The annual salary statistics of community health workers in Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington is shown in Table 1. The wage information of community health workers in Kennewick-Pasco-Richland 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 | $34,690 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,740 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $48,000 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $52,960 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $64,390 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for community health workers in Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $64,390. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $48,000. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $34,690.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of community health workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 4-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $48,000 | 18.56% | 26.73% |
| 2021 | $39,090 | -2.40% | - |
| 2020 | $40,030 | 9.87% | - |
| 2019 | $36,080 | 2.52% | - |
| 2018 | $35,170 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $48,000 in Kennewick-Pasco-Richland is in the middle of salary range for community health workers in state of Washington. In comparison, the annual salary of community health workers in Kennewick-Pasco-Richland is 10.0 percent (10.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro and 38.6 percent (38.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area.