The annual salary statistics of community health workers in Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of community health workers in Lexington-Fayette 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 | $23,680 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $32,090 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $40,290 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $53,470 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $57,980 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for community health workers in Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $57,980. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $40,290. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $23,680.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of community health workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $40,290 | 4.62% | 10.82% |
| 2021 | $38,430 | 16.47% | - |
| 2020 | $32,100 | 3.58% | - |
| 2019 | $30,950 | -16.12% | - |
| 2018 | $35,940 | 16.19% | - |
| 2017 | $30,120 | -22.14% | - |
| 2016 | $36,790 | 17.29% | - |
| 2015 | $30,430 | -1.54% | - |
| 2014 | $30,900 | -16.28% | - |
| 2012 | $35,930 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $40,290 in Lexington-Fayette is in the middle of salary range for community health workers in state of Kentucky. In comparison, the annual salary of community health workers in Lexington-Fayette is 33.2 percent (33.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Louisville-Jefferson County and 30.3 percent (30.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Elizabethtown.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Louisville-Jefferson County | |
| West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Bowling Green | |
| Evansville | |
| Lexington-Fayette | |
| East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Elizabethtown |