Home Health and Personal Care Aides Salary in the US
A home health and personal care aides earns a national median of $35,800 a year (mean $36,120) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #789 of 825.
How much does a home health and personal care aides earn in the US?
A home health and personal care aides in the United States earns a median of $35,800 a year (mean $36,120), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 30% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 4,305,810 people work in this occupation (SOC 31-1120), ranked #789 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$35,800
per year
Mean
$36,120
per year
Employment
4,305,810
US workers
National rank
#789
of 825 by median
What a home health and personal care aides earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a home health and personal care aides (SOC 31-1120) earns a median annual wage of $35,800 and a mean (average) of $36,120. The median is the midpoint — half of home health and personal care aides earn more and half earn less — and is 30% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a home health and personal care aides in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for home health and personal care aides is $35,800, and the mean (average) is $36,120. The median is the midpoint — half of home health and personal care aides earn more and half earn less.
- How does home health and personal care aides pay compare to the US average?
- At $35,800, a home health and personal care aides earns 30% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many home health and personal care aides are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 4,305,810 home health and personal care aides employed nationally (SOC 31-1120), across all industries.
- Where does this home health and personal care aides salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 31-1120. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 31-1120 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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