Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019

31-1120 Home Health and Personal Care Aides

This occupation includes the 2018 SOC occupations 31-1121 Home Health Aides and 31-1122 Personal Care Aides and the 2010 SOC occupations 31-1011 Home Health Aides and 39-9021 Personal Care Aides.

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
3,161,500	0.6 %	$12.71	$26,440	0.3 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$9.34	$10.90	$12.15	$14.17	$16.44
Annual Wage (2)	$19,430	$22,680	$25,280	$29,460	$34,180

Industry profile for this occupation:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Individual and Family Services	1,457,300	57.39	$12.88	$26,800
Home Health Care Services	847,960	56.58	$12.18	$25,330
Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities	288,040	45.16	$12.73	$26,470
Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly	247,990	26.20	$12.67	$26,340
Vocational Rehabilitation Services	62,670	19.25	$12.33	$25,650

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Individual and Family Services	1,457,300	57.39	$12.88	$26,800
Home Health Care Services	847,960	56.58	$12.18	$25,330
Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities	288,040	45.16	$12.73	$26,470
Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly	247,990	26.20	$12.67	$26,340
Vocational Rehabilitation Services	62,670	19.25	$12.33	$25,650

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	310	0.03	$18.07	$37,590
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	24,060	1.11	$17.60	$36,600
Educational Support Services	640	0.32	$16.79	$34,930
Other Investment Pools and Funds	350	3.69	$16.80	$34,930
Rental and Leasing Services (5322, 5323, and 5324 only)	110	0.03	$14.83	$30,840

Geographic profile for this occupation:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	595,760	34.27	1.59	$13.83	$28,780
New York	444,880	46.72	2.17	$14.08	$29,290
Texas	300,820	24.20	1.12	$10.07	$20,950
Pennsylvania	183,430	31.08	1.44	$12.41	$25,810
Massachusetts	108,670	30.02	1.39	$15.14	$31,500

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York	444,880	46.72	2.17	$14.08	$29,290
New Mexico	30,230	36.70	1.71	$10.92	$22,720
Minnesota	103,830	36.04	1.67	$13.62	$28,320
California	595,760	34.27	1.59	$13.83	$28,780
Pennsylvania	183,430	31.08	1.44	$12.41	$25,810

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Alaska	6,910	21.79	1.01	$16.70	$34,740
North Dakota	6,140	14.52	0.67	$16.03	$33,330
Vermont	7,230	23.62	1.10	$15.67	$32,590
Massachusetts	108,670	30.02	1.39	$15.14	$31,500
District of Columbia	11,360	15.70	0.73	$14.98	$31,150

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	404,750	41.92	1.95	$13.93	$28,980
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	252,950	40.54	1.88	$14.17	$29,470
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	93,550	32.52	1.51	$12.61	$26,220
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	75,780	30.65	1.42	$14.58	$30,320
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	75,750	16.20	0.75	$12.77	$26,560
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	72,100	36.57	1.70	$13.76	$28,620
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	67,810	24.23	1.13	$15.23	$31,680
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	59,850	19.61	0.91	$9.81	$20,410
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	55,890	36.33	1.69	$12.90	$26,830
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	51,880	24.46	1.14	$12.57	$26,140