Home Health and Personal Care Aides Salary

Median Salary
$35,800
per year
Hourly Rate
$17.21
per hour
Employment
4,305,810
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$27,040
25th percentile
$31,920
Median
$35,800
75th percentile
$39,470
90th percentile
$45,040

💰 Home Health and Personal Care Aides Salary by State

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StateMedianvs. National
Washington$47,730+33.3%
Oregon$44,410+24.1%
Rhode Island$43,680+22.0%
District of Columbia$42,700+19.3%
Vermont$41,600+16.2%
Massachusetts$40,910+14.3%
Alaska$39,740+11.0%
New York$39,620+10.7%
North Dakota$39,440+10.2%
Connecticut$38,990+8.9%
New Hampshire$38,760+8.3%
Maine$38,580+7.8%
Colorado$38,540+7.7%
Minnesota$38,370+7.2%
Hawaii$38,110+6.5%
Illinois$38,060+6.3%
Maryland$38,040+6.3%
South Dakota$37,740+5.4%
New Jersey$37,090+3.6%
Montana$36,630+2.3%
Kentucky$36,440+1.8%
Arizona$36,420+1.7%
Wisconsin$36,340+1.5%
Nebraska$36,150+1.0%
Iowa$36,080+0.8%
Utah$35,880+0.2%
Indiana$35,060-2.1%
Michigan$35,000-2.2%
Idaho$34,790-2.8%
Ohio$34,460-3.7%
California$34,320-4.1%
Delaware$34,320-4.1%
Florida$33,800-5.6%
Nevada$33,670-5.9%
Wyoming$33,190-7.3%
Missouri$33,080-7.6%
Tennessee$32,130-10.3%
Kansas$31,260-12.7%
North Carolina$31,240-12.7%
Virginia$30,300-15.4%
South Carolina$30,110-15.9%
Pennsylvania$29,420-17.8%
Georgia$29,270-18.2%
New Mexico$28,520-20.3%
West Virginia$28,010-21.8%
Alabama$27,840-22.2%
Oklahoma$27,710-22.6%
Arkansas$27,660-22.7%
Texas$24,230-32.3%
Mississippi$23,860-33.4%
Louisiana$22,520-37.1%

🏙️ Home Health and Personal Care Aides Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
Grants Pass, OR$53,120+48.4%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$48,210+34.7%
Longview-Kelso, WA$47,840+33.6%
Kennewick-Richland, WA$47,810+33.5%
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$47,730+33.3%
Walla Walla, WA$47,700+33.2%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$47,410+32.4%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$46,980+31.2%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$45,570+27.3%
Salem, OR$45,200+26.3%
Medford, OR$44,950+25.6%
Yakima, WA$44,490+24.3%
Boulder, CO$44,150+23.3%
Bellingham, WA$44,080+23.1%
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$44,060+23.1%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$43,960+22.8%
Bend, OR$43,140+20.5%
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$42,690+19.2%
Fairbanks-College, AK$42,550+18.9%
Barnstable Town, MA$42,520+18.8%
Albany, OR$42,120+17.7%
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$41,700+16.5%
Grand Forks, ND-MN$41,080+14.7%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$40,910+14.3%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$40,890+14.2%
Worcester, MA$40,870+14.2%
Springfield, MA$40,860+14.1%
Corvallis, OR$40,800+14.0%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$40,690+13.7%
Pittsfield, MA$40,160+12.2%
Lexington Park, MD$40,070+11.9%
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$39,780+11.1%
New Haven, CT$39,720+10.9%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$39,680+10.8%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$39,620+10.7%
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$39,570+10.5%
Bozeman, MT$39,280+9.7%
Rochester, MN$39,270+9.7%
Ithaca, NY$39,220+9.6%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$39,190+9.5%
Anchorage, AK$39,140+9.3%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$39,040+9.1%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$38,900+8.7%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$38,860+8.5%
Bismarck, ND$38,850+8.5%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$38,650+8.0%
Glens Falls, NY$38,650+8.0%
Portland-South Portland, ME$38,580+7.8%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$38,530+7.6%
Greeley, CO$38,410+7.3%
Goldsboro, NC$38,300+7.0%
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$38,240+6.8%
Binghamton, NY$38,210+6.7%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$38,180+6.6%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$38,110+6.5%
Dubuque, IA$38,090+6.4%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$38,060+6.3%
Missoula, MT$38,050+6.3%
Fargo, ND-MN$37,910+5.9%
Bangor, ME$37,900+5.9%
Springfield, IL$37,900+5.9%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$37,840+5.7%
Urban Honolulu, HI$37,770+5.5%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$37,760+5.5%
