The annual salary statistics of home health aides in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts is shown in Table 1. The wage data of home health aides in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy 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 | $25,530 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $27,350 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $30,140 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $34,510 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $39,620 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for home health aides in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $39,620. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $30,140. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $25,530.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of home health aides from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $30,140 | 3.65% | 13.40% |
| 2016 | $29,040 | 1.10% | - |
| 2015 | $28,720 | 6.48% | - |
| 2014 | $26,860 | 1.82% | - |
| 2013 | $26,370 | 1.02% | - |
| 2012 | $26,100 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $30,140 in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is in the middle of salary range for home health aides in state of Massachusetts. In comparison, the annual salary of home health aides in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is 32.3 percent (32.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area and 25.1 percent (25.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Central Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area | |
| Barnstable Town | |
| Worcester | |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy | |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy | |
| Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner | |
| Peabody | |
| Springfield | |
| Pittsfield | |
| Framingham | |
| Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton | |
| Taunton-Norton-Raynham | |
| Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| New Bedford | |
| North Central Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area |