The annual salary statistics of home health aides in Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan is shown in Table 1. The wage data of home health aides in Kalamazoo-Portage 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 | $19,840 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $20,600 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $22,360 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $24,290 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $26,090 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for home health aides in Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $26,090. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $22,360. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $19,840.
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 | $22,360 | 5.23% | 1.70% |
| 2017 | $21,190 | 3.26% | - |
| 2016 | $20,500 | -5.71% | - |
| 2015 | $21,670 | 2.12% | - |
| 2014 | $21,210 | 0.19% | - |
| 2013 | $21,170 | -3.83% | - |
| 2012 | $21,980 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $22,360 in Kalamazoo-Portage is in the middle of salary range for home health aides in state of Michigan. In comparison, the annual salary of home health aides in Kalamazoo-Portage is 18.6 percent (18.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area and 10.3 percent (10.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn.