The annual salary statistics of community health workers in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage data of community health workers in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville 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 | $35,050 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,030 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $41,850 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $51,850 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $68,370 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for community health workers in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $68,370. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $41,850. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $35,050.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of community health workers from 2012 to 2022. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Growth | 3-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $41,850 | -16.37% | -9.51% |
| 2021 | $48,700 | 3.16% | - |
| 2020 | $47,160 | 2.82% | - |
| 2019 | $45,830 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $41,850 in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville is in the middle of salary range for community health workers in state of South Carolina. In comparison, the annual salary of community health workers in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville is 30.9 percent (30.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Low Country South Carolina nonmetropolitan area and 15.3 percent (15.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Augusta-Richmond County.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Low Country South Carolina nonmetropolitan area | |
| Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway | |
| Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort | |
| Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area | |
| Columbia | |
| Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville | |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill | |
| Greenville-Mauldin-Easley | |
| Florence | |
| Augusta-Richmond County |