The annual salary statistics of nursing assistants in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of nursing assistants 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 | $28,150 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $33,470 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $37,800 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $45,440 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $55,900 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for nursing assistants 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 $55,900. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $37,800. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $28,150.
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 | $37,800 | 4.92% | 11.38% |
| 2017 | $35,940 | 7.10% | - |
| 2016 | $33,390 | 9.43% | - |
| 2015 | $30,240 | -5.62% | - |
| 2014 | $31,940 | -0.09% | - |
| 2013 | $31,970 | -4.79% | - |
| 2012 | $33,500 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $37,800 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is in the middle of salary range for nursing assistants in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of nursing assistants in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 18.3 percent (18.3%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City and 32.3 percent (32.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Sierra Region of California nonmetropolitan area.