Kingston, NY$37,750+5.4%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$37,690+5.3%
Sheboygan, WI$37,660+5.2%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$37,640+5.1%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$37,640+5.1%
Vineland, NJ$37,610+5.1%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$37,590+5.0%
Salisbury, MD$37,570+4.9%
Mankato, MN$37,560+4.9%
Colorado Springs, CO$37,530+4.8%
Syracuse, NY$37,440+4.6%
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$37,440+4.6%
Utica-Rome, NY$37,420+4.5%
Kankakee, IL$37,380+4.4%
Rockford, IL$37,270+4.1%
Flagstaff, AZ$37,250+4.1%
Madison, WI$37,220+4.0%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$37,160+3.8%
Decatur, IL$37,160+3.8%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$37,140+3.7%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$37,130+3.7%
St. Cloud, MN$37,100+3.6%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$37,020+3.4%
Appleton, WI$37,010+3.4%
Kenosha, WI$36,980+3.3%
Midland, MI$36,950+3.2%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$36,930+3.2%
Elmira, NY$36,900+3.1%
Columbia, MO$36,860+3.0%
Minot, ND$36,860+3.0%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$36,850+2.9%
Rapid City, SD$36,760+2.7%
Grand Island, NE$36,730+2.6%
Ann Arbor, MI$36,710+2.5%
Billings, MT$36,640+2.3%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$36,580+2.2%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$36,570+2.2%
Helena, MT$36,570+2.2%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$36,510+2.0%
Traverse City, MI$36,480+1.9%
Omaha, NE-IA$36,450+1.8%
Lewiston, ID-WA$36,400+1.7%
Duluth, MN-WI$36,390+1.6%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$36,370+1.6%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$36,350+1.5%
Peoria, IL$36,330+1.5%
Battle Creek, MI$36,130+0.9%
Owensboro, KY$36,100+0.8%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$35,950+0.4%
Wausau, WI$35,910+0.3%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$35,860+0.2%
Boise City, ID$35,850+0.1%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$35,850+0.1%
Elizabethtown, KY$35,810+0.0%
Carson City, NV$35,760-0.1%
Cheyenne, WY$35,740-0.2%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$35,740-0.2%
Pueblo, CO$35,740-0.2%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$35,740-0.2%
Green Bay, WI$35,730-0.2%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$35,710-0.3%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$35,700-0.3%
Ames, IA$35,660-0.4%
Kokomo, IN$35,650-0.4%
Iowa City, IA$35,630-0.5%
Evansville, IN$35,610-0.5%
Rochester, NY$35,600-0.6%
Ogden, UT$35,530-0.8%
Grand Junction, CO$35,510-0.8%
Lincoln, NE$35,500-0.8%
Sandusky, OH$35,480-0.9%
Reno, NV$35,460-0.9%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$35,430-1.0%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$35,400-1.1%
Cedar Rapids, IA$35,370-1.2%
Muncie, IN$35,350-1.3%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$35,310-1.4%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$35,300-1.4%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$35,270-1.5%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$35,210-1.6%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$35,190-1.7%
Logan, UT-ID$35,170-1.8%
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$35,170-1.8%
Bowling Green, KY$35,160-1.8%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$35,160-1.8%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$35,120-1.9%
Fort Wayne, IN$35,090-2.0%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$35,060-2.1%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$35,010-2.2%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$34,980-2.3%
St. George, UT$34,980-2.3%
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$34,950-2.4%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$34,910-2.5%
Columbus, OH$34,880-2.6%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$34,860-2.6%
Springfield, OH$34,860-2.6%
Joplin, MO-KS$34,800-2.8%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$34,790-2.8%
Flint, MI$34,740-3.0%
Yuma, AZ$34,560-3.5%
Toledo, OH$34,550-3.5%
Great Falls, MT$34,540-3.5%
Terre Haute, IN$34,540-3.5%
Cleveland, OH$34,520-3.6%
Punta Gorda, FL$34,500-3.6%
St. Louis, MO-IL$34,490-3.7%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$34,440-3.8%
Tucson, AZ$34,420-3.9%
Pocatello, ID$34,390-3.9%
