The annual salary statistics of home health and personal care aides in Wausau, Wisconsin is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of home health and personal care aides in Wausau 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 | $22,810 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $25,800 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $29,540 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $31,020 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $35,190 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for home health and personal care aides in Wausau, Wisconsin in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $35,190. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $29,540. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,810.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of home health and personal care aides 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 | $29,540 | 4.03% | 18.58% |
| 2021 | $28,350 | 11.11% | - |
| 2020 | $25,200 | 4.56% | - |
| 2019 | $24,050 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $29,540 in Wausau is in the middle of salary range for home health and personal care aides in state of Wisconsin. In comparison, the annual salary of home health and personal care aides in Wausau is 6.9 percent (6.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington and 5.0 percent (5.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area.