How much do Social and Human Service Assistants make in Guayama, PR?

Percentile spread

For Social and Human Service Assistants, the published 10th percentile is $24,110 and the 90th percentile is $41,860. The difference is $17,750, which is 58.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $28,230 to the 75th at $36,380, covers $8,150.

The mean annual wage is $32,260, which sits above the median of $30,240. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Guayama, PR median is 34.2% lower than the national median of $45,930 for Social and Human Service Assistants.

It is 4.2% lower than the Puerto Rico median of $31,570.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Guayama, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Social and Human Service Assistants. Guayama, PR ranks 4th of 6 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is 22 miles away, with a median of $31,570 and employment of 4,660. That median is 4.4% higher than the median here.
• Ponce, PR is 38 miles away, with a median of $29,840 and employment of 320. That median is 1.3% lower than the median here.
• Arecibo, PR is 55 miles away, with a median of $30,930 and employment of 160. That median is 2.3% higher than the median here.

Employment share

Social and Human Service Assistants accounts for 0.32% of wage-and-salary employment in Guayama, PR (40 of 12,450). Nationally the occupation is 0.28% of employment (437,860 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.14 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.