Home Health and Personal Care Aides salary

What Home Health and Personal Care Aides earn across the United States and in the largest metro areas — the official BLS OEWS May 2025 figures.

National wages — United States

Nationally, BLS estimates 4,305,810 Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs — 2.8% of all US employment. The national median wage is $35,800 a year ($17.21 an hour) and the mean is $36,120 a year, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates (released May 15, 2026), retrieved October 27, 2026.

Wage level	Hourly	Annual
Mean	$17.36	$36,120
10th percentile	$13.00	$27,040
25th percentile	$15.35	$31,920
Median (50th percentile)	$17.21	$35,800
75th percentile	$18.98	$39,470
90th percentile	$21.65	$45,040

Median pay by metro area

Metro area	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment	vs US median
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$48,210	$23.18	54,670	+34.7%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$45,570	$21.91	22,860	+27.3%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$40,910	$19.67	72,420	+14.3%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$39,680	$19.08	644,700	+10.8%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$38,900	$18.70	26,130	+8.7%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$38,860	$18.68	93,560	+8.5%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$38,530	$18.52	50,450	+7.6%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$38,180	$18.36	108,520	+6.6%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$37,640	$18.10	26,880	+5.1%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$36,930	$17.75	57,940	+3.2%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$35,950	$17.28	119,120	+0.4%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$35,300	$16.97	57,080	-1.4%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$35,120	$16.89	46,480	-1.9%
St. Louis, MO-IL	$34,490	$16.58	44,200	-3.7%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$34,320	$16.50	385,530	-4.1%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$34,320	$16.50	102,760	-4.1%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$34,210	$16.45	13,120	-4.4%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$34,110	$16.40	8,260	-4.7%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$33,680	$16.19	13,520	-5.9%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$32,890	$15.81	28,350	-8.1%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$29,920	$14.39	29,400	-16.4%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$29,800	$14.33	158,280	-16.8%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$28,370	$13.64	12,490	-20.8%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$26,900	$12.93	58,580	-24.9%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$23,440	$11.27	63,820	-34.5%

Each metro page carries the full OEWS wage distribution, the employment figures, and the estimated take-home pay on that metro's median under 2026 tax rules.

Sources

Wage data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates (released May 15, 2026), retrieved October 27, 2026 — bls.gov/oes. Take-home estimates are computed by this site's paycheck engine with 2026 rules.