The annual salary statistics of home health aides in Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts is shown in Table 1. The wage data of home health aides in Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner 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 | $25,950 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $27,710 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $30,070 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $32,980 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $36,800 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for home health aides in Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $36,800. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $30,070. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $25,950.
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 | $30,070 | 1.56% | 17.49% |
| 2017 | $29,600 | 6.28% | - |
| 2016 | $27,740 | 5.77% | - |
| 2015 | $26,140 | 5.39% | - |
| 2014 | $24,730 | -3.64% | - |
| 2013 | $25,630 | 3.20% | - |
| 2012 | $24,810 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $30,070 in Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner 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 Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner is 32.5 percent (32.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area and 24.9 percent (24.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Central Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area.