Jacksonville, FL$34,380-4.0%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$34,380-4.0%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$34,370-4.0%
Eau Claire, WI$34,340-4.1%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$34,320-4.1%
Chico, CA$34,320-4.1%
El Centro, CA$34,320-4.1%
Fresno, CA$34,320-4.1%
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$34,320-4.1%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$34,320-4.1%
Merced, CA$34,320-4.1%
Modesto, CA$34,320-4.1%
Napa, CA$34,320-4.1%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$34,320-4.1%
Redding, CA$34,320-4.1%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$34,320-4.1%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$34,320-4.1%
Salinas, CA$34,320-4.1%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$34,320-4.1%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$34,320-4.1%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$34,320-4.1%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$34,320-4.1%
Vallejo, CA$34,320-4.1%
Visalia, CA$34,320-4.1%
Yuba City, CA$34,320-4.1%
Akron, OH$34,310-4.2%
Monroe, MI$34,290-4.2%
Gettysburg, PA$34,240-4.4%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$34,240-4.4%
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$34,230-4.4%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$34,210-4.4%
Fond du Lac, WI$34,190-4.5%
Jackson, MI$34,180-4.5%
Port St. Lucie, FL$34,140-4.6%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$34,110-4.7%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$34,110-4.7%
Bay City, MI$34,100-4.7%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$34,100-4.7%
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$34,070-4.8%
Saginaw, MI$34,060-4.9%
Idaho Falls, ID$34,050-4.9%
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$33,940-5.2%
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$33,900-5.3%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$33,680-5.9%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$33,640-6.0%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$33,630-6.1%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$33,570-6.2%
Gainesville, FL$33,320-6.9%
Paducah, KY-IL$33,290-7.0%
Asheville, NC$33,280-7.0%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$33,180-7.3%
Columbus, IN$33,080-7.6%
Sebring, FL$32,940-8.0%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$32,890-8.1%
Kansas City, MO-KS$32,780-8.4%
Knoxville, TN$32,710-8.6%
Tallahassee, FL$32,710-8.6%
York-Hanover, PA$32,690-8.7%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$32,670-8.7%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$32,670-8.7%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$32,620-8.9%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$32,570-9.0%
Homosassa Springs, FL$32,240-9.9%
Springfield, MO$32,190-10.1%
Dover, DE$32,130-10.3%
Lima, OH$31,980-10.7%
Canton-Massillon, OH$31,850-11.0%
Jefferson City, MO$31,830-11.1%
Bloomington, IN$31,750-11.3%
Cleveland, TN$31,620-11.7%
Ocala, FL$31,550-11.9%
Santa Fe, NM$31,540-11.9%
Wilmington, NC$31,540-11.9%
Topeka, KS$31,470-12.1%
Jacksonville, NC$31,400-12.3%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$31,330-12.5%
St. Joseph, MO-KS$31,250-12.7%
Bloomington, IL$31,200-12.8%
Gainesville, GA$31,200-12.8%
Chambersburg, PA$31,150-13.0%
Jackson, TN$31,120-13.1%
Casper, WY$31,110-13.1%
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$30,900-13.7%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$30,900-13.7%
Lawrence, KS$30,700-14.2%
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$30,630-14.4%
Greenville, NC$30,620-14.5%
Wichita, KS$30,600-14.5%
Clarksville, TN-KY$30,580-14.6%
Niles, MI$30,540-14.7%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$30,490-14.8%
Burlington, NC$30,420-15.0%
Manhattan, KS$30,420-15.0%
Mansfield, OH$30,400-15.1%
Winston-Salem, NC$30,400-15.1%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$30,380-15.1%
Columbia, SC$30,210-15.6%
Spartanburg, SC$30,190-15.7%
Albuquerque, NM$30,170-15.7%
Warner Robins, GA$30,140-15.8%
Savannah, GA$30,130-15.8%
Lebanon, PA$30,090-15.9%
Morristown, TN$30,040-16.1%
Twin Falls, ID$29,960-16.3%
Florence, SC$29,950-16.3%
State College, PA$29,950-16.3%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$29,920-16.4%
Virgin Islands$29,860-16.6%
