants in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is 29.6 percent (29.6%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City and 21.4 percent (21.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Sierra Region of California nonmetropolitan area.