The annual salary statistics of nursing assistants in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of nursing assistants in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles 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 | $24,300 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $26,570 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $30,350 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $35,520 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $39,990 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for nursing assistants in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $39,990. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $30,350. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $24,300.
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 | $30,350 | 6.16% | 14.30% |
| 2017 | $28,480 | 6.81% | - |
| 2016 | $26,540 | -0.72% | - |
| 2015 | $26,730 | 9.32% | - |
| 2014 | $24,240 | -7.84% | - |
| 2013 | $26,140 | 0.50% | - |
| 2012 | $26,010 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $30,350 in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles is in the middle of salary range for nursing assistants in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of nursing assistants in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles is 34.4 percent (34.4%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City and 15.7 percent (15.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Sierra Region of California nonmetropolitan area.