The annual salary statistics of home health aides in Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of home health aides in Lexington-Fayette 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 | $17,580 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $19,980 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $23,190 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $26,870 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $30,100 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for home health aides in Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $30,100. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $23,190. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $17,580.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of home health aides from 2012 to 2018.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 6-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $23,190 | 3.41% | 10.52% |
| 2017 | $22,400 | -7.28% | - |
| 2016 | $24,030 | -7.70% | - |
| 2015 | $25,880 | 17.35% | - |
| 2014 | $21,390 | 5.61% | - |
| 2013 | $20,190 | -2.77% | - |
| 2012 | $20,750 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $23,190 in Lexington-Fayette is in the middle of salary range for home health aides in state of Kentucky. In comparison, the annual salary of home health aides in Lexington-Fayette is 13.4 percent (13.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Bowling Green and 3.1 percent (3.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Louisville-Jefferson County.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Bowling Green | |
| West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Owensboro | |
| South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Evansville | |
| Lexington-Fayette | |
| Elizabethtown | |
| East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Louisville-Jefferson County |