The annual salary statistics of personal care aides in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of personal care 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 | $21,640 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $21,830 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $24,080 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $29,310 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $36,320 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for personal care 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 $36,320. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $24,080. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $21,640.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of personal care aides from 2012 to 2018.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 6-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $24,080 | 14.99% | 19.77% |
| 2017 | $20,470 | 5.62% | - |
| 2016 | $19,320 | 0.62% | - |
| 2015 | $19,200 | -0.62% | - |
| 2012 | $19,320 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $24,080 in Watertown-Fort Drum is in the middle of salary range for personal care aides in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of personal care aides in Watertown-Fort Drum is 21.4 percent (21.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Central East New York nonmetropolitan area and 6.9 percent (6.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying New York-White Plains-Wayne.