The annual salary statistics of home health aides in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky is shown in Table 1. The wage data of home health aides in Louisville-Jefferson County 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 | $19,170 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $20,640 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $22,460 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $24,300 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $26,950 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for home health aides in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $26,950. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $22,460. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $19,170.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of home health aides from 2012 to 2018.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 6-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $22,460 | -0.58% | 8.55% |
| 2017 | $22,590 | 1.90% | - |
| 2016 | $22,160 | 4.29% | - |
| 2015 | $21,210 | -0.24% | - |
| 2014 | $21,260 | 1.83% | - |
| 2013 | $20,870 | 1.58% | - |
| 2012 | $20,540 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $22,460, Louisville-Jefferson County is the lowest paying city for home health aides in state of Kentucky, following city of Bowling Green (median annual salary of $26,770). Also we note that in comparison, the annual salary of home health aides in Louisville-Jefferson County is about 16.1 percent (16.1%) lower than that of the highest paying city Bowling Green.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Bowling Green | |
| West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Owensboro | |
| South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Evansville | |
| Lexington-Fayette | |
| Elizabethtown | |
| East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Louisville-Jefferson County |