The annual salary statistics of home health aides in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of home health aides in Watertown-Fort Drum 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 | $22,190 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $23,000 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $24,350 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $27,530 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $32,190 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for home health aides in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $32,190. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $24,350. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,190.
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 | $24,350 | 2.22% | 14.46% |
| 2017 | $23,810 | 12.52% | - |
| 2016 | $20,830 | 5.66% | - |
| 2015 | $19,650 | -6.01% | - |
| 2012 | $20,830 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $24,350 in Watertown-Fort Drum 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 Watertown-Fort Drum is 24.5 percent (24.5%) lower than that in the highest paying East Central New York nonmetropolitan area and 13.1 percent (13.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying New York-White Plains-Wayne.