The annual salary statistics of community health workers in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington is shown in Table 1. The wage data of community health workers in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue 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 | $37,840 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $39,500 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $49,300 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $61,700 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $73,380 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for community health workers in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $73,380. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $49,300. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,840.
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 | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $49,300 | 5.86% | 7.69% |
| 2021 | $46,410 | 15.79% | - |
| 2020 | $39,080 | 4.27% | - |
| 2019 | $37,410 | -4.87% | - |
| 2018 | $39,230 | 2.88% | - |
| 2017 | $38,100 | 0.60% | - |
| 2016 | $37,870 | -9.69% | - |
| 2015 | $41,540 | -5.44% | - |
| 2014 | $43,800 | -2.95% | - |
| 2013 | $45,090 | -0.93% | - |
| 2012 | $45,510 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $49,300 in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue is 7.5 percent (7.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro and 40.2 percent (40.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area.