The annual salary statistics of home health aides in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania is shown in Table 1. The wage information of home health aides in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 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 | $20,250 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $21,910 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $24,580 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $28,700 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $31,500 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for home health aides in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $31,500. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $24,580. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $20,250.
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 | $24,580 | -0.65% | 12.73% |
| 2017 | $24,740 | 6.14% | - |
| 2016 | $23,220 | 6.20% | - |
| 2015 | $21,780 | 0.87% | - |
| 2014 | $21,590 | 2.78% | - |
| 2013 | $20,990 | -2.19% | - |
| 2012 | $21,450 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $24,580 in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington is in the middle of salary range for home health aides in state of Pennsylvania. In comparison, the annual salary of home health aides in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington is 9.3 percent (9.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Lancaster and 22.8 percent (22.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area.