The annual salary statistics of personal care aides in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of personal care aides in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown 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 | $16,380 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $17,410 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $19,110 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $21,970 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $24,680 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for personal care aides in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $24,680. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $19,110. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $16,380.
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 | $19,110 | -0.26% | 8.11% |
| 2017 | $19,160 | 3.13% | - |
| 2016 | $18,560 | 2.91% | - |
| 2015 | $18,020 | 1.83% | - |
| 2014 | $17,690 | 0.17% | - |
| 2013 | $17,660 | 0.57% | - |
| 2012 | $17,560 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $19,110 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for personal care aides in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of personal care aides in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 13.3 percent (13.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area and 4.9 percent (4.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying El Paso.