The annual salary statistics of home health aides in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of home health aides in Buffalo-Niagara Falls 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 | $22,280 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $23,230 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $24,800 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $28,860 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $36,030 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for home health aides in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $36,030. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $24,800. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,280.
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 | $24,800 | -2.30% | 10.24% |
| 2017 | $25,370 | 4.77% | - |
| 2016 | $24,160 | 3.23% | - |
| 2015 | $23,380 | 5.47% | - |
| 2014 | $22,100 | -1.86% | - |
| 2013 | $22,510 | 1.11% | - |
| 2012 | $22,260 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $24,800 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for home health aides in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of home health aides in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 23.1 percent (23.1%) lower than that in the highest paying East Central New York nonmetropolitan area and 14.7 percent (14.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying New York-White Plains-Wayne.