Reading, PA$29,830-16.7%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$29,800-16.8%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$29,800-16.8%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$29,760-16.9%
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$29,730-17.0%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$29,700-17.0%
Charlottesville, VA$29,700-17.0%
Birmingham, AL$29,550-17.5%
Huntsville, AL$29,520-17.5%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$29,460-17.7%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$29,440-17.8%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$29,430-17.8%
Johnson City, TN$29,360-18.0%
Richmond, VA$29,360-18.0%
Pittsburgh, PA$29,250-18.3%
Winchester, VA-WV$29,240-18.3%
Wheeling, WV-OH$29,190-18.5%
Fayetteville, NC$29,150-18.6%
Lancaster, PA$29,150-18.6%
Dalton, GA$29,130-18.6%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$29,050-18.9%
Johnstown, PA$28,930-19.2%
Rocky Mount, NC$28,910-19.2%
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$28,850-19.4%
Harrisonburg, VA$28,820-19.5%
Columbus, GA-AL$28,810-19.5%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$28,740-19.7%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$28,730-19.7%
Charleston, WV$28,680-19.9%
Hinesville, GA$28,650-20.0%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$28,570-20.2%
Tuscaloosa, AL$28,550-20.3%
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$28,550-20.3%
Williamsport, PA$28,540-20.3%
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$28,520-20.3%
Mobile, AL$28,510-20.4%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$28,420-20.6%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$28,410-20.6%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$28,370-20.8%
Rome, GA$28,370-20.8%
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$28,330-20.9%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$28,150-21.4%
Tulsa, OK$28,140-21.4%
Valdosta, GA$28,100-21.5%
Oklahoma City, OK$28,050-21.6%
Sumter, SC$28,030-21.7%
Morgantown, WV$27,930-22.0%
Athens-Clarke County, GA$27,900-22.1%
Erie, PA$27,860-22.2%
Las Cruces, NM$27,840-22.2%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$27,840-22.2%
Lynchburg, VA$27,810-22.3%
Anniston-Oxford, AL$27,680-22.7%
Enid, OK$27,670-22.7%
Odessa, TX$27,670-22.7%
Roanoke, VA$27,540-23.1%
Gadsden, AL$27,450-23.3%
Decatur, AL$27,430-23.4%
Jonesboro, AR$27,430-23.4%
San Angelo, TX$27,430-23.4%
Altoona, PA$27,390-23.5%
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$27,320-23.7%
Farmington, NM$27,290-23.8%
Dothan, AL$27,160-24.1%
Sherman-Denison, TX$26,980-24.6%
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$26,920-24.8%
Beckley, WV$26,910-24.8%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$26,900-24.9%
Midland, TX$26,850-25.0%
Albany, GA$26,670-25.5%
Montgomery, AL$26,660-25.5%
Lawton, OK$26,530-25.9%
Guam$26,500-26.0%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$26,020-27.3%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$25,960-27.5%
Hot Springs, AR$25,740-28.1%
Auburn-Opelika, AL$25,570-28.6%
Hattiesburg, MS$25,410-29.0%
Victoria, TX$24,890-30.5%
Texarkana, TX-AR$24,630-31.2%
College Station-Bryan, TX$24,610-31.3%
Amarillo, TX$24,400-31.8%
Tyler, TX$23,980-33.0%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$23,960-33.1%
Waco, TX$23,910-33.2%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$23,770-33.6%
Abilene, TX$23,690-33.8%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$23,650-33.9%
Longview, TX$23,610-34.1%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$23,510-34.3%
Laredo, TX$23,510-34.3%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$23,500-34.4%
Corpus Christi, TX$23,440-34.5%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$23,440-34.5%
Lubbock, TX$23,310-34.9%
El Paso, TX$23,200-35.2%
Jackson, MS$23,130-35.4%
Baton Rouge, LA$23,040-35.6%
Lake Charles, LA$23,000-35.8%
Wichita Falls, TX$22,950-35.9%
Killeen-Temple, TX$22,940-35.9%
Alexandria, LA$22,590-36.9%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$22,220-37.9%
Hammond, LA$21,980-38.6%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$21,890-38.9%
Puerto Rico$21,840-39.0%
Aguadilla, PR$21,840-39.0%
Arecibo, PR$21,840-39.0%
Guayama, PR$21,840-39.0%
Mayaguez, PR$21,840-39.0%
Ponce, PR$21,840-39.0%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$21,840-39.0%
Monroe, LA$21,720-39.3%
Lafayette, LA$21,400-40.2%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.